We are committed to ensuring that all voters are able to safely and securely cast their ballot during the COVID-19 pandemic. We want to support individuals and community partners who are also committed to this work! New strategies are needed to register voters and get out the vote in 2020, because in-person registration events and candidate forums are much more difficult.
We are developing an array of resources to inform and mobilize voters for the 2020 elections,
including virtual candidates forums and this Get-Out-the Vote toolkit.
vote [at] lwvcharleston.org (Virtual training sessions - Email us!)
Contact us if you would like to participate in free training for yourself or your organization on how to register, inform, or mobilize voters, particularly from under-represented voting groups. We would be happy to customize trainings to your needs. Contact us for further information at 843-766-5416 or vote [at] lwvcharleston.org.
Visitors to our nonpartisan, comprehensive election website can find all the information they need to vote, including a guide to candidates on their ballots, a voter registration tool, polling place information, coronavirus changes, and other helpful election information.
Share this election resource—Post the link to VOTE411 on your website or other communications. A VOTE411 QR code and widget are available for you to use at no cost, and will take voters to their personalized ballot information.
Please share the following video with your followers! (You may also view it in Spanish here.)
National Voter Registration Day - September 22, 2020
National Voter Registration Day is a national non-partisan initiative to register millions of voters across the country. The League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area is proud to be a local partner. Join the League on September 22, 2020 by organizing a voter registration event in your community. You can also use their social media graphics to help get the word out. Let us know the details of your event and we will help you get the word out!
Voter Registration Best Practices + Election Rules
We applaud you for helping to Get Out the Vote! Here are some resources you may find helpful:
2020 Election Calendar—Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester Counties - South Carolina 2020 Vote Explainer (add link to document)
- General information about South Carolina voting procedures: Vote411.org | SCVotes.gov
- The League’s Guide to Voting in South Carolina can be found____
- Candidate Forums - sponsored or co-sponsored by the LWV Charleston Area
- Get Out the Vote: Best Practices guide - from the LWV United States
- LWVUS Guidance for safely engaging in voters service and citizen education work during the pandemic
Voting Action Alert: Ensure Safe Elections
This fall, the LWV of South Carolina released an action alert requesting that interested parties write their legislators to ask them to put special measures in place to make sure voters have a safe, secure, and accessible voting opportunity in the 2020 Election.
Please consider how your Get Out the Vote effort could be positively impacted by expanded absentee voting (allowing every voter to vote absentee for this election and apply online) and having adequately staffed polling places. Then write your legislator and ask them to take action!
