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LWVCA in the News

• Read Post and Courier article on November's Hot Topic Discussion on the new Immigration Law: Law on illegal immigrants stirs up concerns during forum

• October 1, 2011: Vote Local 2011 - includes voter participation figures for recent local elections, links to redistricting maps, and candidate forum schedule

• March 23, 2011: Meeting Discusses Future of Teacher Pay - ABC News Four coverage of March 22 LWVCA Teacher Effectiveness Forum

• LWVCA members Joan Dehne and Jane Pulling were featured in a recent edition of LWVUS' Leagues in the Spotlight for their voter registration work this year. Congratulations!

• September 3, 2010: LWVCA president Mary Horres has Moxie!

• July 7, 2010: America's Enemy is the War on Drugs - Charleston City Paper writer Will Moredock discusses the state of the War on Drugs. He writes, "What we need in this state and country is an informed discussion of drugs and drug laws, a discussion without politics and passion. That is what the League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area (LWVCA) offers with a new study: "Mapping the Elephant: Illegal Drugs in South Carolina." Read more. Also, read our recent drug study and the new LWVCA position statements on drug policy.

• June 27, 2010: Voting Machines Deserve Second Look - LWVSC President Barbara Zia in The State News - "The technology used by South Carolina's direct recording electronic voting machines has been widely criticized by experts because of the lack of a voter-verifiable paper audit trail. Many states have adopted more verifiable technology, leaving South Carolina as one of a handful of states that still use only paperless voting machines without a paper trail..." Read more

• June 2010: Over 400 Students Register to Vote - Berkeley Independent reported on an LWVCA high school voter registration drive this spring

• February 2010: Peggy Huchet and Jon Butzon were invited to contribute their paper, "Time to buy a seat at the education table," to Statehouse Report by editor Andy Brack. Read Part 1, then Part 2. Jon is executive director of Charleston Education Network. Peggy is LWV/Charleston Area Education Director. Both are LWV members who are also on the LWVSC education committee.

• February 2010: The SC Environmental Law Practice represented the Georgetown, Charleston, and State Leagues of Women Voters, SC Wildlife Federation and SC Coastal Conservation League in the Supreme Court's February 1st decision ruling that the Coastal Management Program, which is used to protect wetlands throughout the 8 coastal counties, is valid and enforceable and was properly promulgated pursuant to the SC Coastal Zone Management Act. Congratulations to Amy Armstrong, LWV/Georgetown County Board member and SCELP attorney, who argued the case before the Court. Read a brief article and access the Court's opinion here.

Letters to the Editor

• February 2012: Letter to the Editor: Stop This Unnecessary Law

If you have registered to vote or changed your voting address at a church, school, company, neighborhood association, volunteer-staffed table at a community event, or even through a friendly scout working on a citizenship badge, we urge you to ask your SC House Representative to vote against House Bill 4549. This bill has been pushed through House committees and onto the floor for a vote as early as this Wednesday, February 8.

Proponents of this bill have not consulted with state election officials, not considered the full costs of its implementation and litigation to be borne by taxpayers, and have disregarded the negative impact it would have on voter participation. This bill has nothing to do with any specific South Carolina issue that needs to be addressed; it simply copies wording from a Florida law that is now in District Court. The outcome of its passing will be the same as Florida, too --- expensive litigation costs to defend it in court, as well as burdensome regulations and liability for stiff fines that have stopped the League of Women Voters and other community organizations from registering voters.

A participatory government needs its citizens to vote and step in when our elected officials are making mistakes. It is easy to contact your legislator. Just go to http://www.SCStatehouse.gov and complete the information in the "Find Your Legislator" box (on the left side) to get their names and contact information.

Limiting third party voter registration is not good government or democracy at work; it is just more government, more unnecessary regulations, and more protection for those who are currently in office. Please call or email your SC House Representative today to vote NO on House Bill 4549.

• November 2011: All Politics Are Local

• April 2009: Letter re: Voter ID Bill H. 3418 The LWVCA opposes the current Voter ID Bill because it will ultimately limit legitimate voters from exercising their rights.

• October 2008: Letter re: election day

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