Photos of Holiday Party (Dec. 13)

and presentation in honor of Robin Kimbrough-Melton.   LINK

January 28 -- Program Planning Brunch

National LWV public policy positions

Tuessday, February 14 -- Meeting on "Green Clemson"

Details later.

Friday, February 24 -- Wine Tasting Fund-raiser.

Details later. SAVE THE DATE.

Tuesday, March 13 -- LWV Consensus & Privatization

The meeting will be held at the Clemson-Central Library on Highway 93 between Clemson and Central. Social time is at 7 and the meeting begins at 7:30.

The Role of Government in Public Education

LINK to LWV article: The Role of Government in Public Educatio: Historical Perspectives by Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins and Margaret Hawkins Hill.

Keep Every Voter

Join the League's campaign to prevent citizens from being disenfranchised. LINK

LWV-SC Study of School District Structure and Authority

For information about the LWV-SC study of school district structure and authority click here.

Voting Machines in the News

An examination of Richland County voting machines has revealed that 355 votes cast in Ward 21 and 772 votes cast in Bluff Precinct were not in the certified results in the November 2010 election. Participants in this study are:

Frank Heindel
FrankHeindel@clemsonarea.sc.lwvnet.org

Chip Moore
Chip-Moore@clemsonarea.sc.lwvnet.org
or mbmxyz@gmail.com
617 877 9885

Duncan Buell
buell@acm.org

Eleanor Hare
wm@clemsonarea.sc.lwvnet.org

Supporting documents may be found at: http://lwvsc.org/audit.html

Voting Machines Deserve Second Look by LWV-SC President, Barbara Zia, in The State, June 27, 2010,

Voting Machines 'buggy, unstable, exploitable' by Duncan Buell in The State, July 16, 2010,

State Should Examine Voting Machines by Eleanor Hare in The Pickens County Sentinel, July 2010.

South Carolina's Ballots Can't Be Recounted by Eleanor Hare in The State, August 16, 2010.

Gambling with Democracy by Corey Hutchins, in the Free Times (Columbia, SC), October 13, 2010.

The Big Picture, in a segment called "Politics" examined South Carolina voting machines on the second half of the program, October 15, 2010.

RECYCLE YOUR CFLs

Home Depot now accepts used compact fluorescent light bulbs for recycling at all of its US locations. Many CFL users have been concerned about mercury contamination when these super-efficient bulbs wear out. Now we can dispose of them safely.   LINK

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LWV South Carolina State Convention (May 14 & 15)