Statehouse Report December 15, 2023 By Skyler Baldwin Statewide advocacy groups are lauding a coming proposal by Charleston leaders who are asking the state legislature to allow municipalities to use instant-runoff voting, also known as ranked-choice voting, in future local elections. Such a move would void the need for costly runoffs, say groups backing […]
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Charleston Post and Courier December 14, 2023 By Ali Rockett At his final City Council meeting, Charleston Mayor John Tecklenburg plans to introduce a resolution supporting a change to the way South Carolina voters elect their local officials. The resolution, which was released Dec. 14 ahead of the council’s Dec. 19 meeting, calls on the state’s
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WCIV-TV December 14, 2023 Watch Video by Lauren Lennon CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — A different way to choose local leaders could be in the works with State House Bill 4022. The bill would permit South Carolina municipalities to adopt a process known as Instant Runoff Voting. The system would allow voters to rank first and last
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Live 5 WCSC December 14, 2023 Watch Video By Molly McBride CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) – Several statewide organizations are advocating for Instant Runoff Voting to be allowed in South Carolina. As the bill works through the Legislature, Charleston City Council is set to vote on a resolution Tuesday that calls on the state to pass
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December 16, 2023 On December 14th, four statewide organizations held a press conference in Charleston, SC, to support Mayor John Tecklenburg’s upcoming resolution calling on the state legislature to give municipalities the option to use instant runoff voting in local elections. See the below press release. The press conference received significant media attention: WCSC–Organizations advocate
97% of ALL SC businesses have fewer than 20 employees. Support locally-owned small businesses where 68% of every dollar stays in your community compared to only 43% at big box stores. Watch SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce president/CEO, Frank Knapp, talk about the importance of locally-owned small businesses on WLTX-TV in Columbia.
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Live 5 News November 24, 2023 Watch video here By Caitlin Ashbaugh SUMMERVILLE, S.C. (WCSC) – The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce says now is the time to give back to local businesses in addition to a budget already supporting Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals. The nonprofit, created back in 2000 to
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November 10, 2023 Columbia, SC—Next week over 220 South and North Carolinians will be in DC for a “Here to Work” summit. SC Small Business Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Frank Knapp Jr. will join the Carolina delegation and thousands more from across the county advocating for President Biden to take action to expand
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Press Release September 22, 2023 Small Businesses Warn the Supreme Court: Overturning Chevron Will Cause Regulatory Uncertainty and is Bad for Business SC Small Business Chamber joins Amicus Brief to keep big corporations from having undue influence in regulatory process WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, groups representing more than 250,000 small businesses and business-related entities throughout
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WCIV (Charleston) WPDE (Florence) The Clinton Chronicle September 5, 2023 by Ian Kayanja CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — The August results of a rolling Republican presidential primary poll found former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley as the consensus majority leader on the 15-candidate ranked choice voting ballot. The South Carolina Small Business Chamber of Commerce
