Staff reports | If Gov. Henry McMaster soon signs an early voting bill that he has indicated he supports, South Carolina voters might be able to go to the polls without needing an excuse two weeks before the June 14 primary.
The S.C. Senate on Wednesday unanimously voted to bring back early voting in an election reform bill. The House quickly approved the bill. More.
Starting Monday, in-person absentee voting will open at county voter registration and election offices – if you have an acceptable excuse.
- If you want to vote in the June primaries, you must register by Sunday.
In other recent news:
S.C. legislators agree to special session if Roe is overturned. The S.C. Senate on Tuesday agreed to come back in special session later this year to take up bills in response to the possibility of the U.S. Supreme Court allowing states to ban abortion. While lawmakers will talk about abortion in special session, they won’t consider a hate crimes measure.
Fight over firing squad could stretch through summer. The S.C. Supreme Court gave a Richland County circuit court judge 90 days to hear a civil lawsuit filed by four death row inmates who claim a new firing squad and the century-old electric chair violate the state’s ban on cruel, corporal and unusual punishment.
S.C. lawmakers to redraw S.C. House maps to settle discrimination suit. The list of things the S.C. lawmakers need to do in the final days of the General Assembly got a little longer as the settlement of a redistricting lawsuit includes redrawing S.C. House maps.
S.C. bill to end state control of hospital expansion dies in Statehouse. A bill that would have removed the need for South Carolina hospitals to seek state permission to build new facilities, make expansions or buy expensive equipment is dead for this year’s legislative session.
McMaster signs extended foster care bill. The governor signed into law the extension of children in the foster care system. The bill offers extra support to those in the foster care system and extends foster care services to youths until the age of 21.
Will Black South Carolinians rally to McLeod? With only four weeks to go, the 2022 Democratic primary for governor has so far been a low-profile affair.
States turn to tax cuts. More states around the country look to tax cuts and rebates to help ease people’s pockets, but these proposals could have unintended consequences of increased prices, The New York Times reports.
Power rates headed up for Dominion customers. Starting in May, customers of Dominion Energy South Carolina will start to pay higher rates to reimburse the company for the higher cost it paid for fuel. Residential customers who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electricity will see a 5.19% increase in their monthly bill, or about $6.53 more each month in the May 1 billing cycle.
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