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Current Status - Senate 

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ELECTED OFFICIALS NEED TO HEAR SUPPORT FOR THE ERA DIRECTLY FROM THEIR CONSTITUENTS!!!

Senate Joint Resolution S 262 filed by Senator Margie Bright Matthews  and cosponsored by Sandy Senn  is currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee waiting assignment to a subcommittee.  When emailing, the copy below can be cut and pasted directly into the Senate email forms.

​The Subject line for all emails should be:  Ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment —​ S 262

ACTION ALERT #1:  CALL YOUR SENATOR; THEN SEND A FOLLOW-UP EMAIL.
     Click the link if needed:  Find your Senator;  Check their ERA Status;  Send them an email. 
Suggested call and email message:
I am a constituent and I’m asking you to support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment resolution currently in the Senate Judiciary Committee. Women in South Carolina need equal justice under law in the U.S. Constitution. Please sign on as a sponsor of S 262 today!

Add the following to the email: 
Following is a video of Senator Tom Davis’ testimony at a subcommittee hearing in March of 2020 explaining why we need the ERA. Please take two minutes to listen to it. He makes our case. Thank you!  
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LzGOQGbpvyAPQNwPSAT4OvWPwpcMMeeP/view
ACTION ALERT #2:  EMAIL MEMBERS OF THE SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.  
     This mass email will reach all members of the Judiciary Committee: 
Senate Judiciary email form.
Suggested copy:
I'm writing to ask you to support ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment resolution (S 262) currently in the Judiciary Committee. Women in South Carolina need equal justice under law in the U.S. Constitution. 

​Last session's Senate resolution made it through subcommittee but did not get a vote within the full judiciary. Please take two minutes to listen to a video of Senator Tom Davis' testimony at that hearing explaining why we need the ERA. He makes our case. 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LzGOQGbpvyAPQNwPSAT4OvWPwpcMMeeP/view

Please sign on as a sponsor of S 262 today.  Thank you!
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