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SC Senate OKs no-excuse absentee voting; rejects drop boxes

by Associated Press
| September 2, 2020 1:27 PM

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The South Carolina Senate agreed on Wednesday to allow all voters in the state to cast absentee ballots because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but rejected a proposal by Democrats to allow ballots to be placed in drop boxes.

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