The South Carolina State Election Commission (SEC) reported Thursday that nearly 50,000 ballots were cast the previous day at early voting centers, bringing the number of early voters statewide to about 383,000. The tens of thousands of absentees who have already returned swell the number of South Carolinians who have already voted to a total of 431,000. “With three days remaining in early voting totals for the petition, the SEC expects primary election day turnout to continue to increase significantly,” the organization wrote. South Carolina previously broke the record for a single day of early voting last week, when 40,000 voters cast ballots that Monday. Early voting across the country topped 30 million, according to a University of Florida measure. Democratic lead shrinks to 2 points on congressional ballot: Nets poll suspends Kyrie Irving for at least 5 games without pay That number includes 13 million in-person early votes and 18 million mail-in ballots. Voters in Georgia broke the record for mid-October early voting, casting a total of 131,318 ballots in one day. By comparison, Georgians cast 70,849 ballots on the first day of early voting during the 2018 midterm elections, while the 2020 record (136,739) remains higher than the 2022 number.
