Dear Friends – Your voice was heard. Please call or email your state leaders and say THANK YOU tomorrow morning. Speaker Bobby Harrell – (803) 734-3125 bobbyharrell@schouse.gov Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn McConnell – (803) 212-6610 glennmcconnell@scsenate.gove Senator Chip Campsen – (803) 212-6016 chipcampsen@scsenate.gov Rep Jay Lucas – (803) 734-2701 jaylucas@schouse.gov Rep Jim Merrill – (803) 734-3072 jimmerrill@schouse.gov Rep Alan Clemmons – (803) 734-2994 alanclemmons@schouse.gov Sincerely, Karen Floyd Agreement on Clean Voter ID Bill Reached (Columbia, SC) – After last week’s vote, the House and Senate versions of the Voter ID bill (H. 3003) were sent to a joint House/Senate
SCGOP Silver Elephant Dinner to feature 2012 Republican candidate forum Columbia, SC – April 21, 2011 – South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Karen Floyd today announced that this year’s 44th Annual Silver Elephant Banquet will feature a first-ever Presidential Forum consisting of a number of 2012 presidential candidates. Traditionally, the Silver Elephant has hosted a single keynote speaker. This year, a number of potential 2012 candidates are expected to attend, and each will be given an opportunity to lay out their vision for America before the SCGOP’s premiere annual gathering. “We are incredibly excited about our field of candidates who
I’m pleased to announce that Sen. Harvey Peeler of Gaffney was re-elected as senate majority leader on Wednesday afternoon, a tribute to his accomplishments while leading our Republican majority in the Senate. Since first being elected majority leader in 2005, Sen. Peeler has been at the front of passing common sense conservative legislation. We need a good leader for a great caucus, and he has been that for us. In the last election, he stepped up with a significant amount of help and money to the state party and to help make Nikki Haley our governor. During this session especially,
We have spent decades building our Republican Party so that we can put an entire grassroots organization behind our candidates. When elected, we do not expect our Republican officials to agree with us on every single issue, but we do expect them to listen to our voice. For years you have spoke loudly, cohesively and without hesitation on voter ID legislation. Over the past week you made your voice heard and asked that Republican senators concur with the clean House version instead of siding with Senate Democrats. Yesterday, 15 of your 26 Republican senators stood with you. They heard you
Tuesday, an opinion was released from the state Attorney General’s Office that established the opinion of the state that the Senate version of the voter ID bill isn’t constitutional. However, the opinion did say the House version of the legislation is constitutional. This leads us to reiterate the importance of the Senate concurring with the House language and sending it on to Gov. Nikki Haley to be signed into law. Earlier this year, Rep. Alan Clemmons inquired about the constitutional legitimacy of the voter ID bill and a particular “grandfather provision” that allows everyone born before Jan. 2, 1947 to
Governor Nikki Haley was joined by grassroots activists from across South Carolina and legislators at a historic ceremony during which she signed H 3004 the Spending Accountability Act of 2011 into law. In doing so, Gov. Haley ensured that the people of South Carolina will know how their legislators are spending their tax dollars by putting legislative votes on the record.
Karl Rove served as Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000–2007 and Deputy Chief of Staff from 2004–2007. At the White House he oversaw the Offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and Intergovernmental Affairs and was Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy, coordinating the White House policy-making process. Now Karl Rove will make his début at Furman University with the College Republicans on April 18, 2011. Mr. Rove will be speaking in McAlister Auditorium (3300 Poinsett Hwy Greenville, SC 29613) from 7:00pm- 8:00pm. We are excited to open this event to the public with a mandatory
Now that our county conventions are underway, resolutions passed in those conventions are up for consideration by the S.C. Republican Party Resolutions Committee. If the resolutions committee passes them, they will be up for voting by the state delegates. However, before the resolutions committee votes, it would like to hear your opinion. We will be posting resolutions as they arrive from the county parties, which can be viewed by clicking here. Please use the comments section of the blog to give us your opinion. In order to honor the constructive intent of this process, we ask that you follow two
Dear Fellow Conservatives, Your vote at the ballot box is the ultimate empowerment of your 1st Amendment Right to Free Speech. Your vote is sacred and must be defended. Every voter and every citizen deserves to be protected from an infringement of that right and from instances of fraud compromising the integrity of your ballot in elections. That’s why House Republicans strongly support a protective measure requiring a photo identification to vote in Elections. This week, the House took a critical step in ushering that Voter ID bill into law. Last session, the Voter ID bill passed both the House
South Carolina Republican Party Chairman Karen Floyd today announced at least five candidates are expected to participate in the SCGOP – Fox News First in the South Presidential Primary Debate, taking place on May 5 in Greenville, South Carolina. Currently expected to participate, in alphabetical order, are: Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the U.S. House Ron Paul, U.S. Representative from Texas Tim Pawlenty, former governor of Minnesota Buddy Roemer, former governor of Louisiana Rick Santorum, former U.S. Senator from Pennsylvania “We are thrilled by the overwhelming interest we have seen so far in this debate,” Floyd said. “The road to
