The State Election Commission voted Sept. 17 to remove Executive Director Howard Knapp. The vote comes as the SEC has been working with the Department of Justice on the release of state voter information.

South Carolina has fired its election director amid negotiations with the Trump administration over voter data

Commissioners denied the removal was related to whether voter records should be turned over to the Department of Justice as requested.

The commissioners voted to remove Knapp from his role heading the agency responsible for administering elections.

Two major positions are up for grabs in South Carolina’s 2026 election season, the governorship and Lindsey Graham’s U.S. Senate seat.

The head of South Carolina's election agency has been fired by the board of the commission that oversees the job.

The S.C. Supreme Court on Sept. 11 reversed a circuit court judge's order that temporarily blocked the release of sensitive voter registration information to the U.S. Department of Justice.

Former elections chief Howard Knapp, who was subject of a SLED investigation into allegations of misconduct, was fired Wednesday afternoon.

The South Carolina State Election Commission voted Wednesday to remove Executive Director Howard Knapp effective immediately, accordgin to Chairman Dennis W. Sh

The state's highest court determined there is no statute in place prohibiting partisan gerrymandering, throwing out the League of Women Voters' suit.

The head of the South Carolina Election Commission was ousted from his position following a vote by the agency’s governing body on Wednesday. Howard Knapp was

South Carolina has fired its election director as the State Election Commission seeks new leadership. The decision to dismiss Howard Knapp was made during a vote by the State Election Commission, according to Chairman Dennis Shedd. Shedd emphasized that the firing was not due to any voting problems.