SC House of Representatives Decides to Create Dept. of Administration

According to SC Politics Today (part of The State newspaper) the SC House has passed a bill that would remove some of the duties of the Budget and Control Board. To truly understand the magnitude of this bill one would have to understand what the Budget and Control Board does.
Governor Mark Sanford has been pushing, [...]

Upstate Legislator Looking at Lowering Drinking Age

Representative Fletcher Smith is looking at introducing legislation that would lower the drinking age for service members from 21 to 18. According to The State newspaper Rep. Smith believes that if you are old enough to fight, then you should be old enough to drink. The State newspaper is also running an online poll asking [...]

Dorchester County Sheriff Plans to Retire

The Post and Courier is reporting that Dorchester County Sheriff Ray Nash does not plan to seek re-election this year. Nash cites one of the reasons for not seeking re-election is the financial audit of his office. The audit of the Sheriff’s office is being conducted due to questionable spending practices.
It will be interesting to [...]

South Carolina Digital Billboards to Display Election Results Tomorrow

According to a source, scvotes.org, the State Election Commission’s website, will be displaying election results from tomorrow’s Republican Presidential Preference Primary on several digital billboards across the state. This will be just another way that the State Election Commission has continued to operate in an open and transparent manner.
This source also tells me that the [...]

Registering to Vote in the Upcoming Presidential Preference Primaries

The State Election Commission and county election commissions are urging citizens to register to vote for the upcoming Presidential Preference Primaries (PPPs). These primaries will be historic in South Carolina in that this is first time that the government of South Carolina will be conducting them.
Traditionally, these primaries have been conducted by the Democratic and [...]

Hutson Wins House District 94 Seat

Republican Heyward Hutson has won former Rep. Converse Chellis’ House District 94 seat. Hutson was unopposed due to the Democratic challenger bowing out earlier in the race.
House District 94 covers the southwest corner of Dorchester County, but also spills into Charleston County in two precincts. Voter turnout was very low due to Hutson running unopposed.

Candidate
Charleston
Dorchester
Total
Percent

Heyward [...]

Voters Encouraged to Register or Update Information Prior to Presidential Primary

To help ensure the upcoming presidential primaries run as efficiently as possible, the S.C. Election Commission wants to remind everyone of upcoming voter registration deadlines and urge those already registered to update their registration information.Those who wish to vote in the Republican primary must register or update their information no later than Dec. 19. Those [...]

David Mays Drops Out of House Race

The Democratic candidate for House District 94 has withdrawn from the contest. This will probably leave either former State Rep. Heyward Hutson or Realtor Jenny Horne as the unofficial winner of the seat. Hutson and Horne are scheduled to meet in a Republican primary runoff on October 30th.

Florence County Sheriff Changes Parties

In a somewhat predictable turn of events, Sheriff Kenney Boone decided to switch political parties. He is switching from Democratic to Republican. SC House Speaker Bobby Harrell and Florence Senator Hugh Leatherman were on hand to give Sheriff Boone their support.
Some, in Florence County, may have seen this coming. Sheriff Boone will be up for [...]

2008: A Political Odyssey

2008 is poised to be a very political year - especially in South Carolina. So, far we’ve seen a few things transpire. We’ll try to recap everything that’s happened thus far.
SC General Assembly Pass Legislation Requiring SC State Election Commission to Conduct Presidential Preference Primaries
The General Assembly passed legislation that moves the responsibility for conducting [...]