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Records are made to be broken… but you don’t expect to see them fall every single day. When it comes to early voting in South Carolina, though, that’s happened each day since the S.C. Election Commission (SCVotes.gov) opened the polls for the 2024 general election.
On Monday (October 21, 2024) – the first day of early voting ahead of the November 5 election – the Palmetto State’s previous daily record for advance balloting was shattered when a staggering 126,741 registered voters cast their ballots. This mark was broken the very next day (October 22, 2024) when 127,792 registered voters banked their votes.
Yesterday? Yet another new record…
According to SCVotes, 128,793 registered voters cast their ballots on Wednesday (October 23, 2024) – the third consecutive day of record early-voting turnout.
Visually inclined? Our inimitable, incredible and altogether amazing research director, Jenn Wood, has got you covered…
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Through three days, a whopping 383,326 ballots are in the box. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s 11.2 percent of the Palmetto State’s 3.42 million registered voters – and 15.1 percent of the 2.53 million ballots cast in the previous presidential election in 2020.
And we are just three days into a 12-day early voting period…
Early voting is scheduled to run through Saturday, November 2, 2024. With the exception of next Sunday (October 27, 2024), early voting centers are open from 8:30 a.m. through 6:00 p.m. EDT across the state.
Where should you go to cast your ballot? SCVotes.gov has got you covered…
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR …
Will Folks is the founding editor of the news outlet you are currently reading. Prior to founding FITSNews, he served as press secretary to the governor of South Carolina. He lives in the Midlands region of the state with his wife and eight children.
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More proof there is no accountability in a dictatorship.
Donald Trump said Thursday that he would “fire” special counsel Jack Smith on his first day back in the White House if he is elected again, making clear that he would push to drop a pair of federal cases against him,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Trump: “Oh, it’s so easy. It’s so easy… I would fire him within two seconds.”
Jack Smith should be fired.
There are people in prison today for committing the same crimes Trump committed. If you committed the crimes Trump committed you would be in prison. That is what happens in a society with no justice for the rich, where only the poor and middle-class face justice.
“Our inimitable, incredible and altogether amazing research director, Jenn Wood”
Remember when Will used to gush about Mathematically Challenged Mandy that way? How did that work out?
Take your time, Republicans. Trump said to vote on JANUARY 5TH so you want to do what daddy says or he’ll spank you hard.
In the meantime sway to YMCA whilst fantasizing about Arnold Palmer’s tool.