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[Tellurian]

Democratic presidential debate: What you need to know if you plan to go - and if you don't


Sunday, April 22, 2007

The South Carolina Democratic Party and S.C. State University released information for those attending both the Path to the Presidency Democratic Debate at South Carolina State University State on April 26 and those seeking to get tickets to the Community Celebration Viewing and After Party, sponsored by the County of Orangeburg and the Orangeburg County Economic Development Commission.

More information and questions about ticket distribution can be obtained by calling the Debate Office at 803-536-7220 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or e-mailing [e-mail].

# Information for debate ticket holders

Debate tickets will be available for pickup – by debate attendees only – at the Will Call window in the Debate Office in Earle Hall on the S.C. State campus starting at 2 p.m. Monday, April 23.

The Will Call window in Earle Hall will be open Tuesday, April 23, and Wednesday, April 25, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. On Thursday, Will Call will be open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and then will move to tents near Mitchell Field from 2 to 5:30 p.m.

A picture ID will be required to pick up tickets. Every ticket has a person assigned to it and tickets are non-transferable.

Debate attendees will park at Mitchell Field, which is off Buckley Street near Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. A parking pass will be required to enter the Mitchell Field lot. Parking passes will be distributed at the Debate Office Monday, April 23, through the morning of Thursday, April 26, and at a tent near Mitchell Field on Thursday afternoon.

Ticket holders will be shuttled from the Mitchell lot to the MLK Theater. A debate ticket is required to ride the shuttle.

Debate officials have notified all ticket-holders.

Due to the small size of the theater, all tickets to the debate have already been distributed.

Doors to the Martin Luther King Jr. Theater open at 4 p.m. Ticket holders will go through security and are advised that phones, cameras, food, recording devices, electronic devices, weapons, signs and bags are not allowed in the Debate Hall. The security process will take some time and ticket holders should plan accordingly.

All attendees must be in their seats by 6 p.m. There will be a brief debate preprogram featuring S.C. State students and local leaders from 5:45 to 6:30 p.m.

At 6:30 p.m., debate attendees will watch “The Nightly News with Brian Williams,” which will emanate live from S.C. State’s campus.

The debate will begin at 7 p.m. and run until 8:30 p.m. The debate can be seen live on MSNBC, MSNBC.com, and South Carolina’s NBC affiliates, in addition to South Carolina Educational Television (SC ETV).

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