League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 26/06/2025There 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. 131
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Gerrymandering 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...scetv.orgSupreme Court of South Carolina | South Carolina ETVWatch the State Supreme Court of South Carolina. 33013
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Call your senators and tell them to vote NO on the House version of H.3309. scdailygazette.com/2025/05/05/s...scdailygazette.comSC consumer, environmental groups decry cuts to sweeping energy legislation • SC Daily GazetteFate of massive energy legislation in question after the SC House removed measures meant to safeguard consumers and landowners. 051
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Call your senator and ask them to protect us all through sound energy regulation. my.lwv.org/south-caroli...my.lwv.orgControversial energy bill H.3309 could be expensive for consumersStarting 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... 1158
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Tell 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...arkansasadvocate.comPower for data centers could come at ‘staggering’ cost to consumers • Arkansas AdvocateThe 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... 1176
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 23/02/2025H.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...propublica.orgTexas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We DidSince 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... 2236
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 23/02/2025The 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. 142
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025The 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...my.lwv.orgLegislative Advocacy 2025-26The 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... 0179
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Check 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/effectiveadvocacybit.lyLWVSC Effective Advocacy ToolkitDo 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... 02413
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League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Con 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/...open.substack.comInbox | Substack 041
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 26/01/2025An important discussion of AI and society today -- www.techpolicy.press/the-ugliest-...techpolicy.pressThe Ugliest Thing San Francisco Ever Built: Lessons for AI Infrastructure | TechPolicy.PressEryk Salvaggio asks, are we again poised to value technological infrastructure over our shared social infrastructure? 161
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 25/01/2025Investing 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...cnbc.comHow China’s new AI model DeepSeek is threatening U.S. dominanceAn 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. 1126
Reposted by League of Women Voters of South CarolinaLynn Teague @lynnteague.bsky.social · 14/01/2025On 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/... 0103
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025For 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.lwvsc.org 01510
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 09/01/2025South 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/...open.substack.comInbox | Substack 1125
Reposted by League of Women Voters of South CarolinaLeague of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The 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. 3476
League of Women Voters of South Carolina @lwvsc.bsky.social · 17/11/2024The 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. 3476