COLUMBIA — Early voting in South Carolina hit a new record Monday for a gubernatorial election, according to state Election Commission data.
Nearly 564,000 South Carolinians had voted as of 3 p.m., topping the total ballots cast ahead of Election Day in 2022 by more than 2,000 votes. That year marked the first election cycle under the state law that standardized no-excuse-needed early voting statewide.
The tally is still well below the all-time record. Two years ago, almost 1.5 million people voted early in the contest with presidential nominees on the ballot…