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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.

Friday, March 08, 2013  State election officials have printed over 1,100 photo identification cards for voters to use at the polls to comply with South Carolina's new voter ID law.

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

Wednesday, November 07, 2012  Richland County election officials are still counting votes a day after voters in some precincts stood in line for seven hours to cast ballots in Tuesday's election.

Tuesday, October 23, 2012  Absentee voting in South Carolina is outpacing ballots cast early in the last presidential election.

Thursday, July 12, 2012  The South Carolina Election Commission has certified its first petition candidate for the November ballots.

Wednesday, June 13, 2012  A day after the primaries, it's uncertain whether a runoff is necessary on the Democratic side for South Carolina's new 7th congressional district as party leaders insist that votes cast for a candidate who withdrew should count.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012  Turnout has remained light across South Carolina as voters cast ballots in primary elections that became problematic when hundreds of candidates were ordered off ballots.

Thursday, May 31, 2012  The state Election Commission says candidates tossed off next month's primary ballots because of a court decision will get their filing fees back.

Friday, September 30, 2011  The state Election Commission confirmed Friday a report released earlier this week showing nearly 217,000 registered voters lack state identification did not include as many as 74,000 inactive voters.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011  State election officials say a review shows Richland and Colleton counties had the biggest problems with counting general election ballots.