In addition to
federal
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Politics
General
*Federal monarchy, a federation of monarchies
*Federation, or ''Federal state'' (federal system), a type of government characterized by both a central (federal) government and states or ...
elections for
President,
Senate
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, and
the House of Representatives,
South Carolina held state elections on Tuesday, November 4, 2008. Voters elected
state senators,
state representatives,
solicitors
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and local officers, and voted in three statewide
constitutional referendums.
South Carolina Senate
Republicans maintained their majority in the State Senate, keeping their majority of eight seats.
South Carolina House of Representatives
Republicans maintained their majority in the State House, decreasing their majority from 22 seats to 20 seats.
Constitutional referendums
Voters voted on Amendment 1, which amended Section 33 of Article III of the South Carolina constitution to delete a provision that set the age of consent for sexual activity for unmarried women at 14. This amendment allowed the state legislature to set the age of consent by statute. The proposed amendment passed.
Amendment 2 would have changed section 16 of Article X of the state constitution to allow state trust funds for post-retirement benefits of public school teachers and state employees to be invested in equity securities. The amendment failed.
Amendment 3 would have amended section 16 of the Article X of the state constitution to allow local employee benefit trust funds to be invested in equity securities. The amendment failed.
References
External links
South Carolina State Election CommissionSouth Carolina State Races in 2008
campaign finance data for state races from ''Follow the Money''
*Ballotpedia pages o
South Carolina State Senate elections
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South Carolina State House elections
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