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South Carolina Minority Voter Registration and Participation

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For Immediate Release
July 27, 2020
Contact: Shireese M. Bell at 803-563-0283 or sbell@cma.sc.gov

The South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs (“CMA”) has joined with the South Carolina Election Commission to educate the state’s minority communities about the importance of voter registration, voter education, and voter participation.

Through this partnership, the South Carolina Election Commission will share with the South Carolina Commission for Minority Affairs information regarding voting changes and updates and information pertaining to the need for more poll managers and poll workers. The Commission for Minority Affairs will act as a liaison into the state’s minority communities, and will disseminate informational flyers regarding voter registration, voter education, voter participation, and other important electoral measures.

For more information on the South Carolina Election Commission and voting in South Carolina, go to https://scvotes.gov.

For information on voter registration, go to https://scvotes.gov/south-carolina voter-registration-information.

To learn more about the Commission for Minority Affairs’ voter efforts, go to https://cma.sc.gov/voting.

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