Over the past several months, Pew collected data about the 2012 presidential election from nearly every state and the District of Columbia. We used the findings to create a snapshot of each jurisdiction, focusing on how many people voted, how long they waited to cast their ballots, how they cast them, and how many ballots were not counted. These snapshots will be released over the coming months, five at a time, and the Election Data Dispatches will take a closer look at the latest snapshots each week.
In 2012, the average South Carolina voter waited 25 minutes to cast a ballot, according to the
The survey also asks respondents why they decided not to vote. In South Carolina, long waits are a frequently cited reason:
The 2012 election was the first in which South Carolina voters could use online voter registration. In the five days that online registration was available, about 17,000 South Carolinians registered to vote, and 8,000 updated their registrations.
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