The state election law that sets up some SC voters for failure

By: Paul Hyde

Outlets: South Carolina Daily Gazette

Published: May 18, 2026

Words: 806

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 5 days ago

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With all of the public sound and fury focused on voting, redistricting and election integrity, no state leader seems to be talking about a law that uniquely and deliberately sets up some South Carolina voters for failure.

This homegrown oddity may deny a few hundred or a few thousand South Carolinians the right to vote.

That’s enough to change the outcome of some important local and state legislative elections.

And it goes to show …

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