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Supreme Court reinstates South Carolina ballot witness requirement

(AP Photo/Nati Harnik) By: JESSICA GRESKO, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats had sought to have the requirement put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, but Republicans had defended it as deterring fraud. While the high court reinstated the requirement, voters have already started returning ballots. The court said that any ballots cast before the court’s action Monday evening…

Elite hackers find security ‘vulnerabilities’ with voting machines around the country

(CNN ) — For the third straight year, elite hackers have released a report detailing vulnerabilities in voting machines used across the country. Each year thousands of hackers are invited to the def con voting village to see what holes they can find in the country’s voting equipment to evaluate election security. The report states each of the 100 machines…

Candidate Archie Parnell Holds Town Hall Monday

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)- The Democratic Challenger in the race for the Congressional 5th District seat will host a town hall meeting Monday. It will take place at the USC Sumter Arts and Letters Building, Lecture Hall 116 at 6pm. Parnell says he plans to take questions from the public as well as discuss a variety of topics including healthcare, job creation, and…

GOP Runoff for 5th District Too Close to Call

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ The runoff election for the Republican GOP nomination to replace Mick Mulvaney in South Carolina’s 5th District was too close to call Tuesday night, with the slightest or margins separating the contenders. The difference in votes between former lawmaker Ralph Norman and state legislator Tommy Pope was less than 1 percent, meaning a recount is automatic….