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Tuesday, November 27, 2012  The State Election Commission is scheduled to hear protests in three South Carolina legislative races.

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  South Carolina voters turned out Tuesday in large numbers across the state. Initial reports from precincts indicated voter turnout was likely to be on-par with the record-breaking 2008 General Election.

Thursday, August 30, 2012  A federal court has ruled against a Texas law that would require voters to present photo IDs to election officials before being allowed to cast ballots in November.

Thursday, August 16, 2012  Three dozen legislative candidates kicked off primary ballots earlier this year will be on the November ballots as petition candidates.

Monday, July 16, 2012  Potential petition candidates have until noon Monday to turn in their necessary signatures to be on November ballots with "petition" beside their names.

Saturday, June 16, 2012  In a year when nearly 250 candidates statewide were tossed from primary ballots, petition candidates have a rare shot at winning in November. After last month's state Supreme Court ruling, 130 Republicans and 117 Democrats were decertified because of improperly filed paperwork.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  The list of candidates for the 7th Congressional District is long, and it's drawing a majority of the voters out to the polls on Tuesday.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Turnout is reported light across the state as South Carolina voters cast their ballots in confusing primary elections.

Friday, June 08, 2012  More than three dozen additional candidates have been disqualified from the South Carolina primaries next week.

Thursday, June 07, 2012  Tuesday's ruling from the SC Supreme Court regarding primary candidates who hadn't properly filed economic disclosure papers has eliminated two more candidates in Horry County.

Monday, June 04, 2012  South Carolina's Supreme Court may boot more candidates from primary ballots, just one week before voters go to the polls.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  Thursday, the State Election Commission said the ballots for the June 12th Primary Election have been set and no changes will be made.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  The next phase in the election cycle has begun, for the nearly 200 candidates who were left off the South Carolina primary ballot by a state Supreme Court ruling two weeks ago.

Monday, May 14, 2012  There's a new effort underway to support those candidates whose names have been left off South Carolina's primary ballot.

Monday, May 14, 2012  Three federal judges are set to consider an attorney's argument that South Carolina decision to send partial ballots to overseas voters was a violation of federal election law.