MORNING HEADLINES | Early voting begins today and continues through June 5 across the state. Voting centers will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Locations will be closed on weekends.
Meanwhile, the state Senate returns today to Columbia to consider an unprecedented rushed plan to redraw congressional districts to gain a political advantage in Washington. The S.C. House passed a new plan last week, but senators couldn’t get it finished before early voting started. If the Senate passes a new plan, the impact on the June 9 primary remains unknown — since early voting already started.
In another development, members of the Congressional Black Caucus urged companies to condemn the redistricting efforts by Republican-led states that seek to eliminate majority-Black U.S. House districts.
Where to vote early in Charleston County:
- Baxter-Patrick Library: 1858 S. Grimball Road, James Island
- Charleston County BVRE Headquarters: 4340 Corporate Road, North Charleston
- Greater Macedonia AME Church: 725 Savage Road, West Ashley
- Morris Brown AME Church: 13 Morris Street, Downtown
- Wando Mount Pleasant Library: 1400 Carolina Park Blvd., Mount Pleasant
Voters must bring a current photo ID to vote, such as an S.C. driver’s license, federal military ID or a U.S. passport. Voters who cannot vote in person may apply for an absentee ballot. The deadline to request an absentee ballot is 5 p.m. on May 29.
Election day polls open for the S.C. primary from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 9.
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In weekend headlines
CP, SPOLETO: Syracuse students cover the festivals. Six graduate students from Syracuse University’s prestigious Newhouse journalism program are flooding downtown with Spoleto Festival USA and Piccolo Spoleto coverage as well as some news articles.
New IAAM exhibit honors famed veteran. The International African American Museum in Charleston pays tribute to Vietnam veteran Ralph H. Johnson, who threw himself on a grenade that had been thrown into his fighting hole in Vietnam, sacrificing his own life to save fellow Marines.
Charleston doctors who went to Gaza share what they learn. The doctors flew to Amman, Jordan to get to the Israeli Defense Forces border checkpoint where volunteers board buses for the long drive into Gaza.
S.C. shellfish harvesting season to end May 27. Shellfish harvesting season in South Carolina will close Wednesday, according to the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources. The harvest of oysters, mussels, clams, and other bivalves from state and public shellfish grounds will end for the season one-half hour after official sunset.
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