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Thursday, May 09, 2013  Last year's election in Richland County was a day of extremely long lines and wait times and npw the election day voting mess is going to cost you a pretty penny to clean up.

Thursday, January 03, 2013  The Executive Director of the Richland County Elections and Voter Registration Office announced Thursday she will be resigning from her position this month.

Friday, December 21, 2012  Richland County's Legislative Delegation has passed a resloution asking Richland County Elections Director Lillian McBride to resign.

Wednesday, December 19, 2012  Richland County Election Director Lillian McBride has resigned according to one Richland County legislative delegation member.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012  The chairwoman of the Richland County elections board has announced her resignation and says the woman who ran the problem-plagued 2012 election should step down, too.

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.

Friday, November 30, 2012  During its meeting Monday, the Richland County Election Commission adopted the state attorney general's opinion that the board does have the power to fire Election Director Lillian McBride.

Wednesday, January 25, 2012  South Carolina's Election Commission director says allegations that the dead people have voted in South Carolina elections are not checking out.