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Question: Are you planning on voting in this year's midterm elections?
#1
Democrat: Yes		  
#2
Democrat: No		  
#3
Republican: Yes		  
#4
Republican: No		  
#5
independent/third party: Yes		  
#6
independent/third party: No		  
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Total Voters: 40

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Alcon
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« on: February 02, 2010, 10:36:24 PM »
Always vote.  Surprises me how many people there are here who don't.
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Alcon
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2010, 10:38:48 PM »
Quote from: Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon on February 03, 2010, 10:16:34 PM
Yes, of course (R)

More importantly, I'm voting in our county general election in August for Shelby County's next Mayor, Mark Luttrell!

Your county general elections are separate from your state general elections?  I didn't know that was done.
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Alcon
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2010, 11:10:33 PM »
Quote from: True Federalist on February 03, 2010, 11:08:47 PM
Quote from: Alcon on February 03, 2010, 10:38:48 PM
Quote from: Bleeding heart conservative, HTMLdon on February 03, 2010, 10:16:34 PM
Yes, of course (R)

More importantly, I'm voting in our county general election in August for Shelby County's next Mayor, Mark Luttrell!

Your county general elections are separate from your state general elections?  I didn't know that was done.

County elections in South Carolina aren't separate, but municipal elections are.

Is there a reason for that?
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Alcon
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2010, 03:12:33 AM »
Quote from: True Federalist on February 04, 2010, 12:46:59 AM
Quote from: Alcon on February 03, 2010, 11:10:33 PM
Quote from: True Federalist on February 03, 2010, 11:08:47 PM
County elections in South Carolina aren't separate, but municipal elections are.

Is there a reason for that?

Statewide elections are run by the State Election Commission in conjunction with the County Election Commissions.  State and County offices and election dates are set by State law, not County law. (This is a holdover from the pre-Reynolds v. Sims days when each county's delegation in the General Assembly also served as that county's council.)

By contrast, the municipalities run their elections and set the election dates themselves.  Some do choose to set the date for the general election, but most do not.  (The town I live in uses the Tuesday after the first Monday of November, but in odd-numbered years instead of the even-numbered years of the general elections.)

Interesting.  I sometimes hear rumblings about the idea that municipal/local elections should be geared toward a smaller, more educated electorate, and wondered if it had more sway elsewhere.  I guess maybe not.  Thanks.
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