{"id":551,"date":"2026-05-26T17:38:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=551"},"modified":"2026-05-26T17:38:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T17:38:39","slug":"first-day-of-in-person-voting-sets-primary-record-as-sc-senate-wavers-on-redraw-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=551","title":{"rendered":"First day of in-person voting sets primary record as SC Senate wavers on redraw"},"content":{"rendered":"<article><!-- --><!-- --><!-- WPS-5038 -- removed the script from WPS and added the placeholder for trinity player --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- --><!-- CONTENT --><!--[--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>A record number of South Carolina residents turned out to the first day of early primary voting Tuesday as the state Senate met to debate new congressional maps intended to oust U.S. House Rep. Jim Clyburn, the only Democrat in the delegation.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=550\">First day of in-person voting sets primary record as SC Senate wavers on redraw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>About 26,000 people voted early by noon Tuesday. The previous record for first day of early voting for a primary election was 23,000, according to the state Election Commission.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The image of thousands of votes being in the ballot boxes was a redline for some state senators who initially wanted to redraw the lines after pressure from the White House.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>The final number of how many people voted on the first day of early in-person voting would not be posted until Wednesday. The previous record for early voting in one day was 23,000, on the final day of early voting of the June 2024 primary.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Pamela and Dyrek Dawson cast their ballots at the Orangeburg County voter registration office Monday morning. Pamela said she would have waited until election day to go to the polls, but it was important for her to make sure her vote counted amid the redistricting debate.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>She said their 20 and 21-year-old children were also voting today.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more we look at it, the more and more our voices and our rights are being taken away, and we need to make sure that our votes count,\u201d Pamela Dawson said after voting Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Both Pamela and Dyrek said they would vote again in August, if the new congressional maps passed.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo matter how many times we have to vote, I will be out to vote,\u201d Pamela said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>As the Senate began debate Tuesday, at least one senator who had supported redistricting, said on the floor that his vote would change.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe deadline has passed. Voting has begun, it is time to conclude the matter,\u201d said state Sen. Richard Cash, R-Anderson.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>For Democratic lawmakers and candidates, ramping up voter turnout was part of the plan. They pushed for people to vote early as a way of trying to convince the state Senate to abandon middecade redistricting.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>State Democratic Party Executive Director Jay Parmley estimates outreach was made to about 200,000 people to get them to vote Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe this just strengthens our hand when with the senators to say, \u2018hey, this is ridiculous, you\u2019re redrawing lines before you know, while we\u2019re early voting,\u2019\u201d Parmley said outside the early voting location on the University of South Carolina campus before he went to vote. \u201cAnd then secondly, we know &#8230; we\u2019re going to go to court, that\u2019s just no question in both federal and state court, and it gives us every opportunity to stop these lines just because it\u2019s so late in the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Several state senators also sported \u201cI Voted\u201d stickers Tuesday incuding state Sens. Overture Walker, Michael Johson and Russell Ott.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Libby Campbell-Turner, 70, of Columbia was among those in line as the doors opened for early voting and planned to choose a Democratic ballot. She said she came because of the redistricting efforts that have dominated headlines. She voted early in 2022 and 2024, but not on the first day polls were open.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we\u2019re going to redistrict, we need to wait until the next cycle,\u201d Campbell-Turner said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=548\">Workers injured by \u2018explosion\u2019 at paper plant in North Carolina, sheriff says<\/a><\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>But she wanted to vote on the first day this election.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think an early, really, really, really good turnout, regardless of how you\u2019re going to vote, is really important,\u201d Campbell-Turner said. \u201cVoting matters. How we vote matters, and when there\u2019s a, I\u2019m going to call it a threat to how we vote, we need to do whatever we can to meet that threat head on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Even if the redistricting plan is approved, competitive primary congressional races will still appear on voters\u2019 June 9 ballots. Under the redistricting bill, congressional elections would be pushed back to Aug. 18.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Opponents of the middecade redistricting have said rescheduling congressional primaries for August this late in the primary cycle will just lead to voter confusion.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Luther Bells, a 21-year-old Clemson student from Blythewood, was at the early voting location on the University of South Carolina campus. He voted early because he will be out of town June 9.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really care for any gerrymandering in any aspect. I think it should be as fair as possible,\u201d Bells said.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He said there\u2019s been confusion in his fraternity about what district they would be in amid the redistricting debate, as the redistricting process usually takes place after the census.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>He will be back at school in August and expects he would have to request a mail-in ballot.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Senators agreed Saturday to come back Tuesday at 11 a.m., rather than debate Sunday and Memorial Day. Meeting in perfunctory session over the long weekend allowed lawmakers to vote to invoke cloture Tuesday, a legislative procedure that limits debates and forces a vote early.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Three-fifths of senators needed to agree to limit debate, a hurdle the upper chamber cleared Saturday. Lawmakers on both sides of the redistricting debate said Saturday support for a new congressional map could wane once early polls opened Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Senators voted Saturday 27-17 to give the proposed congressional map intended to create seven reliably Republican districts a second reading.<\/p>\n<p><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Gov. Henry McMaster called the General Assembly back to take up redistricting less than an hour after both chambers adjourned for the year May 14. McMaster previously said he would leave redistricting up to the legislature and did not anticipate a special session.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>Ginny Williams, an attorney living in Orangeburg, said she was voting early because she expected to have a trial on election day, but she opposed the last minute attempt to change the congressional maps.<\/p>\n<p><!-- --><!--]--><!--[--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe process for redistricting is a very long, in-depth analysis,\u201d Williams said after voting. \u201cAnd, so I think that my vote today is a little bit in protest of how they\u2019re trying to push it through.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/usmovingexpertss.com\/?p=546\">This popular Columbia district to get a new spot for Yemeni coffee. 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