The South Carolina Election Commission turned aside protests Tuesday over Democratic State Rep. Ted Vick's re-election in Chesterfield County and Democratic Sen. Clementa Pinckney's re-election in the Lowcountry.

...this year. That compares with about 187,000 registered during 2008 prior to the election deadline.The South Carolina Election Commission reports about 17,000 people registered when an online system was offered between last Tuesday and last...

...for Statehouse seats have turned in their petitions to get on November ballots.Chris Whitmire with the South Carolina Election Commission says 43 people met the deadline for turning in their signatures. Twenty of those came in Monday before...

...harvest was finished by November and farmers could head to their polling places for hours of chatting, South Carolina Election Commission spokesman Chris Whitmire said."We still conduct elections in South Carolina the way we did in horse-and-buggy...

Candidate can't be on June ballotCOLUMBIA - The South Carolina Election Commission told the state Republican Party on Thursday that it effectively can't put a challenger to Gov. Nikki Haley's chief legislative...

COLUMBIA - A South Carolina Election Commission review of allegations that fraudulent votes were cast using the names of dead people found no evidence that any such ballots were...

...Earlier this month two Lexington County voters sued the state Democratic and Republican parties and the South Carolina Election Commission, saying that a handful of candidates for this year's elections had not properly filed statements of...

...seeking further comment.Bill will reduce voter notices in local papersCOLUMBIA --- A bill allowing the South Carolina Election Commission and local governments to save money by publishing fewer, shorter voter notices in local newspapers received...

...set for Democratic challengers vying to take on Republican U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham in November, the South Carolina Election Commission said Friday. The commission certified the results of Tuesday's primaries, setting in motion plans to...

...new campaign for those candidates. They could accept $3,500 in donations from anyone, including those who previously gave to their Nov. 7 and primary campaigns. Source: South Carolina Election Commission, South Carolina Ethics Commission