Tag: voting
Rickenmann elected Columbia’s mayor in runoff election
Columbia’s mayoral election was Tuesday, Nov. 16. Despite problems with voter checkins in several precincts, Daniel Rickenmann and Tameika Isaac Devine ran against each other to replace longtime Mayor Steve Benjamin.
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Columbia voters get ready to elect new mayor, council members
Columbia’s municipal election is tomorrow, and with it will come the city’s first new mayor in ten years. Learn more about each of them here.
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Volunteers ease pain of long voting lines
South Carolina residents are banding together to make voting easier and give everyone a voice. Jennifer Bailey has been handing out food and water in Richland County since early voting began.
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A growing community encouraged to become more involved
As an emerging community, the Hispanic/Latino population in Columbia, SC is encouraged to take part in the Census and vote whenever they can.
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UofSC political science professors speculate about upcoming election results
Three political science professors from the University of South Carolina talk about the upcoming election and analysis of recent news in each branch of government.
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Columbia officials issue warning for voter intimidation
Columbia city and county officials hold press conference to discuss voter intimidation.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of witness signature requirement
With the General Election less than a month away, South Carolina struggles with rules for mail-in ballots.
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Young voters unmotivated as S.C. primary looms
More voters than ever before are registered to vote, but only a fraction of young voters are going to the polls.
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Paper ballot brings concern to curbside voters
The new voting system in South Carolina has affected the curbside voting process.
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South Carolina’s aging voting machines are failing, expert says
In Marlboro County, 148 voters had what Duncan Buell, a professor at the University of South...
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Lawmakers reach across aisle to seek return to paper ballots
With voters in South Carolina casting their ballot on outdated and often inaccurate voting machines, a bipartisan group of state legislators is proposing an improvement to the state’s election process with a return to paper ballots.
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Election Day shows importance of voting in South Carolina
Gov. Henry McMaster talked to voters as he cast his ballot at the Lourie Senior Center.
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State Law Enforcement has cancelled an Amber Alert for an infant child in Hilton Head. Authorities in Beaufort County explained that Jairus Housey abducted his ten month old daughter at gunpoint last night. Housey is the non-custodial father to the victim and is now in custody.
Thursday’s vote in the South Carolina Senate passed the early voting bill that would allow South Carolina voters to vote in-person up to two weeks before the election for any reason. The bill unanimously passed in the house too.