League of Women Voters of South Carolina
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Nonpartisan, grassroots voting rights organization working to empower voters and defend democracy through education, advocacy, and litigation at the local, state, and national levels since 1920. www.lwvsc.org
There will be a press conference at 2 PM today on the State House steps to address the SCOTUS decision to deny Planned Parenthood any Medicaid funding. Show up and show support for an organization that for many is their only source of medical care.
June 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
There will be a press conference at 2 PM today on the State House steps to address the SCOTUS decision to deny Planned Parenthood any Medicaid funding. Show up and show support for an organization that for many is their only source of medical care.
Gerrymandering On Trial. The SC Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the League of Women Voters challenge to the SC Congressional map (2024-001227) on Tuesday, June 24, at 2:00 PM. To watch the streaming video, www.scetv.org/live/supreme...
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Watch the State Supreme Court of South Carolina.
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June 23, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Gerrymandering On Trial. The SC Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the League of Women Voters challenge to the SC Congressional map (2024-001227) on Tuesday, June 24, at 2:00 PM. To watch the streaming video, www.scetv.org/live/supreme...
Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on the House version of H.3309. scdailygazette.com/2025/05/05/s...
SC consumer, environmental groups decry cuts to sweeping energy legislation • SC Daily Gazette
Fate of massive energy legislation in question after the SC House removed measures meant to safeguard consumers and landowners.
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May 6, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on the House version of H.3309. scdailygazette.com/2025/05/05/s...
Call your senator and ask them to protect us all through sound energy regulation. my.lwv.org/south-caroli...
Controversial energy bill H.3309 could be expensive for consumers
Starting April 1, the SC Senate will debate controversial energy bill H.3309 that could be expensive for consumers. The bill offers reduced electric rates to wealthy companies like Meta and Google, we...
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March 29, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Call your senator and ask them to protect us all through sound energy regulation. my.lwv.org/south-caroli...
Tell your SC General Assembly senator and representative that you must be protected from paying for generating capacity and any other costs associated with data center energy demands. Otherwise we may all suffer enormously while Zuckerberg and others profit. arkansasadvocate.com/2025/03/06/p...
Power for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers • Arkansas Advocate
The explosive growth of data centers around the country — driven in large part by the burgeoning use of artificial intelligence — could come at a “staggering” cost for average residents with skyrocket...
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March 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Tell your SC General Assembly senator and representative that you must be protected from paying for generating capacity and any other costs associated with data center energy demands. Otherwise we may all suffer enormously while Zuckerberg and others profit. arkansasadvocate.com/2025/03/06/p...
H.3457 would ban abortions except in "medical emergencies." Abortion bans kill real live breathing people, as ProPublica's examination of results in Texas show; sepsis rates spiked from 2.9% to 4.9% during the 2nd trimester. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did
Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...
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February 23, 2025 at 9:06 PM
H.3457 would ban abortions except in "medical emergencies." Abortion bans kill real live breathing people, as ProPublica's examination of results in Texas show; sepsis rates spiked from 2.9% to 4.9% during the 2nd trimester. www.propublica.org/article/texa...
The House Constitutional Laws subcommittee heard testimony on H.3459, a bill to require Election Commission registration of 3rd party groups assisting voters in registering, but didn't get to a vote. Let your House members know that there is no risk to election integrity from these groups. Vote NO.
February 23, 2025 at 8:23 PM
The House Constitutional Laws subcommittee heard testimony on H.3459, a bill to require Election Commission registration of 3rd party groups assisting voters in registering, but didn't get to a vote. Let your House members know that there is no risk to election integrity from these groups. Vote NO.
The League of Women Voters of SC has testified for or against 18 bills in the SC General Assembly, orally and in writing, after only six weeks of session. Check out our written testimony at my.lwv.org/south-caroli...
Legislative Advocacy 2025-26
The League remains focused most intensively on its Making Democracy Work (MDW) campaign: voting and elections, redistricting, and opposition to constitutional convention resolutions. As always, we wil...
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February 22, 2025 at 9:28 PM
The League of Women Voters of SC has testified for or against 18 bills in the SC General Assembly, orally and in writing, after only six weeks of session. Check out our written testimony at my.lwv.org/south-caroli...
