Congressman Ralph Norman ( https://norman.house.gov ) Congressman Norman, just back from Washington D.C., was our featured guest and he provided us with reminders and updates on various topics.
After opening with the Pledge of Allegiance and a prayer, we conducted an overview of recent elections illustrating the importance of primary elections. For the 2022 South Carolina elections approximately 17.6% of eligible voters voted in the primary, which is the election that decides who represents the parties in the general election. Of the registered voters the turnout was 20%. The general election had 44% of eligible voters showing up at the polls, which mean a small number of voters decided who are the final candidates and still less than 50% registered voters cast a vote. The SC primary for the 2024 presidential elections are in February 2024 and we are hoping to get more voters engaged, informed and voting.
South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis was our speaker at the May meeting.