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Exclusive: DOJ, South Carolina Reach Deal On UOCAVA Voting Timeline In Election To Replace Lindsey Graham

The long-serving senator died suddenly earlier this month. Now a special primary election must take place in a couple of weeks.

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The U.S. Department of Justice has come to terms with the state of South Carolina to make sure uniformed and overseas voters receive absentee ballots in advance of a rapidly approaching special election following the recent death of incumbent Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham, according to a DOJ memo exclusively obtained by The Federalist.  

DOJ officials have signed the Memorandum of Agreement with Conway Belangia, executive director of the South Carolina State Election Commission, and the agreement is expected to bring the state into compliance with the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act. UOCAVA stipulates election officials must send “validly-requested absentee ballots to UOCAVA voters no later than 45 days before an election” — including a special election — for a federal officeholder if the request is received at least 45 days before Election Day. 

But South Carolina election administrators don’t have the luxury of that kind of time. 

South Carolina’s special primary election must occur on Aug. 11, in accordance with state law. A runoff primary election, if necessary, is to take place two weeks later. 

Graham, first elected to the Senate in 2002, died suddenly on July 11 after suffering a cardiac incident. He was 71. 

South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, a Republican, quickly appointed the Republican senator’s sister, Darlene Graham, to serve out the remaining months of her late brother’s term. She has the endorsement of President Donald Trump. She recently announced that she will campaign for a full six-year term in November’s election. The senator was in the middle of his reelection campaign when he........

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