If Gov. Henry McMaster quickly indicators an early voting invoice that he has indicated he helps, South Carolina voters may have the ability to go to the polls without having an excuse two weeks earlier than the June 14 major.
The S.C. Senate on Wednesday unanimously voted to carry again early voting in an election reform invoice. The House rapidly accredited the invoice. More.
Starting Monday, in-person absentee voting will open at county voter registration and election workplaces – you probably have an acceptable excuse.
- If you need to vote within the June primaries, you need to register by Sunday.
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S.C. legislators conform to particular session if Roe is overturned. The S.C. Senate on Tuesday agreed to return again in particular session later this yr to take up payments in response to the opportunity of the U.S. Supreme Court permitting states to ban abortion. While lawmakers will speak about abortion in particular session, they received’t think about a hate crimes measure.
Fight over firing squad might stretch via summer season. The S.C. Supreme Court gave a Richland County circuit courtroom decide 90 days to listen to a civil lawsuit filed by 4 loss of life row inmates who declare a brand new firing squad and the century-old electrical chair violate the state’s ban on merciless, corporal and weird punishment.
S.C. lawmakers to redraw S.C. House maps to settle discrimination swimsuit. The checklist of issues the S.C. lawmakers have to do within the last days of the General Assembly received a bit of longer because the settlement of a redistricting lawsuit contains redrawing S.C. House maps.
S.C. invoice to finish state management of hospital growth dies in Statehouse. A invoice that might have eliminated the necessity for South Carolina hospitals to hunt state permission to construct new services, make expansions or purchase costly gear is lifeless for this yr’s legislative session.
McMaster indicators prolonged foster care invoice. The governor signed into legislation the extension of youngsters within the foster care system. The invoice affords additional help to these within the foster care system and extends foster care providers to youths till the age of 21.
Will Black South Carolinians rally to McLeod? With solely 4 weeks to go, the 2022 Democratic major for governor has thus far been a low-profile affair.
States flip to tax cuts. More states across the nation look to tax cuts and rebates to assist ease folks’s pockets, however these proposals might have unintended penalties of elevated costs, The New York Times experiences.
Power charges headed up for Dominion clients. Starting in May, clients of Dominion Energy South Carolina will begin to pay increased charges to reimburse the corporate for the upper price it paid for gas. Residential clients who use 1,000 kilowatt hours of electrical energy will see a 5.19% enhance of their month-to-month invoice, or about $6.53 extra every month within the May 1 billing cycle.
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