MORNING HEADLINES | The S.C. Election Commission can turn over its voter database to the U.S. Department of Justice after the state Supreme Court on Thursday tossed a lower court injunction blocking the transfer.

In the unanimous ruling , the justices found that S.C. Circuit Judge Diane Goodstein’s Sept. 2 order “falls far short” of establishing that the South Carolina resident who sued to stop the transfer would suffer “immediate and irreparable damage” if election officials surrendered the information.

The Justice Department has said it needs state voter data to ensure federal election security, though critics note that widespread voter fraud has never been found in a modern American election.

With the injunction lifted and the case ready to proceed on the merits, Gov. Henry McMaste

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