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I Voted? - What are the assurances of accuracy and security in American elections?
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Convention 2013 Information

LWVSC JOINS AMICUS BRIEF IN THE CASE OF SHELBY COUNTY VS. HOLDER LWVSC points out the continuing importance of the Voting Rights Act and urges the U.S. Supreme Court to uphold its constitutionality in an amicus brief before the Supreme Court in Shelby County v. Holder. brief

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ELECTION PROTECTION RESOURCES...
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Frequently Asked Questions About Voting

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Save All Votes--Information Flyer for Voters

South Carolina Photo ID: Frequently asked questions about how the Oct. 2012 court ruling will affect voters

News Release: THREE-JUDGE PANEL BLOCKS SOUTH CAROLINA VOTER PHOTO ID LAW FOR 2012 Voter ID Law for 2012 Election

Register to Vote by October 6th to be able to vote in the November 6th, 2012 General Election.

Online voter registration is now available. Go to Voter Registration.

Constitutional Amendment Question on SC Ballot for 2012 Election

Your Vote Counts in South Carolina

Current Newsletter

Know Your State: South Carolina Government. Order LWVSC's new publication here For more information, league@lwvsc.org or LWVSC, PO Box 8453, Columbia SC 29202.

• SAVE THE DATE: 2013 LWVSC Convention, April 27-28, Hampton Inn, Duncan, SC. LWV/Spartanburg County is the host League. Watch for details.
• Member Consensus on LWVSC Study on Evaluation and Retention of Effective Teachers: Consensus questions and complete Leaders Guide will be sent to local Leagues and Members-at-Large in November 2012. Deadline for returning consensus reports to LWVSC is March 1, 2013.
• LWVSC Program Planning: 2013 is a LWVSC convention year. (In even-numbered years national convention is held; in odd years LWVSC convention takes place.) Local Leagues will be asked to hold meetings to recommend program (i.e., public policy issues for study and action) that they want LWVSC to focus on in 2013-15. Deadline for electronic filing of your League's program planning report is March 1, 2013.
  • Guide to program planning 2013
  • Response form for program planning 2013

New Member Study, 2011-2013: LWVSC Undertakes Study on Evaluation and Retention of Effective Teachers

Completed Studies

• School District Structure and governance in South Carolina
• Water Supply Issues in South Carolina

South Carolina Ethics Reform

• LWVSC Recommendations for Increasing Integrity and Transparency in SC State Government
• Testimony before House Ethics Reform Subcommittee, Nov. 1, 2012

LWVSC takes action on nuclear waste management in South Carolina

• LWVSC Position on Irradiated Commercial Nuclear Fuel Storage at SRS

Voting Systems

• LWVSC presentation to the Legislative Audit Council on voting systems/voting machines
• Auditing a DRE-based Election in South Carolina, a paper presented at the Usenix EVT/WOTE workshop on voting technologies
• An Audit of the November 2010 Election Results in South Carolina

South Carolina's Education Funding Puzzle: a series of LWVSC policy briefs on how public education is financed in the state

• Part 1--The Education Finance Act Piece
• Part 2--Two Cents for Education: The Sales Tax and Schools