Mar 2, 2021
Lynn Teague is vice president for issues and action for the League of Women Voters of South Carolina.
Redistricting, the process of drawing legislative districts to conform to the 2020 census, will be the biggest job before the South Carolina General Assembly in 2021. The process is complicated and often misunderstood.
This is a tale of the two House districts in which I live â one federal, one state. It is not about whether there is a legally unacceptable level of racial or partisan bias. Instead, itâs about âsafeâ and âswingâ districts and what they mean for voters, the state and the nation. Artificially constructed safe districts are one significant factor (although certainly not the only factor) contributing to the painful polarization driving us apart at the state and federal levels.