• Governor:1
• Senators: 2 (Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
• 2020 Census: 5,124,712 (1.54% of 331,797,979
  • 2024, 2028 Electors: 9 (1.67% of 538)
  • 2022-2030 Representatives: 7 (1.61% of 435)
• 2010 Census: 4,645,975 (1.50% of 309,785,186)
  • 2012, 2016, 2020 Electors: 9 (1.67% of 538)
  • 2012-2020 Representatives: 7 (1.61% of 435)
• Capital: Columbia

Current South Carolina Statewide Office Holders

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Official Name/Status   All States

• The STATE of South Carolina
• Status: STATE of the Union
• Ratified Articles of Confederation: 5 February 1778. this State formally adhered to the Articles on 9 July 1778 when the document was signed by its delegates to the Seventh Continental Congress
• Ratified Constitution of the United States: 23 May 1788
• The 8th state.

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Traditional Sections and Regions   All States

• Section: SOUTH
• Region: Lower ["Deep"] South
• Survey: Metes & Bounds

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Constitutions   All States   Links to State Constitutions

• Enabling Act: [None. One of the 13 original States which declared their independence from the nascent British Empire on 4 July 1776]
  • 1st (1776-1778) [Adopted: 26 March 1776 adopted by Provincial Congress (='de facto' legislature), Ratified: 26 March 1776 not submitted to the People]
  • 2nd (1778-1790) [Adopted: 19 March 1778 drafted and enacted by the General Assembly, Ratified: 19 March 1778 not submitted to the People; effective, November 1778]
  • 3rd (1790-1865) [Adopted: 3 June 1790, Ratified: 3 June 1790 not submitted to the People]
  • 4th (1865-1868) [Adopted: 27 September 1865 Convention convened, 13 September 1865, Ratified: 27 September 1865 not submitted to the People]
  • 5th (1868-1895) [Adopted: 17 March 1868 Convention convened, 14 January 1868, Ratified: 16 April 1868 ratified by a vote of 70,558 to 27,288]
  • 6th (1896-) [Adopted: 4 December 1895 Convention convened, 10 September 1895, Ratified: 4 December 1895 not submitted to the People; effective, 1 January 1896]

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Executive Branch   All States

• Chief Executive
  • GOVERNOR
• Successor to a Vacancy
  • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR]

• Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide   All States
  • Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
  • Lieutenant Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026. (Beginning in 2018, the Lieutenant Governor will be elected on same ticket with the Governor.)
  • Secretary of State: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
  • Attorney General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
  • Treasurer: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
  • Comptroller General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
  • Adjutant General (--2017): 4 year term, Final Election Cycle: 2002. The South Carolina Constitution was amended in 2015 to provide for the appointment of the Adjutant General by the Governor with advice and consent of the State Senate. The Adjutant General is no longer an elected office.
  • Commissioner of Agriculture: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026
  • Superintendent of Education: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2026

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Legislative Branch   All States

• Legislature
  • GENERAL ASSEMBLY

• Upper House
  • Senate
• Lower House
  • House of Representatives

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Judicial Branch   All States

• Court of Last Resort
  • Supreme Court
• Intermediate Appellate Court
  • Court of Appeals

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Local Government   All States

• PRIMARY CIVIL DIVISION   All States
  • County [Type: Strong, Executive and Legislative: COUNCIL]
    • MINOR CIVIL DIVISION
      • township [Type: None, Executive and Legislative: no associated governmental structure]

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Statutory Election Information   All States

• General Election  All States
  • Tuesday next after 1st Monday in November of even-numbered years
    [Code of Laws of SC 7-13-10]
• Presidential Primary  All States
  • NOTE: State Committee of Party wishing to hold a Presidential (either Preference or Advisory) Primary alone determines the date and polling hours of same
    [Code of Laws of SC 7-11-20 & 7-11-25]
• State Primary  All States
  • 2d Tuesday in June of even-numbered years
    [Code of Laws of SC 7-13-15 (7-13-40)]
    "Second Primary" (a "runoff" where no candidate in the Primary has received at least a majority of the vote): two weeks after the State Primary (that is, the 4th Tuesday in June of even-numbered years)
    [Code of Laws of SC 7-13-50 (7-13-40)]
• Polling times  All States
  • Polls open: 7 AM local time
    Polls close: 7 PM local time
    The polls must be opened at seven o'clock a.m. and closed at seven o'clock p.m. the day of election and must be held open during these hours without intermission or adjournment. [Code of Laws of SC 7-13-60]

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Links   Links to other web sites. These links are being provided as a convenience and for informational purposes.

• Constitution
  • South Carolina Code of Laws
• Election Authority. All States
  • South Carolina State Election Commission
  • South Carolina's Voter Information Resource
• Legislature. All States
  • South Carolina Legislature
• Democratic
  • South Carolina Democratic Party
  • South Carolina House Democratic Caucus
  • South Carolina Senate Democratic Caucus
• Republican
  • South Carolina Republican Party
  • The South Carolina Senate Republican Caucus
• Third Party
  • Alliance Party. formerly called The American Party of South Carolina
  • Labor Party
  • South Carolina Green Party
  • South Carolina Labor Party
  • South Carolina Working Families Party
  • The Constitution Party of South Carolina
  • The Unity Party of South Carolina
• 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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