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League of Women Voters^®
of South Carolina

Information for Voters. What's Going On. LWVSC Studies. LWVSC Advocacy.

Information for Voters

"An Audit of DRE-based Elections in South Carolina," a report and analysis of the November 2010 election data for South Carolina, together with county by county details of the data.
A task force has been formed to look into alternative voting system technologies
South Carolina Voter Photo ID
Candidates Sought for Boards of Trustees of State Colleges and Universities
The LWVSC Voter Information Page
Current Newsletter
Know Your State: South Carolina Government. Order LWVSC's new publication here For more information, dappler@homesc.com.

What's Going On

Patriocracy film and panel discussion, Wed., Jan. 18, 2012, at Greater Columbia Chamber of Commerce auditorium, 930 Richland St., Columbia: Political dysfunction and polarization have brought American politics to historical lows. This FREE special screening of PATRIOCRACY, a new documentary that drills down to the roots of political polarization and offers solutions, will be followed by a panel discussion, moderated by Elizabeth MacNamara, LWVUS President. Panelists include former US Rep. John Spratt, USC School of Communication Dean and former CNN anchor Charles Bierbauer, Greater Columbia Community Relations Council Interim Director Lee Catoe, filmmaker Brian Malone, and others. This FREE event is open to the public and sponsored by the League of Women Voters. Greater Columbia Community Relations Council is a co-sponsor. Refreshments will be served. Film information is available at http://www.patriocracymovie.com/. RSVP at 803-251-2726 or info@lwvsc.org. Click here for more information.
Join us for 2012 Senate and House Conservations with Conservationist Briefings. Start 2012 off with action: Senate Briefing, Jan. 11; House Briefing, Jan. 25
League Legacy: Conversations with LWVSC Presidents, 1977-2011. LWVSC's newest publication consists of interviews with nine former state League presidents interviewing former state presidents about their impressions of their time in office. Copies are $10 each, including shipping. To order, send a check payable to LWVSC to: LWVSC, PO Box 8453, Columbia, SC 29202. Indicate that purchase is for "League Legacy" and include name and address where it is to be mailed.
Join us for LWVSC's 60th anniversary party & presentation of past presidents' oral history to USC Library, September 30, 2011, 7 pm.
Local League meetings with Legislative Delegations, Fall 2011.
Women's Equality Day, August 26, marks the date in 1920 when the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, giving women the right to vote. Please join LWVSC in honoring South Carolina's women leaders--past, present and future:

Brief history of the Women's Suffrage Movement in South Carolina celebrates the decades-long, courageous struggle for women's voting rights

Press conference and networking luncheon on Sept. 7 to celebrate South Carolina women's leadership in several areas of endeavor today

2012 offers an opportunity to effect important changes in South Carolina. Encourage more women to become effective politically.

LWVSC Studies

New 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

LWVSC Advocacy

LWVSC takes action on nuclear waste management in South Carolina

Comments submitted to the Blue Ribbon Commission on America's Nuclear Future, 10/31/2011

News release issued 11/2/2011.

LWVSC Position on Irradiated Commercial Nuclear Fuel Storage at SRS
An Overview of Research on Corporal Punishment--The LWVSC Board supports the efforts of the SC Coalition to Abolish Corporal Punishment in the Schools (http://www.stophittingstudents.org). See article in Summer 2011 SC VOTER.
Auditing a DRE-based Election in South Carolina, a paper presented at the Usenix EVT/WOTE workshop on voting technologies
Resources from Legislative Advocacy Day: Coming Together for South Carolina's Future, Our Children
An Audit of the November 2010 Election Results in South Carolina
LWVUS Program Planning--2012 is a LWVUS 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 LWVUS to focus on in the next biennium. Deadline for electronic filing of your League's program planning report is March 1, 2012. The 2012 LWVUS Program Planning Leaders Guide is at http://www.lwv.org/programplanning. The response form will be available soon.
Redistricting News
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

LWVSC letter to South Carolina's federal delegation asking for support for TANF (Temporary Assistance for Needs Families) reauthorization.