State senators unanimously passed a bill which would allow all South Carolina registered voters to vote absentee for the upcoming elections because of the pandemic.
Election officials around the state are already preparing for a lot of absentee ballots in November. They said if lawmakers make changes later this month they’ll be ready.
The sole purpose of this special session is for senators to determine if there is a need for updates to our election laws ahead of Election Day in November.
The settlement gives the Department of Energy up to 2037 to remove 9.5 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium from the Savannah River Site. The plutonium was relocated to SRS in the early 2000s officials said.
In the midst of a pandemic, Rep. Joe Wilson’s bid for re-election is opposed by a Democratic challenger who has outraised him in funds and has begun airing TV ads before him.
Congressman James Clyburn believes the strain on the U.S. Postal Service should warrant South Carolina adding ballot drop boxes, where voters can deposit their absentee ballots to be collected by election officials.
A Moncks Corner town councilman resigned Wednesday afternoon after apologizing for a Facebook post depicting former Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton in blackface.
During a virtual teleconference, Clyburn said he was pleased with Biden’s pick but added he would have been pleased with any of the potential candidates the Democratic nominee had under consideration.
A lawsuit filed in Orangeburg County requesting the temporary restraining order against the grant claims the state constitution says public funds cannot be given to religious or other private educational institutions.
New data provided by data analyst group BeenVerified shows that South Carolina has become the number one state to remove the least Confederate symbols.
You may request an absentee ballot application through the Voter Registration and Elections Office which is open Monday-Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m..
Gov. Henry McMaster announced the Safe Access to Flexible Education (SAFE) Grants on Monday, giving $32 million in emergency funding to the school-choice program.
Iowa, South Carolina and South Dakota have now joined Nebraska in agreeing to share state driver’s license information with the U.S. Census Bureau to help the Trump administration to determine the citizenship status of every U.S. resident.
Sen. Greg Hembree, chairman of the Senate Education Committee, says based on data, many students aren’t flourishing in digital learning environments and are losing a year’s worth of learning in math while at home.
After more than 17 hours, workers have brought down the statue of former United States Vice President and South Carolina statesman John C. Calhoun in downtown Charleston.
While wearing a face mask out in public has been strongly recommended by health officials to help stop the spread of the virus, it has not become a state mandate.
The Richland County Board of Voter Registration and Elections has officially named a new director after the group was tasked with finding someone to fill the position more than a year ago.
Five Democratic South Carolina House members plan to file legislation that would proclaim the month of June as “Black Lives Matter Month” in the Palmetto State.
South Carolina House Speaker Jay Lucas (R-Darlington) has created a committee aimed at addressing ways to improve law enforcement policies in the state.
Some state lawmakers are calling for the resignation of a state cabinet agency head after a new audit looked into how the state is handling corporate incentives and grants.
A Midlands group is inviting the community to join them as the recreate the historic Million Man March, this weekend, in the wake of national unrest after the death of George Floyd. That’s happening at the Martin Luther King Junior Park in Columbia, Sunday, June 14.
Thursday morning, a panel of South Carolina senators approved recommendations on how to spend some the CARES Act money the state is receiving from the federal government because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Republican State Representative Nancy Mace will take on Democrat and incumbent Congressman Joe Cunningham in November's race for the first congressional district of South Carolina.
Senator Lindsey Graham and his team said they will celebrate Tuesday's primary victory for a little bit and then get right back to work for the November election.
As voters make their way to cast their ballots in Richland County, some voters have found themselves waiting in long lines as many precincts converge to vote at one location.
Newberry is a majority African-American city less than a tenth the size of Columbia, but on June 7, hundreds in the small city were determined to set an example for the rest of the country.
Many of the protests we have seen in Columbia have been led by young politically engaged activists. Civil rights leaders from the 1960′s say these young activists are a welcomed addition and applaud their efforts of peaceful protests.
Election Day in South Carolina is approaching and the S.C. Election Commission is making voters aware of their voting options for the June 9th statewide primaries.
On Wednesday, the Senate committee charged with making recommendations to the General Assembly about how to reopen the state and allocate emergency relief funds from the CARES Act and federal relief funds met to discuss reopening.
South Carolina’s decision to allow absentee voting by mail for anyone in next month’s primaries because of the coronavirus could mean a long night waiting for results.
Some lawmakers will be pushing for changes to our state’s absentee process when they return to session, Tuesday, May 12. A bill being introduced in the House says there should be some adjustments made to protect voters amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
As South Carolina begins the reopening process, state economists are taking a look at how the coronavirus pandemic has impacted the state's revenue streams so far this year.
