Aiken County Votes in General Election Across Precincts
Polls open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Aiken County for the general election. About 75,000 to 80,000 voters expected, with 101,000 registered. Voters choose president, VP, Congress, SC Senate and House, sheriff, probate judge, county treasurer, auditor, and two referendums. Bring driver's license or voter registration card and check voting locations at scvotes.org.
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Absentee voting in SC hits record high
South Carolina absentee voting surpassed 367,500 by 2:15 p.m. Monday, exceeding the 2008 high by over 25,000. Nearly 18 percent of ballots in the last presidential election were absentee, including mail and in person. Mailed ballots must be returned by 7 p.m. today.
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Columbia
South Carolina
State Election Commission
Aiken Standard Offers Live 2012 Election Coverage Online
Aiken Standard provides up to date election results for local, state, and national races on aik enstandard.com. Starting at 5 p.m. readers can join a live chat vote in polls and view ongoing results and video coverage with updates posted throughout the evening.
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Area Deaths in South Carolina Names Margaret Hilare Inder
Obituary notice reports deaths of Margaret Hilare Inder of Aiken and Richard LaBonte of Windsor along with William Brynes Jr. of Graniteville. Funeral details not provided in this brief death notices column.
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Richard LaBonte
Windsor
William Brynes Jr
Graniteville
Write-in and official races loom in Aiken County
Write-in candidates may carry over into Wednesday with races including S C House District 86 where David Lobb challenges incumbent Bill Taylor and several county sheriff hopefuls such as Cagle Debra Folk Jason Goings Angela Gunter Faye Hatcher Melissa Oremus Francis Pennington Robin Saylor Ed Smith Sonya Spray and Mike Wheelis appear only on write-in lines. Ballot names include Taylor Hunt and Barton. write-in names will not appear on the ballot. Absentee processing begins at 7 p m and observers may watch. polling precincts may face lines as voters finish two-step voting. Local candidates with photos are listed in Local News 3A.
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S.C. House District 86
David Lobb
Bill Taylor
Cagle
Debra Folk
Jason Goings
Angela Gunter
Faye Hatcher
Melissa Oremus
Francis Pennington
Robin Saylor
Ed Smith
Sonya Spray
Mike Wheelis
Taylor
Hunt
Barton
Public meeting on Hitchcock Parkway widening plan
South Carolina Department of Transportation hosts a public information meeting at South Aiken High School to discuss widening Hitchcock Parkway from Silver Bluff Road to Jefferson Davis Highway. The project, funded by 9.5 million dollars from the Transportation Infrastructure Bank and 4 million from the sales tax, faces local opposition and aims to ease growing traffic as area business and population expand.
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Silver Bluff Road
Jefferson Davis Highway
South Carolina Transportation Infrastructure Bank
South Aiken High School
East Pine Log Road
Aiken Area
MTA Diesel
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Usc Aiken
Walmart
Parkway
Robert Gilbert
Aiken
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