According to this Associated Press story, there are 148 incumbents running for re-election to the South Carolina legislature, and 105 of them have no general election opponent from the opposing major party. However, no one knows yet how many independent candidates will qualify for state legislative races.
The story also says that approximately 50% of general election voters in South Carolina use the straight-ticket device, something that injures independent candidates. Independent candidates never benefit from a straight-ticket device. Also, in South Carolina, independent candidates cannot use the label “independent” on the ballot. Instead, the ballot gives them the label, “By Petition.”
ANTI-Democracy gerrymanders control mostly all.
i.e. Democracy is almost de facto DEAD in the U.S.A. — the EVIL top gangsters are playing for TOTAL PERMANENT CONTROL in the U.S.A. regime and in each rotted State regime.
SCOTUS lets it happen — part of the general ROT towards ABSOLUTE tyranny in the U.S.A.
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P.R. and nonpartisan App.V.
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