Oconee and Pickens Counties Subscribed Articles

Recognizing MLK Marchers

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

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Thanks to these brave souls who represented HHI-BA at the 2025 MLK March.

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

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LWV HHI_BA 2024 Year in Review

Our League can celebrate many accomplishments in 2024!

Submitted by South Carolina in January 2025.

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On January 21, the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee will consider four bills. S. 35 would propose a constitutional amendment that would delete the Comptroller General from the list of constitutional officers. S.36 would modify provisions for establishing polling places, including numbers of registered electors and notice to electors of persons whose registration is transferred. S.37 addresses municipal elections, following on the last-minute failure in the 2024 session of a bill to standardize dates and reform processes. S.38 would standardize the special election dates, including primaries and runoffs.

Our Oath to Democracy

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

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On January 20, Inauguration Day, the next president and vice president of the United States will be sworn into office in front of the US Capitol Building. As part of the peaceful transfer of power, the two men will recite their Oaths of Office, swearing to protect and defend the US Constitution and to enact their duties faithfully.

As our democracy anticipates unprecedented challenges, there could be no better time to pledge our own oath to protect and preserve democracy. Here’s ours.

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

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The LWV HHI-BA Membership Committee has just completed the 2025 New Member Orientation Booklet to engage and educate our new members about our league. Even our long-time members will find this booklet helpful and informative.

Is registration by party coming to S.C. as session opens?

Submitted by South Carolina in January 2025.

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The Statehouse Report

Statehouse handicappers say 2025 may be the year that lawmakers require South Carolinians to declare allegiance to one political party or the other when they register to vote, a long-time wishlist item for many GOP legislators. But Lynn Teague, vice president of the nonpartisan League of Women Voters of South Carolina, says a switch would not be in the interests of nonpartisan voters. “The League opposes both bills,” Teague said in a Jan. 9 statement. “Although either would be acceptable if all unaffiliated voters could vote in any primary, without further conditions.”

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

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The League of Women Voters of HHI and Bluffton is pleased to announce we received two 2025 grants, one from the LWV US and another from the LWV SC.

Submitted by South Carolina in January 2025.

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Bills have been prefiled and next Tuesday the South Carolina General Assembly will return for the 2025 session. As usual, there are issues and bills that relate to our ability to make democracy work in South Carolina.

Why We Will Remain the League of WOMEN Voters

Submitted by the US (LWVUS) in January 2025.

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Over a century after our founding — and the passage of the 19^th amendment that granted many women the right to vote — some people question why the League of Women Voters keeps the word ‘women’ in our name.

To me, now more than ever, it’s clear that “women” is an essential part of our name — and always will be.