South Carolinians turned out in record numbers for the 2008 elections. Lines were long and problems with voting machines were reported in precincts throughout our state. While some races are still being contested, the majority have been called.

View SC statewide election results.

View SC county election results.

Tuesday, November 4, is election day – we have less than three weeks to go! While most of us agree that voting is important, the hard part is finding the time to learn about the candidates and constitutional amendments we’ll be faced with in the voting booth. SCIway’s 2008 election guide can save you time. You can find it at: http://www.sciway.net/gov/sc-elections.html

SCIway’s Election Guide is the most complete South Carolina resource of its kind. It lets you compare hundreds of candidates by visiting their actual campaign websites. Our guide covers presidential, federal, state senate, state house, county and school board, and solicitor offices. (If you know of a candidate website we don’t yet have, please write service@sciway.net.)

We also link to straightfoward explanations of the three constitutional ammendments (PDF) that will be on our ballot this year, as well as a helpful form you can use to find both your voting districts and driving directions from home or work to your precinct polling place:

Find your voting districts and driving directions to your polling place

1. Use slashes in birth date and 4-digit year.
2. Click Submit after completing all boxes.
3. After results appear, click Get driving directions to the Precinct in upper right corner for directions, map.

Here are some other especially useful 2008 SC election links:

• Absentee voting | Curbside voting
• Candidate debates from SC ETV – 7 live US House and Senate debates in October – TV, Internet, radio
• Winthrop University / SC ETV Poll – October 23rd – Seeks to determine whether Obama or McCain will win in SC, NC, VA – North Carolina and Virginia, in particular, are still described as “battleground” states