The Post & Courier

The number of South Carolinians on the active voter roll has stayed largely flat over the last four years despite the state’s significant population growth over the same time period, data shows. Lynn Teague, a LWVSC Vice President, suspects that some of the new people moving into the state from elsewhere, particularly retirees, might just not be that concerned about voting in South Carolina. She also suspects a communication problem with rural voters who are less likely to be online with reliable internet access to receive important voting messages.

Teague stressed that voters who may have been marked inactive after moving or not returning their card aren’t prevented from showing up at their polling place, or even better, checking in in-person or over the phone with their local election office to sort out their registration.

The State

Despite his overall support for President Donald Trump, S.C. Gov. Henry McMaster has spent much of his tenure taking stances on the environment that are either at odds with the Republican president or not on Trump’s radar.

Lynn Teague, LWVS vice president for issues and action,, said the governor has done well on many issues, but he and other leaders need to take strong positions on controlling the growth of data centers. “We have seen now for several years attempts to get some meaningful regulation of these data centers, which plays into the utility issues, and it hasn’t happened,’’ she said. “We’d like to have seen more leadership from the governor and other leaders.’’