NAACP, others express election concerns (Orangeburg SC)

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Source: Orangeburg Times and Democrat

By GENE CRIDER, T&D City Editor
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The head of the local NAACP says he’s worried about Orangeburg County’s elections office, with his group receiving complaints about delayed and incorrect voter registration cards, as well as unprofessional employees who can’t answer questions correctly ...

NAACP President William Wilson said ... he’s .... heard that some of the staff is unprofessional and rude, that they do not want to answer questions and are unable to tell people where polls are located.

In addition, he has received complaints that people, “are not receiving voter registration cards in a timely manner.” That is a special concern because some of the people who are waiting on cards are eligible to vote early.

In addition, there have been typos and errors on cards, and the NAACP wants to have time to make sure they are corrected, he said. Wilson said some voters have been asked to provide more than the required amount of identification ...

Read more: http://www.timesanddemocrat.com/articles/2008/10/14/news/doc48f40108f4238188966699.txt

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1. Put this together with the Aiken Cty SC story, and it really makes you wonder

if the pukes really are worried about actually losing SC. Or maybe it's just their nature?

I will say, that up here in the upstate (about as Republican as it comes) I'm still seeing very few McCain signs or bumper stickers. I've seen at least as many or more Obama stickers. The republican support seems surprisingly weak.