WJBF News Channel 6

The U.S. Department of Justice and staff from the State Election Commission are now set to meet Wednesday morning, after weeks of back-and-forth, to discuss the request of voter list data from the South Carolina Election Commission. South Carolina is not the only state that received this request; several other states were also asked to submit similar data. Some have reportedly pushed back, saying it is against state laws and is an invasion of privacy, while others are reviewing the legal basis for the request. “I am always concerned about anything that discourages people from voting. There is the potential that people will be fearful of voting,” said Lynn Teague from League of Women Voters.

Student voters are increasingly powerful — boasting some 40 million eligible voters. However, students face a hidden threat to their right to vote: “Use It or Lose It” voter roll purging laws. 

South Carolina lawmakers are preparing to ram a dangerous and extreme anti-abortion bill through the legislative process starting October 1 with a specially called Senate subcommittee meeting. "If passed, this would relegate everyone who becomes pregnant to the control of the state. All who care about the preservation of the rights that Americans have valued over the years must reject this bill,” said Lynn Teague, VP for Issues & Action, League of Women Voters of South Carolina.