Local Election News

  • 2012 PRIMARY: Where to vote in Northern Beaufort County
    With South Carolina's GOP presidential primary near, Beaufort County is making final preparations. Voting machines, 162 in all, are being delivered to polling places throughout the county, and about 300 clerks and poll workers are scheduled to man them Saturday. Nine candidates will appear on the ballot, including erstwhile contenders Herman Cain, Michele Bachmann, Gary Johnson and Rick Perry. Here's what you need to know:
  • GOP to hold presidential straw poll
    A GOP presidential straw poll, co-sponsored by the College Republicans and tea parties on Hilton Head Island, and in Beaufort and Bluffton, will be from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. State Sen. Tom Davis will speak at the event in Room 159 of the Hargray Building at the University of South Carolina Beaufort campus in Bluffton. Information: Call Kate Keep at 843-816-1806, go to www.teapartyhhi.org or follow Hilton Head Island TEA Party on Facebook.