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Wednesday, March 27, 2013  A review released by the South Carolina General Assembly Legislative Audit Council says voting machines used in South Carolina are not certified by a federal Election Assistance Commission.

Friday, March 15, 2013  South Carolina's Election Commission would get about $6 million in one-time money to buy laptops that can speed up precinct lines and save for a future replacement of voting machines under a budget plan proposed by the state House.

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Almost three months after last November's election snafu, the group fighting for a new election is taking their case to court.

Tuesday, January 15, 2013  The director of the State Elections Commission says her agency should have enough money to make it through the end of this fiscal year.

Thursday, January 10, 2013  Richland County Elections Attorney Steve Hamm and his team have been working to resolve the issues that caused problems for Richland County voters; many stood in line for hours to cast their ballot on November 6.

Monday, December 03, 2012  Election workers found even more uncounted votes weeks after the commission certified the election.

Friday, November 30, 2012  Republican Rep. Nathan Ballentine has become the first member of the Richland County legislative delegation to call for the firing of the county's election director.

Monday, November 26, 2012  The woman responsible for running elections in Richland County has apologized for the long lines during this month's election.

Monday, November 19, 2012  An official protest has been filed in Richland County regarding the Penny Sales Tax Referendum on the ballot for the November election.

Thursday, November 15, 2012  Richland County election officials continued counting votes Thursday after finding almost 200 ballots a day after finishing their unofficial count of ballots from this month's election.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Richland County Council will resume counting votes after the South Carolina Supreme Court cleared the way.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  South Carolina's Supreme Court has ordered state police to return ballots and voting machines to Richland County officials so that they can be tallied.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  State Democrats have dropped their request that votes in Richland County be recounted.

Monday, November 12, 2012  A Republican who lost his bid to unseat a Richland County councilman is calling for a new election, saying county officials intentionally used too few voting machines on Election Day.

Friday, November 09, 2012  South Carolina's high court has put a stop to a recount of votes in Richland County.