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Voting history · South Carolina's 6th Congressional District

South Carolina's 6th Congressional District

A dated list of changes to how Americans vote: district maps, polling places and drop boxes, voting laws and rules, and courts and election officials. Each entry says who did what and when, shows what became of it, and links to the page it rests on. Attempts that failed are listed as failed. Entries that rest on a news report name the outlet.

This is the district view: events tagged to this congressional district, then events that apply across South Carolina, then national events. An event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district. See all of South Carolina.

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In South Carolina's 6th Congressional District

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Across South Carolina

1997

  1. Apr 1, 1997 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to South Carolina's 1997 state Senate plan

    In a letter of April 1, 1997, the Justice Department stated that, on behalf of the Attorney General, it must object to the 1997 redistricting plan for the South Carolina Senate, and also objected on the ground that the plan represented a clear violation of Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The Senate asked for reconsideration; in a letter of May 14, 1997 the Department stated it no longer based the objection on Section 2 but declined to withdraw it as to proposed District 37.

    Related: Federal court addresses South Carolina's 1995 state Senate plan in Smith v. Beasley

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

1994

  1. May 2, 1994 State Maps and lines Blocked by federal objection

    Justice Department objects under Section 5 to South Carolina's 1994 state House plan

    In a letter of May 2, 1994, the Justice Department addressed the 1994 redistricting plan for the 124-member South Carolina House of Representatives. The letter states that the plan "continues to be legally unenforceable" until the objection is withdrawn or a judgment is obtained from the District of Columbia court. The letter notes that the existing House plan had been adopted by the federal district court in May 1992.

    Source last checked Oct 20, 2026

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How this timeline is built

Every entry rests on at least one source that was opened and read, and that source states the date and the fact. Courts, legislatures, election offices, the Justice Department, the Census Bureau, the Federal Register and Congress.gov come first. A news report is used only when no official page states the fact, and it is labeled with the outlet's name. Encyclopedias are not used as sources. History starts in 1965 with the Voting Rights Act. County names come from the Census Bureau's 2024 Gazetteer. Congressional district numbers are those in use for the 2026 election; an event is tagged to a district only when its source names that congressional district.

When a later event changes an earlier one, such as a law later struck down, both entries are listed and point to each other. This page does not predict outcomes or say which party a change helps. U.S. House maps for 2026 · How people voted in past elections, by county · Back to the 2026 voting center.