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Tuesday, June 12, 2012  A list of uncontested races in South Carolina.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Turnout has remained light across South Carolina as voters cast ballots in primary elections that became problematic when hundreds of candidates were ordered off ballots.

Thursday, November 10, 2011  South Carolina senior citizens are keeping an eye on Social Security and Medicare as the GOP presidential candidates make their pitches to potential voters. On Thursday, AARP released survey results showing that by nearly 3 to 1, likely Republican voters in the South Carolina first-in-the-South primary overwhelmingly oppose cutting Social Security and Medicare benefits to reduce the deficit.

Friday, September 30, 2011  In a 7-2 vote, Florida moved to set its primary voting date for January 31.  The early voting announcement breaks national party rules preserving a typical primary calendar, taking away half of the state's nominating delegates as punishment.

Thursday, September 29, 2011  South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Chad Connelly  said Thursday he and his counterparts in the other traditional early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and Nevada will not allow what he called "rogue states" to dictate the calendar.

Monday, April 20, 2009  COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- A local chapter of the South Carolina Republican Party has sued the state in federal court to require voters to choose a political party when they register and vote only in that party's primary.