“South Carolina politics may be less violent today, but state legislators still cling tenaciously to doing things the old way – even when other states have moved on. South Carolina is one of only two states where judges are elected by the legislature and one of only a handful that don’t require public officials to disclose private income. As a host of reform advocates have said, South Carolina is still very much a ‘Wild West.’”
— Rodney Welch, “South Carolina gets D- grade in 2015 State Integrity Investigation.”