SC Senate appears poised to approve new districts

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP)– The South Carolina Senate appears poised to pass its new districts without a lot of opposition this week. The Judiciary Committee approved the plan 22-1 Monday. Changes made to the plan Monday involved only a few precincts, with the most significant switch putting all of Greenwood County in a single district. The full Senate will likely take up the plan Tuesday because rules generally require a waiting period after the bill hits the floor from committee. But the 22 votes for the maps in committee likely means the rest of the Senate is ready to go along too. The map of the Senate’s 46 districts have been less controversial than the drawing of the House’s new 124 districts.