BRIEFS: Budget conference, ethics awards
House and Senate budget conferees are scheduled to start meeting to work out compromises between differing provisions of the state’s $7.5 billion budget. Also: Martin, Finlay receive ethics awards.
View ArticleULBRICH: No ID? Vote a provisional ballot on June 14
By Holley Hewitt Ulbrich | If you have a reasonable impediment to obtaining a photo ID, you may vote a paper provisional ballot after showing your non-photo voter registration card. A reasonable...
View ArticleLETTERS: Meeting a Palmetto Priority and rebutting a column
JoAnne Day, Columbia: "What I would really like to see South Carolina aim for now is automatic voter registration at the state Department of Motor Vehicles and other public service agencies, such as...
View ArticleNEWS: S.C. voter ID law likely not in peril
News analysis by Bill Davis, senior editor | National momentum swinging against various voter identification laws across the country probably won’t be forceful enough to strike down South Carolina’s...
View ArticleULBRICH: Every vote should matter!
By Holley Ulbrich, special to Statehouse Report | One lesson from last year’s primary and general election that shouldn’t be lost is that we all would like our vote to matter. So what are the...
View ArticleMY TURN: League focuses on ethics reform, redistricting, judges
By Julie Hussey and JoAnne Day, special to Statehouse Report | The central focus of the League of Women Voters nationally and in South Carolina is “making democracy work.” We are especially concerned...
View ArticleMY TURN: Groups already at work to make redistricting more transparent
By Lynn Teague, special to Statehouse Report | It was great to see your article on the crucial importance of the process of redrawing legislative district lines after the 2020 census. Improving this...
View ArticleMY TURN, Rhodes: More waste comes to Savannah River Site?
By Suzanne Rhodes, special to Statehouse Report | During the Cold War effort to develop a large arsenal of weapons, millions of gallons of chemical and radioactive wastes were generated at the...
View ArticleBUELL: On choosing new voting systems for South Carolina
By Duncan Buell, special to Statehouse Report | How can we be sure that we have a meaningful voice as citizens of our representative democracy? At the most basic level, democracy is about voting....
View Article9/28, full issue: Rural health care; Lessons learned; Civics help
NEWS: S.C. weaves tapestry of rural health solutions BRIEFS: Free coding program, spit ruling, school for dyslexic students CALENDAR: General Assembly to address vetoes, conformity next week...
View ArticleMY TURN, Rivers: League provides civics resources for S.C. high schools
By Janelle Rivers, special to Statehouse Report | Social studies coordinators, supervisors and lead teachers in all South Carolina school districts now have a resource that explains South Carolina’s...
View ArticleNEWS: S.C. undecided on new voting system, but rushing to find one
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | Just how voters cast ballots in 2020 will depend on the next few months, but one thing is certain: there will be a paper record of some kind. There’s a...
View Article6/14, full issue: On high-interest lending; Southern ghosts; New voting machines
INSIDE ISSUE 18.24 | JUNE 14, 2019 NEWS: Big money being made off low-income earners in S.C. BRIEFS: New voting machines to come, but so are longer lines COMMENTARY, Brack: Dealing with Southern...
View ArticleMY TURN, McCoy-Lawrence: Voters aren’t getting voting system they deserve
By Christe McCoy-Lawrence, exclusive to Statehouse Report | The League of Women Voters of South Carolina is, of course, distressed that the state has chosen to pay more money to get less of a voting...
View ArticleNEWS BRIEFS: New voting machines to come, but so are longer lines
By Lindsay Street, Statehouse correspondent | South Carolina will spend $51 million on new voting machines before the 2020 presidential primaries, but voting advocate Lynn Teague warns the new...
View ArticleOUR TURN: Protect S.C. elections during the pandemic
By Holly Ulbrich and Christe McCoy-Lawrence, special to Statehouse Report | COVID-19 has altered our lives in many ways and it is certain to affect how we vote. McCoe-Lawrence Ulbrich Protecting the...
View ArticleBRACK: Redistricting delay is a public shame
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Every 10 years in spring like clockwork, the General Assembly is mired in the minutia of redrawing election lines as required by the U.S. Constitution. Except...
View ArticleBRACK: Republicans should work to expand, not restrict, voting
By Andy Brack, editor and publisher | Red states like South Carolina face increasing pressure to fiddle with election laws. They should resist. But expecting Republican leaders to dial back the...
View ArticleMY TURN: House, Senate maps differ on competitive districts
By Lynn S. Teague, League of Women Voters | The process of redrawing South Carolina’s legislative maps kicked into gear with the Aug. 12 release of U. S. Census data. Since then, there have been...
View ArticleNEW for 1/21: On redistricting, income tax cuts, reading
INSIDE ISSUE 21.03 | JAN. 21, 2022 BIG STORY: Civil rights groups preparing legal action over new congressional map NEWS BRIEFS: McMaster pushes tax cuts, education reform, mental health funding...
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