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.

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