For many elected offices, the primary election is the most important election. Because so many seats are “safe” for one political party, the general election is often a sure bet for that party. Voting in the primary election is often your best opportunity to have a say in who represents you.

Results of the June 28 SC Primary Runoff will decide your choices for SC State Superintendent of Education and US Senator in November. Get#VoteReady at VOTE.411, your one-stop-shop for nonpartisan voting and election info.

For many elected offices, the primary election is the most important election. Because so many seats are “safe” for one political party, the general election is often a sure bet for that party. Voting in the primary election is often your best opportunity to have a say in who represents you.

Get#VoteReady for June 14, Charleston area!

The Post & Courier

Charleston, May 4, 2022- Last week, the Charleston County Board of Elections sent out notices informing residents of their brand-new political voting districts. And that’s how most folks in West Ashley and downtown south of Calhoun Street — about 80,000 people — learned that they had been gerrymandered out of Charleston’s congressional district. The League of Women Voters tried to warn everybody.

The Post & Courier

Charleston, April 23 - The planned purchase of two trained schnauzers — for a whopping $25,000 each — recently came to light after Charleston County jail officials found invoices and a dossier on the dogs in the public email account of former Detention Chief Deputy Willis Beatty. Beatty ran the jail from 2013 until his ouster last year.

Lynn Teague, an open government advocate with the S.C. League of Women Voters, said she was troubled by the lack of financial oversight for unknown pots of money, the no-bid arrangements for training, and the blurring of professional and personal interests in this episode. “At the very least, (this episode) was handled very badly and it certainly lacks transparency and accountability,” she said. “It doesn’t sound right and it doesn’t smell good.”