So much for the smooth start to primary election day in Richland County: Voting machines weren’t working at Ward 14 at Sims Park in Shandon when the polls opened, and voters tweeted that the Mallet Hill precinct at Polo Road Elementary wasn’t open as of 7:40 a.m. Amanda Loveday, former executive director of the state Democratic Party and now spokeswoman for Rep. Jim Clyburn, said voters at Ward 14 were told they weren’t allowed to use paper ballots and would have to wait for the machines to be repaired. Voters reported the machines were up and running by 8 a.m.
Multiple tweets indicated Polo Road Elementary wasn’t open when voting began at 7 a.m. Calls to the Richland County elections office weren’t immediately returned to confirm that problem. WLTX later reported the problem was related to the touch-screen function on machines at Polo Road not working properly.
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