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Friday, March 22, 2013  South Carolina's top prosecutor has amended his campaign filings to account for $134,000 in donations and expenses.

Wednesday, March 20, 2013  State Sen. Larry Grooms has conceded in the GOP primary in South Carolina's 1st Congressional District, but a recount of the votes to officially determine the second-place finisher in the crowded field will go on.

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.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013  A corrected campaign report for South Carolina's top prosecutor is a week or so away.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  Gov. Nikki Haley says a report on a massive security breach at South Carolina's tax collection agency shows the state could have done more to protect personal information for nearly 4 million taxpayers.

Friday, January 06, 2012  Santorum shrugs off report of errors in Iowa caucus tally, says race was essentially a tie

Tuesday, October 25, 2011  Athletics officials at South Carolina say a clerical error submitted to the NCAA is behind the report of a 39 percent graduation success rate for the football team. The NCAA said Tuesday that the school resubmitted the data, increasing the rate to 55 percent.

Monday, October 03, 2011  The errors were not big enough to change the outcome of elections but prompted the State Election Commission to change some procedures.  The review said in eight counties there were significant problems getting independent audits of vote totals to insure accurate numbers.