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Early voting began Monday and will run through Oct. 31. It will be closed on Sunday, Oct. 25.
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Each county has at least one early voting location as voters in South Carolina are picking who will serve as governor, state attorney general, state treasurer, superintendent of education, comptroller general, commissioner of agriculture, secretary of state, U.S. senator, in the U.S. House of Representatives and in the state House of Representatives.
Polling places are open 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturdays with the last day to vote early in-person being Halloween.
However, voters thinking about a costume for Halloween, won’t be able to come dressed up as a supporter for any particular candidate at a polling place.
Voters cannot wear the name of any particular candidate or campaign to a polling place. In short, a person cannot wear the name of anyone who is on the ballot.
Keep in mind poll managers will have to be able to verify a person’s identity when they come into vote as a valid photo identification also is required to cast a ballot.
To find an early voting location, visit scvotes.gov.
Those who want to wait until Election Day, polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3. Any registered voter in line by 7 p.m. on Nov. 3 will be allowed to vote.
Both major parties were out encouraging people to cast their ballots as early voting started.
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Many of the Democratic statewide candidates and congressional candidates promoted they would be voting on the first or second day of early voting.
“The goal is to make this election, the turnout, just too big to rig,” SC Democratic Party Chairwoman Christale Spain told reporters after she voted Monday. “People have concerns about just the security of our election. So if we get folks to come out early and vote as soon as possible, and that also draws attention to the fact that we have a two-week early voting window, which is still kind of new for South Carolina.”
The South Carolina House Republican Caucus promoted early voting on social media. Each one of their incumbents running for reelection is facing a challenger as Democrats fielded a candidate for all 124 House districts.
“There’s no reason not to participate,” state Rep. Travis Moore said in a video posted by the caucus.
Hope Walker Rossi, the executive director of the House GOP Caucus, added there’s a small perk for people who vote early.
“If you vote early, you’ll get less political text messages,” Rossi posted on social media. “At least you won’t get any from the South Carolina House Republican Caucus.”
Parties check to see which voters have voted early to stop reaching out to them to encourage them to go to the polls.
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