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Thursday, May 16, 2013  The elections director in Orangeburg has been selected to take over elections in Richland County.

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.

Wednesday, May 08, 2013  After meeting for two hours Wednesday afternoon, a decision to hire a new Executive Director will have to wait a little longer.

Thursday, January 17, 2013  In the wake of the troubled November election in Richland County, the county’s election commission voted Wednesday to reorganize the county's election and voter registration office.

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.

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.

Sunday, December 30, 2012  South Carolina residents could be forgiven in 2012 for wondering how their institutions would fail them next.

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.

Tuesday, December 04, 2012  The Richland County Election Commission dealt with several protests over the November 6 election Monday.

Friday, November 30, 2012  Richland County candidates protesting the elections from November 6 will have their cases heard Monday December 3.

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.

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