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Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area Articles

Advocacy 101 Draws a Crowd

Submitted by Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area in September 2025.

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Our August 26 kickoff event for the new 2025-26 year honored Women’s Equality Day, the date in 1920 that the 19th Amendment granted women the right to vote. Keynote speaker Aisha Jones, Women’s Rights and Empowerment Network (WREN) of South Carolina, described the challenges facing SC women and, importantly, how we can effectively advocate for issues that matter to us.

Submitted by Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area in July 2024.

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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.

Submitted by Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Area in February 2024.

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SC is one of only 10 states that has refused to expand health insurance coverage for working-age adults although Federal funds would cover more than 90% of the cost.

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WIS sits down with current, former state lawmakers ahead of abortion bill hearing

Submitted by South Carolina in September 2025.

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WIS 10 TV

The South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Subcommittee is set to hold a public hearing Wednesday concerning Senate Bill 323, otherwise known as the Unborn Child Protection Act. Watch the interview with current state Sen. Tameika Isaac Devine and Lynn S. Teague from the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. WIS also airs comments from former state Sen. Katrina Shealy recorded earlier Monday. Watch the interview.
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South Carolina election official dismissed amid investigation into wiretap allegations

Submitted by South Carolina in September 2025.

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WLTX News19 TV (Columbia)

The deputy executive director of the SC State Election Commission has been fired and the deputy director was terminated after suspension during an internal investigation. Lynn Teague, vice president for issues and action with the League of Women Voters of South Carolina, said the agency still has the staff and resources to conduct secure elections despite the departures.

South Carolina Elections Commission deputy executive director fired after internal investigation

Submitted by South Carolina in September 2025.

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WIS 10 TV

The deputy executive director for the South Carolina Elections Commission has been fired amid an ongoing SLED investigation. Her termination comes after former Executive Director of the South Carolina Elections Commission, Howard Knapp, was also fired on Sept. 17. Lynn Teague, LWVSC VP, Issues & Action, emphasized that voters should not lose faith in the system. “There are experienced IT specialists, staff working with counties, and people who continue to do their jobs,” she said. “Absolutely no one should panic, and no one should think this will cast doubt on the integrity of our elections.”
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South Carolina Supreme Court ruling sparks voting rights debate

Submitted by South Carolina in September 2025.

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ABC 4 News

Voter rights groups across South Carolina are voicing their discontent after the state Supreme Court upheld the current congressional district lines, rejecting claims that the 1st Congressional District was gerrymandered. “The whole process is supposed to be about voters and how the public is represented,” said Lynn Teague of the League. “It is not a one-winner-take-all process properly defined.”

Questions, theories abound after sudden firing of SC's elections czar

Submitted by South Carolina in September 2025.

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The Post & Courier

State officials are largely remaining silent over the sudden firing of the state’s top election official less than two months before towns and cities across the state head to the polls Nov. 4. "Our impression has been that the state election commission has operated as it was intended to: as largely independent of political interest,” said Lynn Teague, LWVSC Vice President, Issues & Action..“That’s not without exception, but on the whole we believe that it has been managed well,” she added. “So we are especially puzzled by the sudden development of the firing of the director.”

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