The Green Papers 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
Disclaimer: The delegate selection processes herein, along with any and all dates and delegate counts associated therewith, are unofficial and based on either (1) information obtained from either Major Party, (2) Presidential Primary dates established by currently-effective State statute, or- where the foregoing information could not be obtained- (3) the state's 2020 delegate selection process and associated dates adjusted to the corresponding dates in 2024. Democrats
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South Carolina Republican Presidential Nominating Process State Convention: Saturday 24 February 2024 (presumably) County Conventions: March 2024 (presumably) District Conventions: April 2024 State Convention: Saturday 4 May 2024 (presumably) |
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Delegate Binding: Delegate Selection Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention. 50 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 21 re: 7 congressional districts / 3 party / 16 bonus |
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... the South Carolina Republican Party shall conduct a statewide presidential preference primary on a date within two weeks after the New Hampshire Republican Primary or earlier if necessary to preserve South Carolina's "First in the South" status. [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - Rule 11(b)(1)] Saturday 24 February 2024 (presumably): South Carolina State Convention. Delegate Binding: Delegate Selection Caucus/Convention. Voter Eligibility: Closed Caucus/Convention.
All 50 of South Carolina's delegates to the Republican National Convention are allocated to presidential contenders in today's South Carolina Presidential Primary. [Reference: The Rules of the South Carolina Republican Party as amended by 2015 South Carolina Republican Party State Convention]
Each congressional district delegate ... shall be bound during the first ballot at the convention to the presidential candidate who received the greatest number of votes .... If the candidate who received the greatest number of votes in that particular delegate’s home district is not placed in nomination, a delegate must then be bound to the congressional district's second or third place finisher in the presidential preference primary, respectively. If none of the top three finishers in the congressional district presidential preference primary are placed in nomination, delegates shall be unbound. |
March 2024 (presumably): The County Conventions convene to elect delegates to the District and State Conventions [South Carolina Code of Laws - Section 7-9-70] [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - Rule 5 (c)(5)] |
April 2024: District conventions convene to elect National Convention District Delegates according to the results of the primary. [Rule 6 (c)(6)(a)] |
Saturday 4 May 2024 (presumably): The State Convention convenes to elect the At-Large National Convention District Delegates according to the results of the primary. [Section 7-9-100] ... the State Convention shall ... elect a national committeeman and national committeewoman and to elect at-large delegates ... to the National Convention. [South Carolina Republican Party Rules - RULE 7 (b)(6)] |
Notes |
Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change. |
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Constitution Links to State Constitutions | |
• South Carolina Constitution | |
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• South Carolina State Election Commission | |
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Media & others | |
• FITSNews - Sic Willie | |
• Greenville Magazine | |
• Lexington County Chronicle | |
• Politics1.com - South Carolina | |
• South Carolina Citizens for Life (SCCL is a non-partisan, non-sectarian pro-life organization and is the state affiliate of the National Right to Life Committee) | |
• Spartanburg Herald-Journal | |
• Statehouse Report - Charleston | |
• The Greenville News | |
• The Item - Sumter | |
• The Lancaster News | |
• The News & Reporter - Chester County | |
• The Post and Courier - Charleston | |
• The Times and Democrat - Orangeburg | |
• The Union Daily Times | |
• WCIV TV - ABC - Mount Pleasant | |
• WCSC TV - CBS - Charleston | |
• WIS TV - NBC - Columbia | |
• WLTX TV - CBS - Columbia |
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