Update November 3:
Well, the witching hour is nearly upon us. You can follow along with the Twitter stream on our homepage.
We'll be sure to post about the results as their known, but you can follow along at the county and at Live 5 News who has a results ticker on their homepage.
Update November 3:
Today's the big day.
Just walking into today's election like a drunken sailor? Well The Post and Courier has a 5-minute rundown on all the races to get you sobered up.
If you don't know where your polling spot is,you can get it over here.
First reporting:
The big story on the Lowcountry's Nov. 3 ballot is the crowded field in Mount Pleasant, where it's likely that neither the top vote-getter in the mayoral race nor any of the four council winners will finish with a majority.
Read more stories on this subject in our election topic page.But there are interesting if lightly covered races elsewhere too, including four council districts in Charleston, mayor and council seats on the Isle of Palms and in rapidly urbanizing Awendaw, plus a Sunday beer-and-wine sales vote that could say a lot about Moncks Corner's civic identity.
We've studied local news sources for their election coverage and linked to the most useful, complete or relevant items we could find. We'll add to this index in the final days leading up to the election, and please let us know if there's other material that belongs on this list.
We've sorted the list with the most recent coverage up top but highlighted the best of the best if you're the skimming type.
But first some handy links
- Don't forget that you can get a full list of candidates in Charleston County in this PDF, and watch the results come in for Charleston County over here.
- You can check your voter registration info and get your polling place over here.
- If all else fails the Charleston County Election Commission's number is 744-VOTE (8683)
Mount Pleasant
Three candidates for mayor, no incumbent; 19 candidates four at-large seats, no incumbents; Top vote-getters win seats regardless of percentage (no runoff rule to produce a majority).
- It's hard to find on their site, but The Moultrie News has some involved profiles of the candidates in all the races. Scroll down to find them. The links aren't well organized, but there's good information here, including the candidates' answers to what committee assignments they'll be bucking for, and what their priorities would be in those areas.
- Charleston County GOP/Tea Party/9:12 list of "good conservatives"
- Gary Santos forum coverage (Oct. 30, Post and Courier)
- Billy Swails forum coverage (Oct. 29, Post and Courier)
- Introduction to the three mayoral candidates (Oct. 28th, Charleston City Paper)
- Joe Bustos forum coverage (Oct. 28th, Post and Courier)
- Package of three mayoral profiles (Oct. 25, Post and Courier)
- Santos-Smith spat (Oct. 24, Post and Courier)
- Swails-Santos spat (Oct. 23, Post and Courier)
- Mount Pleasant Land Conservancy questionnaire for the mayoral candidates (Oct. 21).
- Mount Pleasant Land Conservancy questionnaire for the council candidates (Oct. 21)
- Profiles of all 19 candidates for town council (Oct. 22, Post and Courier)
- Fund-raising report (Oct. 20, Post and Courier)
- A substantive set of 10 issues-related questions answered by all three mayoral candidates (Oct. 17, Post and Courier)
- Mayoral forum coverage (Oct. 15, Post and Courier)
- Three-day mayoral forum advance story (Oct. 14, Moultrie News)
- Voting rules in Mount Pleasant offer no runoff election, and why that could benefit Swails (Oct. 11, Post and Courier)
- Mayoral candidates all use Facebook (Oct. 9, Post and Courier)
- Coverage of Oct. 1 mayoral event (Oct. 2, Post and Courier)
- Setup on election, with links to events (Sept. 29, Post and Courier)
- Moultrie News East Cooper election topic page
Mount Pleasant mayoral candidates
- Joe Bustos: Campaign website, Post and Courier profile, Post and Courier video interview
- Gary Santos: Campaign website, Post and Courier profile, Post and Courier video interview
- Billy Swails: Campaign website, Post and Courier profile, Post and Courier video interview
Charleston
Four council seats (James Island, two West Ashley, and on split between Downtown and West Ashley). Each seat is contested but only two have incumbents.
