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“Crossover Voting” Blurs Party Lines in South Carolina Primaries

Columbia, SC (February 20, 2024) – South Carolina’s unique open primary system contains a little-discussed quirk that blurs traditional party lines and injects uncertainty into the state’s critical “First in the South” presidential primary contests. This loophole, known as “crossover voting,” allows voters who did not participate in one party’s nominating contest to vote in the other party’s primary. With…