Gentrification and housing growth in District 23, which includes portions of downtown Greenville, have contributed to the Black population declining from 50 percent to 37 over the past decade. Calling for a process of transparency and inclusiveness, League of Women Voters of Greenville County testimony urged redistricting decisions that give meaningful voice to communities of color.

Local elections are as important as national elections because they decide things that affect our daily lives. Take part in your government on Tuesday, November 2, 2021. GO VOTE!

An excellent dive into how one district was customized for the incumbent senator, and how that works statewide. Voting rights advocates heavily quoted include the League of Women Voters of South Carolina.

Current Senate districts intentionally make districts homogenous, depriving our general election votes of meaning. This exaggerates partisan differences between districts, a pattern that feeds deadly polarization. Our League maps, with their substantial reduction in very exaggerated vote imbalances, much more accurately reflect our communities. Representation in the South Carolina Senate based on our maps would be very healthy for our state and nation.