The South Carolina Democrat Party sued to extend the deadline saying power outages from Hurricane Helene prevented many from registering
Voters in South Carolina will now have additional time to register to vote in the upcoming general election. The South Carolina Democratic Party filed a lawsuit late Thursday seeking to extend the voter registration deadline to Oct.
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Once you have your absentee voting application, it must be filled out and submitted by mail or in person to your county’s Voter Registration Office by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 25. If you send the application through the United States Postal Service, make sure you leave plenty of time for it to arrive by the deadline.
Powerful hurricanes that wreaked havoc on wide swaths of the southeast have election officials facing the dim reality that some ballots may be lost in the mail.
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But many cities and counties across the state have ordinances that control where political signs can be located. Such rules must be included in a community’s temporary sign law since the Supreme Court found in 2015 it was a violation of the right to free speech to single out campaign signs.
Unlike Election Day, when voters must vote at their precinct’s polling place, early voters can cast their ballots at any early voting center in their county. A complete list of South Carolina’s nearly 140 early voting locations by county is available on the South Carolina Election Commission’s website.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Jim Clyburn has held the seat since the early 1990s. He has four challengers in the Nov. 5 election.
While both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have said they are focused on recovery efforts, Helene has obvious political implications heading into the Nov. 5 election.
While highlighting the need for emergency aid and making accommodations for existing voters, Helene-effected states have not extended registration deadlines.