MORNING NEWSBREAK | Early voting started Monday across South Carolina with polls being open in special locations in each county. A record number of early voters are expected this year. Polls are open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday for the next two weeks.
- To learn more and to find locations, visit the state’s SCVotes.gov website, which is linked below.
Meanwhile, the county is opening its emergency operations center to respond to election threats and misinformation, according to S.C. Public Radio.
Seven early voting locations are open in Charleston County:
- Downtown Charleston – Main Library, 68 Calhoun St.
- Hollywood — St. Paul’s Hollywood Library, 5130 S.C. Highway 165
- James Island – Baxter-Patrick Library, 1858 S Grimball Road
- Johns Island — St. John’s Episcopal Church, 3673 Maybank Hwy.
- North Charleston — Charleston County Board of Voter Registration and Elections , Corporate Rd.
- Mount Pleasant — Seacoast Church, 750 Long Point Rd.
- West Ashley — Essex Village Church of Christ, 736 Savage Rd.
In City Paper news today:
CP OPINION, Brack: Democracy can’t afford Trump’s string of lies, chaos. “The continuing string of nonsense that spews from former President Donald Trump’s mouth is like a bad stream-of-consciousness novel. The latest jaw-dropping babble came during a televised Univision town hall on Oct. 16: Trump now says the violent Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol was a ‘day of love.'”
CP WEEK IN REVIEW: Northern billionaire funds vouchers through Dec. A controversial Pennsylvania billionaire will help about 700 low-income students stay in South Carolina private schools through December.
CP NEWS: Charleston actors thrive in shows, movies. “Hollywood and Charleston are closer than you may realize. The Holy City has been the backdrop for many shows and movies throughout the years. “
CP FOOD: Let’s dish up some grits. We stir it up, butter it and invite our adversaries to kiss it. And should anyone cast it in an unfavorable light, we will hotly defend its honor. I am talking grits.
- Changes coming to Charleston Wine + Food Fest
- Charcuterie catering booming in Charleston
- Caviar now popular in Charleston restaurants
- Breakfast is real experience at Charleston’s R Kitchen
In other headlines:
GUN VIOLENCE: Man shot to death early Saturday on Wadmalaw Island. Authorities have released the name of the man who was shot to death early Saturday in rural Charleston County.
- James Island Charter high school coach accused of attempted murder
- How Oct. 3 road rage incident in Charleston turned into shooting
- Ladson man accused of shooting victim in head
Death row inmate picks lethal injection. Convicted murderer Richard Moore, scheduled to be executed by the state of South Carolina on Nov. 1, picked lethal injection as his mother of execution. Moore is appealing the execution to the U.S. Supreme Court.
S.C. man sentenced after murder of Black trans woman. A South Carolina man will serve life in prison after a verdict of killing a Black transgender woman in rural South Carolina in 2019.
Seven killed in dock collapse on Georgia coast. Investigators are trying to figure out why a dock collapsed on Sapelo Island, Georgia, as people traveled there to celebrate the resilience of Gullah people.
Machinists to vote on proposal to end Boeing strike on Wednesday. The deal that would end a month-long union strike against Boeing would raise wages about 40% over four years.
Former S.C. NAACP President Randolph dies. Former S.C. NAACP President Lonnie Randolph, a leader in the fight to take down the Confederate flag off the S.C. Statehouse grounds, has died
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