Monday, May 21 -- Candidate Forum

The League of Women Voters Clemson Area will sponsor a forum for SC Senate District 1 and SC House District 2 on Monday, May 21 at 7:00pm in the Central Clemson Public Library. Senator Thomas Alexander (unopposed) and Representative BR Skelton and Ed Harris will participate. There will be written questions from the floor following opening statements. The public is urged to attend.

Tuesday, May 29, 2012, 6:30 p.m., Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library
Pickens County Sheriff
Kerry Avery, Rick Clark, Keith Culbreath, C. David Stone, Billy Looper, Stan Whitten

Monday, June 4, 2012, 6:30 p.m., Captain Kimberly Hampton Memorial Library
SC Senate District 2, SC House District 4 & 5
Sen. Larry Martin, Mr. David Hiott, Ms. Vickie Wynn (maybe), Mr. Phil Owens
Have not heard from Rex Rice For further information call 864 868 2022.

Candidate Statements

These statements are not edited by the League in any way and are posted as received from the candidates.

SC House District 3 Candidates:
Biographical information for Ed Harris
Biographical information for Rep. B. R. Skelton
Response to questionnaire from Rep. B. R. Skelton

Oconee County Sheriff Candidates:
James Bartee
Mike Crenshaw
Donnie Frick
Terry Wilson

National LWV public policy positions

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)