Primary Election Day

It’s Primary Election Day in South Carolina.

Get out an Vote! Polls open at 7 a.m. and remain open until 7 p.m.

This is your chance to have a say in who governs and on what issues over the next several years.

By now you should know which candidates you are going to support in the primaries.

At the state level, the primary for the last time voters will be electing a Lt. Governor could be an important step for candidates in the 2018 gubernatorial election.

And the contest for State Superintendent of Education could be important depending on your view of Common Core requirements.

And, of course, we’ll see today whether the Tea Party can challenge Sen. Lindsey Graham’s lock on his U.S. Senate seat.

Primary advisory referendums, often a ploy to get voters to the polls, bring some interesting questions to voters this time.

Two questions that will be asked of Democratic Primary voters are really hot issues as interest groups in the Myrtle Beach and other areas of the state continue their effort to increase gambling in the state.

Democratic ballot:

Question 1: Do you believe each state – not Congress – should decide for itself whether to allow online gaming and determine how to regulate online gaming in their state?

Question 2: The S.C. Department of Transportation estimates more than $20 billion is required to fix South Carolina’s crumbling roads and bridges. Should gaming laws be modernized to fund the repairs instead of a tax increase?