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TexasTowelie

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Thu Dec 16, 2021, 04:59 AM Dec 2021

SC GOP kills attempt by Midlands Republican group to audit 2020 election

COLUMBIA, S.C. -- The South Carolina GOP has denied a request for a forensic audit of the November 2020 election in at least one Midlands county that overwhelmingly voted for former President Donald Trump.

On Saturday, the South Carolina Republican Party adopted a resolution encouraging the state Legislature to change how voters cast ballots in future elections, rather than approving the Lexington County Republican Party’s request for a forensic audit of the county’s 2020 presidential election results.

The state party’s executive committee passed a resolution over the weekend encouraging lawmakers to expand voting requirements.

This year, lawmakers debated election-related changes — they included early voting, limiting the number of excused absences to vote absentee and increasing supervision over county offices — but punted debate to next year.

Read more at: https://www.thestate.com/news/politics-government/article256548756.html

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