Columbia Area Subscribed Articles

Columbia Area Subscribed Articles

Press Mention

LWVUS August Community Learning Call

This national broadcast focused on partnerships and coalitions. Guest speakers that offered their experiences and extracted lessons were: Nancy Williams (LWVSC), Martha Pint and Jacqueline Lightcap (LWVKS), and Debby Gould (LWVTN)!

Press Mention

The Aiken Standard

The Aiken Voices and Votes held a Civil Rights voting symposium at the Etherredge Center at USC Aiken on Aug. 18.Speakers of the event included national NAACP Chairman Leon Russell, League of Women Voters Vice President for issues and actions Lynn Teague and Aiken NAACP President Eugene White, who spoke on the topic of voter suppression and disenfranchisement.

Press Mention

Herald-Journal via Independent Mail

While other states were passing more restrictive voting laws, South Carolina took a big step forward this year by enacting early voting. Lynn Teague, vice president of issues and advocacy with the League of Women Voters of South Carolina, said adding required audits to the bill probably wasn't necessary.

"The League does not believe there's been widespread fraud," she said. "But we do believe it's very important to reassure voters (via audits) so they have confidence their votes are accurately counted and democracy is working."

Women and Families Post Roe webinar
News

Has the Dodd vs. Jackson decision left you confused about what to expect in South Carolina? Hear from a panel of experts as we struggle to understand the intended - and unintended - consequences of this new post-Roe reality. Watch the recording.

College students, register to vote!
Blog Post

Are you attending college in South Carolina? If so, you have a choice to make.

Resident students in South Carolina may register to vote either where they reside while attending college or at their home of origin. Whether you consider yourself to be more a resident of your college location or your original home location is up to you. Only you can decide where you think you want your voice as a voter to be heard. Just know that you can vote either where you attend school or at your home of origin, but not both.

Press Mention

The Statehouse Report

Hundreds of demonstrators and national groups descended Thursday on the S.C. Statehouse grounds to protest, rally, and testify before House lawmakers considering new abortion-related measures in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Some observers criticized the process of the hearing, which focused on a bill for which there was no language and prioritized the testimony of opponents of abortion.

"The founding fathers understood that separation of church and state is essential to representative democracy,” said Lynn Teague, a vice president with the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. “The Supreme Court of the United States decision overturning Roe v. Wade opened the door to ignoring that fundamental protection."

Lynn Teague, LWVSC VP for State Issues & Advocacy
Press Mention

The Post & Courier

A CBS News Poll reported on June 26 that 52% of Americans consider the ruling a step backward for our nation, in contrast to 31% who describe it as a step forward, a more than 20-point margin rejecting the direction that the court is taking us in. This decision did not “return abortion decisions to the people” as some have claimed. It took the decision from the people most affected, those who are pregnant and their families, and gave it to state legislatures.

Public Statement

Columbia, SC, July 5, 2022 - SC House Bill 5399, a “no exceptions” abortion bill, prohibits all pregnancy terminations in all circumstances. The League of Women Voters of South Carolina opposes this bill.

The League affirms the right of all people in our country to make their own reproductive choices. In Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) took the right for people to make their own decisions and gave it to state governments.

Columbia, SC rally for reproductive rights
Blog Post

With the end of Roe v. Wade federal constitutional protections for reproductive rights, the SC Governor has called for a no-exceptions abortion ban, even for the life of the mother. In the House, Jay Lucas and others have filed anti-abortion bill H.5399. It is a placeholder but would “prohibit abortions in the State of South Carolina” without exceptions.

LWVSC 2022 Legislative Update
Blog Post

The 2021-22 legislative session has been a roller coaster ride. Now that the regular session is largely over — although special summer sessions loom to complete the budget and to attempt to pass a draconian abortion prohibition bill — we can, with the help of our advocates Lynn Teague and Janelle Rivers, assess the winners and losers.

Pages