//South Carolina likely to set record for mailed absentee ballots, election officials say

South Carolina likely to set record for mailed absentee ballots, election officials say

South Carolina’s decision to allow absentee voting by mail for anyone in next month’s primaries because of the coronavirus could mean a long night waiting for results.With more than two weeks to go before the primaries, the state had already mailed out 72,000 absentee ballots, which take longer to process and count than in-person votes at the polls, according to figures Friday from the South