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From: LWV SC
October 16, 2025
 

League of Women Voters of South Carolina supports full practice authority for Advanced Practice Registered Nurses (APRNs)

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Today the League of Women Voters of South Carolina and the ACLU of South Carolina, represented by Burnette Shutt & McDaniel, PA, took a strong stand for the rule of law. Last night he House Rules Committee held posted notice of a meeting at 7:07 pm and held the meeting at 7:15 pm. At that meeting, the Rules Committee changed the rules prohibiting a member from putting forward more than 1 amendment to a bill. South Carolina law requires public bodies to give 24 hours notice of a meeting. Government transparency is one of the central pillars of the rule of law.

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Friday the General Assembly begins a special session called by the Governor for the purpose of redrawing our congressional districts and sending our primary elections into chaos to reflect the change. This will be a heartbreaking exercise for anyone who cares for all of our state’s people and for our nation’s highest ideals.

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SC Daily Gazette

Removing the Confederate flag from Statehouse grounds was important. It was a powerful symbol of a long history of racial injustice. Now we are faced with an issue that is even more important — not symbol but substance. Voting rights are the substance, the core of racial justice, that people have lived and died for. The proposed map would unfairly impair the ability of hundreds of thousands of South Carolinians to have a voice in Congress. We hope our legislators will make a thoughtful and fair choice.

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Understanding good governance is like working on creating a great recipe. A big part of getting that recipe “right” is protecting that “mix,” enabling everyone to contribute and accomplish League goals. As part of good governance, local Leagues should consider investing in Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance to cover directors and officers from all actions and decisions in the course of their duties and the costs associated with legal defense.

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Charleston City Paper/The Statehouse Report

With just three business days left in the legislative session, Republicans in the South Carolina Senate tapped the brakes Thursday on a last-minute plan to gerrymander 17-term Democratic U.S. Rep. James Clyburn out of his congressional seat. But regardless of any political outcomes either way, S.C. League of Women Voters Vice President Lynn Teague said her group opposes the proposed redistricting.

“Convincing people to vote when they’ve seen conscious, obvious, blatant attempts to rig the maps is just very hard,” Teague said. “The constitutional purpose is to see to it that all the people of South Carolina are represented in Washington. And this would send exactly the wrong message.”