The Green Papers 2024 Presidential Primaries, Caucuses, and Conventions |
South Carolina Republican Presidential Nominating Process Candidate filing deadline: Tuesday 31 October 2023 Primary: Saturday 24 February 2024 District Conventions: April 2024 (presumably) State Convention: Wednesday 1 May 2024 |
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Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All (district and statewide) Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary. 50 total delegates - 10 base at-large / 21 re: 7 congressional districts / 3 party / 16 bonus |
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South Carolina Republican Party's Rules from the South Carolina Republican Party. Lawsuit to prevent former President Donald Trump from appearing on the Republican presidential primary ballot-- Castro v. South Carolina Election Commission, 3:23cv-4501. Candidate Tracking from the South Carolina State Election Commission. Returns from the South Carolina State Election Commission. |
17 June 2023: The South Carolina Republican Party voted unanimously to hold their 2024 presidential primary on 24 February 2024.
... 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: South Carolina Primary. Hours 7:00a-7:00p EST (1200-0000 UTC). Delegate Selection: Winner-Take-All (district and statewide) Primary. Voter Eligibility: Open Primary.
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 2022 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. |
April 2024 (presumably): District Conventions convene to elect National Convention District Delegates according to the results of the primary. [Rule 6 (c)(6)(a)]. The District Conventions are held at least 5 days before the State Convention. |
Wednesday 1 May 2024: 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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• South Carolina Constitution | |
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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) | |
• Statehouse Report - Charleston | |
• 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 | |
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• WLTX TV - CBS - Columbia |
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