Individual Rights
Should You Tell Your Employer That You Are HIV+?
This document discusses some of the basic law relating to HIV+ status and when that information could be relevant to work. Many groups that advocate the importance of disclosing a person's status. Many people believe that keeping the information hidden can cause stress that is unhealthy. Others believe that letting coworkers and friends know is a way of putting a face on the pandemic, and thus taking a step toward widespread acceptance. Whatever decision you make, you need to make an informed decision about whether you should tell your employer and not simply tell your employer because you think you owe your employer a duty. This document describes your rights to keep the information confidential.
South Carolina Department of Public Safety
Find information about paying a ticket, obtaining evidence for a traffic ticket, obtaining a traffic collision report, and other services.
South Carolina Legislature Home Page
From this page, you can choose to explore information on the Senate, the House, and legislative resources. You may also use the search box in the upper right corner to locate pending or current laws of interest to you.
State Election Commission Home Page
Find out the status of your voter registration or absentee or provisional ballot, or find out how to become a candidate for political office.
Stopping the Anti-Gay Abuse of Students in Public Schools
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund provides this booklet to help the many students who are enduring the pain of anti-gay hatred and violence in public schools. It suggests steps for students, parents, family members, educators, and concerned citizens to join others who have begun to fight back against the hatred that causes young lesbians and gay men to attempt suicide at an alarming rate. Lambda has compiled this manual as an important extension to our victory in the first lawsuit to challenge anti-gay abuse in schools.
Take Action Against Employment Discrimination Against LGBTQ+ Workers
You can help make lesbian and gay workers safe from discrimination on the job. Statewide protections against workplace discrimination exist in only 14 states; in the rest of the country, employees fired simply for being gay have no legal recourse unless they work in a locality with its own anti-discrimination ordinance.
Team Advocacy Project
2013-2014 Annual Report on the conditions of community residential care facilities in South Carolina.
The Legislative Process for the Federal Government
This web page describes the basic process for Congress to pass laws for the United States.
The Origins of Judicial Independence and Protection under the Constitution
This web page provides information about the ways the founding fathers of the United States wrote the Constitution to ensure that judges are independent . The document also explains why the founding fathers were concerned enough about the matter to write these protections into the Constiution.
United States Constitution
View the U.S. Constitution from the Legal Information Institute. Full copies of the document may also be purchased and downloaded in HTML and in word processing formats.
United Way of the Midlands: Facing Facts 2009 - The Report
A community assessment findings from residents and leaders on poverty and struggle to meet basic needs, access to affordable health care, education that provides workforce skills and transportation.
Using the Freedom of Information Act: A Step-by-Step Guide
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was passed by Congress in 1966 and amended in 1974. FOIA creates procedures so that any member of the public may obtain the records of the agencies of the federal government. The purpose of this Guide is to help you exercise your right to "open agency action to the light of public scrutiny." This document contains detailed information, instructions and sample letters designed to help you make an effective FOIA request.
Vital Records Services
DHECs Office of Public Health Statistics and Information Services (PHSIS) offers a wide range of services to customers. The offices Division of Vital Records is the states official records keeper for vital information pertaining to births, deaths, marriages, and divorces occurring in South Carolina.
Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Disabled
The Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act of 1984 generally requires polling places across the United States to be physically accessible to people with disabilities for federal elections.
Voting and Elections
This page contains basic information about elections and voting, including information about How to Contact Elected Officials, the Electoral College, History of Voting Rights, Legislation and Reform, Registering to Vote, Volunteering and Contributions and much more.
