South Carolina’s House Speaker wants to make what he says is an important change in the state’s election system before it gets tested by a close or controversial election.
Absentee ballots in South Carolina were turned in without required signatures at a lower rate in the 2020 election than the presidential election four years ago.
According to the South Carolina State Election Commission, 1,013,000 South Carolinians have returned their absentee ballots for the 2020 election so far. This more than doubles the previous record for absentee voting when 503,000 absentee votes were cast in the 2016 General Election.
In the latest development in battle regarding witness signatures on mail-in absentee ballots, the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the requirement for witness signatures on these ballots.
(AP Photo/Nati Harnik) By: JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats had sought to have the requirement put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Republicans had defended it as deterring fraud. While the high court reinstated the requirement, voters have already started returning ballots. The court said that any ballots cast before the court’s action Monday evening…
The battle over witness signatures on absentee ballots is far from finished.
COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Concerns over voting in the June Primary, amid the coronavirus, will be eased by a new bill Governor Henry McMaster singed into law. In a release today from the State Election Commission, the commission says all voters in South Carolina are now qualified to vote absentee in the June Primaries and Runoffs. Governor McMaster signed into law…
Columbia, SC (WOLO) — The South Carolina Democratic presidential is being held this weekend, Saturday February 29th. But not everyone is able to get to the polls on that specific day in order to cast their ballot. The election commission has a solution for those of you who want to have your voice heard but will not be able to…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WOLO) – South Carolina voters can begin casting in-person absentee ballots for the Nov. 6 general election on Monday. The state doesn’t allow no-excuses early voting. But someone who is working, will be out of town, or is physically unable to go to the polls can qualify for an absentee ballot. Machines will be set up in the…
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