Charleston Currents

FOCUS: Primary voting opens 7 a.m. Tuesday

Staff reports | Voters who haven’t already cast absentee ballots to avoid the coronavirus and potentially long lines will head to the polls Tuesday for the state Democratic and Republican primaries.

Polls open at 7 a.m. and close 12 hours later. While it’s not clear how busy polls will be, poll managers have received public health training for the pandemic to protect people’s health, according to the state election commission. Social distancing policies will be in place and managers are expected to clean common surfaces.

Voters are advised to bring photo identification. Several voting locations also have changed in recent days in Charleston County.

Also in this post: A list of recent endorsements by sister publication, Charleston City Paper.

by Charleston Currents · 06/08/2020 · Comments are Disabled · Focus, Good news

CALENDAR: League of Women Voters to hold 10 candidate forums

Staff reports | The League of Women Voters of the Charleston Area will hold a series of non-partisan candidate forums before local elections on Nov. 5. For a list, click into the story

by Charleston Currents · 10/14/2019 · Comments are Disabled · calendar

11/2: New issue marks 8th year!

In the Nov. 2, 2015 issue:
PHOTO: Fall color
FOCUS: Charleston Currents, version 8.01
BRACK: If you want a friend, get a dog
IN THE SPOTLIGHT: Titan Termite & Pest Control
GOOD NEWS: YALLFest coming soon with 60 young adult authors
FEEDBACK: Send us your letters
CALENDAR, Nov. 2+: Festivals, tours, roasts galore
REVIEW: Evolutionary Enlightenment: A New Path to Spiritual Awakening
MYSTERY: Somewhere on the peninsula
S.C. ENCYCLOPEDIA: Boykin Spaniel, state dog

by Charleston Currents · 11/02/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Full issue

VOTE: Remember to head to the polls

Make sure you get out to vote Tuesday in elections across the Lowcountry. There will be a new mayor in Charleston [read our endorsement] and perhaps some new council members. In North Charleston, the mayor’s office and whole council is up for grabs. In Mount Pleasant, voters will select candidates to fill several town council seats.

by Charleston Currents · 11/02/2015 · Comments are Disabled · 2015 Mayor

A look at women’s suffrage in S.C.

Excerpted with permission from the S.C. Encyclopedia: The enfranchisement of women in South Carolina was first discussed publicly during the Reconstruction period. A women’s rights convention held in Columbia in December 1870 received a warm letter of support from Governor R. K. Scott.

by Special to Charleston Currents · 02/09/2015 · Comments are Disabled · Features, S.C. Encyclopedia