Check out the League of Women Voters of SC toolkit for advocacy. Learn how to make your voice heard at the State House, the county or municipal council, and the school board. bit.ly/effectiveadvocacy
LWVSC Effective Advocacy Toolkit
Do you have an issue you’re concerned about but are frustrated trying to make your voice heard by elected officials, administrators or the public?
To help address this need, the League of Women Voter...
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February 22, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Check out the League of Women Voters of SC toolkit for advocacy. Learn how to make your voice heard at the State House, the county or municipal council, and the school board. bit.ly/effectiveadvocacy
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South Carolina lawmakers want a pass to cheat on election maps. The court shouldn’t allow it.
An update on our partisan gerrymandering lawsuit: www.aclusc.org/en/press-rel...
An update on our partisan gerrymandering lawsuit: www.aclusc.org/en/press-rel...
S.C. lawmakers want a pass to cheat on election maps. The court shouldn’t allow it.
COLUMBIA – In a new legal filing, the League of Women Voters of South Carolina — represented by the ACLU of South Carolina and the ACLU — urges the State Supreme Court to uphold South Carolinians’
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January 30, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Con con is back. Supporters keep rewriting their plans for a federal constitutional convention, in hopes that they can control a federal constitutional convention process through state laws. open.substack.com/pub/lteague/...
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January 30, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Con con is back. Supporters keep rewriting their plans for a federal constitutional convention, in hopes that they can control a federal constitutional convention process through state laws. open.substack.com/pub/lteague/...
An important discussion of AI and society today -- www.techpolicy.press/the-ugliest-...
The Ugliest Thing San Francisco Ever Built: Lessons for AI Infrastructure | TechPolicy.Press
Eryk Salvaggio asks, are we again poised to value technological infrastructure over our shared social infrastructure?
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January 26, 2025 at 5:34 PM
An important discussion of AI and society today -- www.techpolicy.press/the-ugliest-...
Investing in US AI and data centers has just been revealed as much riskier than most people knew. China has just introduced AI that is more efficient, even with reduced capacity chips. What of South Carolina's energy investments to support AI? www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/h...
How China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening U.S. dominance
An AI lab out of China has ignited panic in Silicon Valley after releasing impressive AI models more cheaply and with less-powerful chips than U.S. AI giants.
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January 25, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Investing in US AI and data centers has just been revealed as much riskier than most people knew. China has just introduced AI that is more efficient, even with reduced capacity chips. What of South Carolina's energy investments to support AI? www.cnbc.com/2025/01/24/h...
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On Wednesday a House subcommittee will take up H. 3309, which would greatly weaken utility regulation in South Carolina. Today's post addresses only one of the significant issues around this bill. open.substack.com/pub/lteague/...
January 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
On Wednesday a House subcommittee will take up H. 3309, which would greatly weaken utility regulation in South Carolina. Today's post addresses only one of the significant issues around this bill. open.substack.com/pub/lteague/...
For information on the bills that the League of Women Voters will be following in 2025 in the 2025 SC General Assembly, see lists posted at my.lwv.org/south-caroli.... As the session goes on we will also post the testimony that we present in subcommittees.
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January 9, 2025 at 3:45 PM
For information on the bills that the League of Women Voters will be following in 2025 in the 2025 SC General Assembly, see lists posted at my.lwv.org/south-caroli.... As the session goes on we will also post the testimony that we present in subcommittees.
South Carolina's 2025 legislative session begins next Tuesday. Several bills have been pre-filed that would require voters to register by party and to vote only in the primary for that party, with limited exceptions for independents. For more information, see open.substack.com/pub/lteague/...
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January 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
South Carolina's 2025 legislative session begins next Tuesday. Several bills have been pre-filed that would require voters to register by party and to vote only in the primary for that party, with limited exceptions for independents. For more information, see open.substack.com/pub/lteague/...
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The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is on Bluesky now. We will post information about SC voting and elections, government regulations, health care, education, judicial reform and more. We are looking forward to blue skies.
November 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM
The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is on Bluesky now. We will post information about SC voting and elections, government regulations, health care, education, judicial reform and more. We are looking forward to blue skies.
The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is on Bluesky now. We will post information about SC voting and elections, government regulations, health care, education, judicial reform and more. We are looking forward to blue skies.
November 17, 2024 at 7:35 PM
The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is on Bluesky now. We will post information about SC voting and elections, government regulations, health care, education, judicial reform and more. We are looking forward to blue skies.