LOCAL TAX HIKE, STATE HOUSE RACE UP FOR GRABS
Chronic voting machine malfunctions – and the long lines those malfunctions produced – have complicated election returns in Richland County, S.C.
Hanging in the balance? The fate of a proposed sales tax increase and the outcome of one of the few competitive races for a seat in the S.C. General Assembly.
In the wee hours of Wednesday morning, the Associated Press erroneously reported that Democrat Joe McCulloch had defeated Republican Kirkman Finlay by a 53-47 percent margin with “100 percent” of precincts reporting in Richland County.
Take a look …
That report is inaccurate, however, as there are at least four precincts – Republican-heavy precincts, we’re told – that have yet to be counted in this race.
Will Finlay be able to overcome McCulloch’s 584-vote lead?
And will the proposed sales tax pass?
Stay tuned … we’ll update our readers as information becomes available.
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4 comments
The SCvotes.org website cannot even figure out that Georgetown County is in the 7th CD for their vote results website.
Haven’t you noticed? Nobody can do a damn thing anymore. Bad schools and too many pills.
Rumor has it that Kirkman won. Any official word out there anywhere?
I have ZERO confidence in the legitimacy of any results that came out of Richland County.