South Carolina Daily Gazette

Elections for just over half of South Carolina’s 170 legislative seats will be settled by the end of this month. That’s because 80 incumbents seeking re-election and candidates for six open seats will have no competition at all in November. That’s why it’s so important for voters to participate in next week’s primaries and — for the contests not decided June 11 — the run-offs two weeks later, said Lynn Teague with the state League of Women Voters.

“People who are very angry, who are operating at the extremes, are probably going to vote in that primary,” Teague said. “Whereas somebody sitting at home, mainly concerned about the fact they just had to have their car repaired because of all the potholes, may not pay attention to the fact an election is happening until October."