“Our job is to come up with an explanation that is easier for the average citizen to follow so they don’t have to get a law degree to understand it,” — Attorney General Alan Wilson

(From the August 12, 2024 Carolina Daily Gazette article, “Panel decides citizenship question on SC ballots needs no explanation”)

A question on November ballots asking whether South Carolina’s constitution should specify that “only a” citizen can vote needs no additional explanation, a three-person panel decided Monday.

The Constitutional Ballot Commission decided unanimously that no additional language was necessary to ensure voters understand what they’re being asked.

Read the original article here.