- Charleston County GOP/Tea Party/9:12 list of "good conservatives"
- Roundup of City of Charleston races (Oct. 27, Charleston City Paper)
- Short profiles of the candidates in District 10, (West Ashley, three candidates, no incumbent), District 8 (West Ashley, Downtown, two candidates, one incumbent) and District 2 (West Ashley, three candidates, no incumbent). (Oct. 22, Post and Courier)
- The same material from Districts 8 and 2 above, but scroll down to find short profiles for District 12 (James Island, two candidates, one incumbent)(Oct. 22, Post and Courier)
- District 2, District 10 forum coverage (Oct. 22, Post and Courier), and Charleston City Paper live coverage.
- District 2 profile (Oct. 20, Charleston City Paper)
- District 8, District 12 forum coverage (Oct. 20, Post and Courier) and the Charleston City Paper's live coverage.
- District 10 profile (Oct 13., Charleston City Paper)
- District 8 profile (Oct. 6, Charleston City Paper)
- District 12 profile (Sept. 29, Charleston City Paper)
Awendaw
A mayoral race -- for the first time in the town's short history -- and a council election.
There are five candidates for three four-year seats (incumbent Miriam Green, Betty Simmons, Isaiah Simmons, Albertha Singleton and incumbent Bryan McNeal Jr.) and two candidates (James Bubba Godwin and Sheila Powell) for a fourth council seat with a two-year term.
- Candidate profiles, all races (Oct. 29, Post and Courier)
- Candidate forum coverage. Includes candidate contact info (Oct. 24, Post and Courier)
- Nice set-up story describing the mayoral candidates and the context of this election (Oct. 19, Post and Courier)
- East Cooper election information page (Moultrie News)
Moncks Corner
Six candidates for three open, at-large seats and a Sunday alcohol sales referendum.
- A two-minute video overview of Moncks Corner's Sunday beer-and-wine vote (Oct. 27, Channel 2)
- Short profiles of the candidates (Oct. 22, Post and Courier)
- Short profiles of the candidates (Oct. 13, Berkeley Independent)
- Set-up article on the Sunday beer and wine sales vote (Oct. 5, Post and Courier).
Isle of Palms
The mayor's seat and four council seats are up. Dick Cronin is the incumbent mayor and faces challenger Jimmy Ward.
- Profiles of candidates (Oct. 29, Post and Courier)
- Short piece on Dick Cronin (Sept. 20, Moultrie News)
- Short piece on Jimmy Ward (Sept. 20, Moultrie News)
Council candidates are Barbara Bergwerf, Marty Bettelli, Ron Denton, Barb Gobien, Sandy Stone, and Doug Thomas.
McClellanville
Mayor and four council seats. No coverage found, but with just one mayoral and four council candidates, it may be a mute point.
Candidate for mayor is Rutledge B Leland III. Council candidates are Aaron Baldwin, Robert J Gannon, Gussie Humes, and Jim Scott.
The Post and Courier reported earlier that the election was canceled and everyone candidate's a winner.
Ravenel
Three council seats. Council candidates are Robert Cochran, Harold Buck Dukes Jr, Willie Gordon, and Laura Parker.
Candidate profiles (Oct. 29, Post and Courier -- scroll down)
Town of Rockville
There's only one candidate for mayor, Mary Ann Cates. And only three candidates vying for four council seats (maybe elect yourself?) Allen Whilden Holmes, Henry Holst Sr, Zachary Nelson.
Candidate profiles (Oct. 29, Post and Courier -- scroll down).
Seabrook Island
Mayor and four council seats.
There's only one candidate for mayor, Bill Holtz. Six folks are vying for the four council seats: Terry Ahearn, Jerry Cummin, Frank J Farfone, Henry Hobson, Samuel L Reed, and Robert M Savin. And two are out for a utility commission seat: Charles L Measter and Leon Vancini.
Candidate profiles (Oct. 29, Post and Courier -- scroll down)
*Note: No races scheduled in Dorchester County.
