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Residents, poll watchers tell Berkeley County board of widespread voting problems in November election
Summary
Multiple residents and county Republican Party poll watchers told the Berkeley County Board of Voter Registration and Elections that the November election saw repeated lapses in training, ballot privacy, curbside voting procedure and chain-of-custody practices. Speakers requested stronger enforcement, better training and clearer procedures.
Residents and volunteer poll watchers told the Berkeley County Board of Voter Registration and Elections on a February 2025 meeting that operational failures during the November election undermined ballot privacy and voter access.
The comments — delivered by several speakers during public comment — catalogued problems ranging from curbside voting procedures to cut security tags and apparent gaps in poll-worker training. "The Berkeley County Republican Party takes election integrity very seriously," said Susan Salinas, a member of the Berkeley County Republican Party, adding that her group compiled a report of poll-watcher notes and had shared it with county staff. She cited South Carolina election code sections on ballot privacy and booth use, saying those provisions were not followed at curbside voting sites.
Why it matters: The speakers said the issues affected voters’ ability to vote privately and…
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