Emergency procurement of voter education, public outreach, media relations, advertising, social media, public information, production, and monitoring services

This emergency contract authorizes the South Carolina Election Commission to engage Chernoff Newman, LLC for comprehensive voter‑education and outreach activities ahead of the November General Election. The services encompass public outreach, media relations, advertising, social‑media management, production, and monitoring to ensure uninterrupted voter information and poll‑worker recruitment. The procurement is limited to a maximum value of $1 million and was initiated under South Carolina Code Ann. §11‑35‑1570 as an urgent measure while a competitive process is completed. • Scope: voter education, public outreach, media relations, advertising, social‑media, production, monitoring. • Reason: emergency need to maintain election information flow before the November election. • Funding limit: not to exceed $1,000,000, sole‑source award.