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Election Day information: Vote 2018 Coverage

Crysty Vaughan,

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)–In our Vote 2018 coverage, Voters are  heading to the polls this Election Day. Voters this year are deciding on a number of key positions including Governor, seats in the South Carolina Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives, plus, a Constitutional Amendment question and more. Both candidates for Governor, Republican Henry McMaster and Democrat James Smith are…
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Absentee voting in SC hits record-high ahead of Midterm Election

Alexis Frazier,

COLUMBIA,SC (WOLO)- Early and absentee voters came out in record numbers ahead of Tuesday Midterm elections. More than 260,000 absentee ballots have been issued statewide, and more than 230,000 absentee ballots have been returned.  For the 2014 General Election, the last midterm, approximately 157,000 absentee ballots were cast, which was the previous record for absentee voting in a midterm election….
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Three teenage gang-members arrested for murder after their shootout killed the father of 16 children

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  COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO)– A shooting caught on LivePD a few weeks ago lands three teenagers behind bars. Sheriff Leon Lott said the two rival gangs’ shootout caught Ronald Bonnette, an innocent bystander, in the crossfire. Now, the Bonnette family tells me that they are ready to forgive, but they say it does not take away from the senselessness of…
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Early voting breaks midterm record in South Carolina

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) – South Carolina has shattered the record for absentee ballots cast in a midterm election. The South Carolina Election Commission said more than 230,000 votes were cast as of Friday evening. That is 46 percent more absentee votes this year than the previous midterm record of 157,000 early votes in 2014. The numbers are sure to rise….