Oconee and Pickens Counties Subscribed Articles

Oconee and Pickens Counties Subscribed Articles

Public Statement

WASHINGTON  — The League of Women Voters of the United States partnered with the Broadway musical Suffs in recognition of Women’s Equality Day, the day commemorating the adoption of the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution in 1920, which gave some women the right to vote. 

Public Statement

PHOENIX, AZ — The League of Women Voters of the United States, League of Women Voters of Arizona, Secure Families Initiative, and Modern Military Association of America filed an amicus brief this week in Mi Familia Vota v. Fontes, a case before the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Public Statement

WASHINGTON – Today, The League of Women Voters Education Fund (LWVEF) and Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) announced a new, two-year partnership that will support Girl Scouts’ Promote the Vote program and civic engagement opportunities for Girl Scouts across the country. Building on GSUSA and LWVEF’s long histories of civic engagement, the partnership will connect local Leagues and Girl Scout councils to support Girl Scout troops participating in Promote the Vote, as well as in completing civics badges, earning the Gold Award and more. 

Blog Post

The Tony Award-winning musical Suffs depicts heroes of the suffrage movement — including LWV founder Carrie Chapman Catt — fighting for women’s right to vote in the early twentieth century. 

We discuss the ways this musical relates to women's activism from the early twentieth century to today.

 

Lynn Teague, LWVSC VP for State Issues & Advocacy, at the SC Statehouse steps
Press Mention

South Carolina Daily Gazette

We are approaching an election that people of all political persuasions agree is crucial for the future of our nation.
Sadly, many qualified citizens choose not to participate in this most basic method of influencing how we are governed. However, there is a solution: When enough people understand that despite obstacles, our votes can be truly powerful. Most of the noise about election integrity is simply that, noise arising from misinformation or even intentional disinformation. Make a plan, inform yourself, and vote!

Joan Zaleski
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The Post & Courier

Voters across South Carolina will be asked in November to decide on a ballot issue that proposes to change the language in our constitution related to voter qualifications. This proposal is at best confusing, and at worst misleading. We urge voters to vote against it.

Power Lines
Press Mention

The CEOs of Dominion, Santee Cooper, and Duke Energy want South Carolina to abandon very important elements of the system of utility regulation established after the V.C. Summer collapse. The League of Women Voters of South Carolina continues to advocate for fair evidence-based utility regulation to ensure our state's future.

Nancy Williams on the Arena's Shattered Ceilings
News

Our president, Nancy Williams, was interviewed on The Arena's Shattering Ceilings podcast on August 14 in advance of Women's Equality Day (August 26). 

ACLU podcast interview Lynn Teague
Blog Post

When we said we'd keep fighting after the unfortunate 6-3 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Alexander v. SC NAACP in May, we really meant it. We're suing to end partisan gerrymandering in South Carolina. Listen to the ACLU interview with Lynn Teague, LWVSC VP, Issues & Action..

Lynn Teague, LWVSC VP for State Issues & Advocacy, at the SC Statehouse steps
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The Post & Courier

Why are we back in court? The S.C. Constitution is more explicit in defining voting rights than the U.S. Constitution. SC guarantees “free and open elections” and an “equal right to elect officers.” Partisan gerrymanders are a problem that not only can —but must —be addressed by our state judiciary.

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