Almost half of registered voters in SC cast ballots early
COLUMBIA – Over 1.5 million South Carolinians voted early this year for the general election, or more than 45% of all registered voters in the state.
“We are thrilled to see this record-breaking turnout during the early voting period as we head into a highly anticipated Election Day,” Howard Knapp, executive director of the State Election Communication, in a statement Monday. “If you haven’t cast your ballot yet, get to the polls tomorrow and exercise your right to vote.”
According to the commission, 1.47 million people voted early in person in the two-week window between Oct. 21 and Nov. 2, and about 100,000 people have voted absentee by mail so far.
This is the first presidential election in South Carolina with true, no-excuse-needed early voting under a law passed in May 2022.
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