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Wednesday, March 20, 2013  A Republican activist says private South Carolina citizens should be able to make cases against their elected representatives in court.

Monday, February 11, 2013  A former executive director of the U.S. House Democratic Caucus wants to be the new director of the South Carolina Democratic Party.

Sunday, November 11, 2012  State leaders from both parties say major changes are needed after the problems from last Tuesday's election.

Tuesday, November 06, 2012  Voters are waiting as long as four hours in Richland County, as GOP and Democratic party leaders complain of broken machines amid an expected record turnout.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  The son of late U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond will stay on ballots as the Republican nominee for a South Carolina state Senate seat.

Thursday, October 11, 2012  A panel of three federal judges in Washington has upheld South Carolina's voter identification law, but says the state cannot put it in practice until 2013..

Monday, October 01, 2012  South Carolina's redrawn state house and congressional maps are being allowed to stand.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012  An attorney representing black South Carolina voters says a federal court ruling on Texas' voting maps bolsters his appeal before the U.S. Supreme Court.

Monday, March 19, 2012  Six black South Carolina voters want the nation's highest court to hear their case over the state's new congressional and state House districts.

Friday, March 09, 2012  Three federal judges have ruled the new district lines drawn by South Carolina lawmakers for state House and U.S. House seats don't discriminate against black voters.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011  Less than a year after taking office Governor Nikki Haley's approval rating is plummeting, even among members of the own political party. A new Winthrop University poll shows only 34.6 percent of those surveyed approve of Gov. Haley's job performance.

Friday, November 11, 2011  A top South Carolina Democratic lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit that plans for U.S. House district lines "voting apartheid."

Friday, November 11, 2011  South Carolina Democrats filed a lawsuit on Friday challenging the U.S. House district lines drawn by the Republican-dominated Legislature, calling them electoral apartheid.

Friday, September 23, 2011  South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, economic development officials and state agencies spent more than $231,000 on a trip in June to the Paris Air Show and to Germany. The Haley administration says it will all pay off pointing to the fact that the governor is constantly recruiting jobs for the state.

Thursday, September 22, 2011  Vice President Joe Biden is making a short visit to Charleston to raise money for President Obama's re-election campaign.