COLUMBIA, S.C. — More than 1 million votes have already been cast in November’s election in South Carolina.
The South Carolina Election Commission said the millionth vote - all by absentee ballot so far - was recorded sometime Wednesday. About two-thirds of the absentee ballots have been cast in person.
The General Assembly allowed absentee voting for anyone without an excuse this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The state Election Commission said around 371,000 absentee ballots have been mailed in, with 100,000 ballots being issued as of Wednesday morning, but not returned.
All polling places in South Carolina will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday.
The record for turnout in the state is 2.1 million voters in 2016.