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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.

Monday, August 27, 2012  A federal court in Washington considers a lawsuit challenging whether South Carolina's voter ID law is legal.

Tuesday, July 03, 2012  A revised timetable for the federal lawsuit over South Carolina's voter ID law would make it harder for the new requirements to impact the Nov. 6 general election.

Monday, July 02, 2012  The U.S. Justice Department has turned down South Carolina's voter identification law for a second time.

Thursday, March 22, 2012  South Carolina voters represented by the American Civil Liberties Union have been granted permission to get involved in a lawsuit over the state's new voter ID law.

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, February 07, 2012  South Carolina's top prosecutor says the U.S. Justice Department was wrong to block South Carolina from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote.

Saturday, January 21, 2012  South Carolina's attorney general is asking the U.S. Justice Department for an investigation into potential voter fraud.