South Carolina – Election Resources

Since the elections of 2006 are over, many of the links on this page may no longer work. However, we are keeping this page on SCIway as a historical record of who ran for office and who had campaign web sites in 2006.

2006 Election Results

2006 Candidate Websites

• Federal offices
• Statewide offices
• State House of Representatives
• State Senate - next election November 2008
• State Solicitor
• County, school board offices
  

2006 Statewide Constitutional Amendments

• Proposed amendments - official text, brief explanations
  

• Amendment 1
  –  Vote no: DumbAmendment.com
  –  Vote no: SC Equality Coalition
  –  Vote no: SC Log Cabin Republicans
  –  Vote yes: Palmetto Family Council
  

• Amendment 4
  –  Vote no: League of Women Voters of South Carolina
  –  Vote yes: NoHomeTax.org
  –  Vote yes: StopTax.org
  

• Online candidate and amendment debates from SC ETV
  –  Debate marathon - November 5, 5:00 am until 7:30 pm
  

How to Find Your Precinct, Polling Place

• Look up your precinct, polling location, voting districts
  1.  Do NOT enter your street number.
  2.  Do NOT enter an abbreviation such as Rd, St, or Ave.
  3.  Use slashes in birth date and 4-character year.
  4.  Click Get driving directions to the Precinct in upper right corner for directions, map.
  
  

• Curbside voting - for people who are physically handicapped or age 65+
  

How to Vote in South Carolina

• New touchscreen voting machines - step-by-step guide
  –  Cómo votar - en español
  

• Absentee voting
  –  Deadlines for absentee voting - November 3, 6, 7
  

• Everything you need to know to register to vote in SC
  –  Voter registration form - print and mail - Adobe Reader
  

• County Boards of Voter Registration
  –  County voter registration and election officials
  

SC Political Parties, Organizations, Opinions

• Local - by county
• Statewide - includes links to national parties
• SC political commentary, news

Related SC Election Resources

• South Carolina State Election Commission
  –  SCVotes.org - voter info, election results, more
  
• South Carolina State Ethics Commission

• Ready to Vote - educational site for young adults in SC
  

• South Carolina Association of Registration and Election Officials - SCARE
  
• Statistics - voter registration, election returns

Related US Election Resources

• Federal Election Commission
• Follow the Money - data on money contributed to candidates
• OpenSecrets.org - enter zip code for list of political donations in area
  
• PoliticsOnline - fund-raising and Internet tools for politics
• Project Vote Smart - research candidates and issues

Previous SC Elections

• 2004 - campaign websites
  –  Final 2004 SC election results
• 2002 - campaign websites
  –  Final 2002 SC election results
• 2000 - campaign websites
  –  Final 2000 SC election results
• 1998 - campaign websites
  –  Final 1998 SC election results