The Wilmington Star News reports that the Columbus County Board of Elections, at the 11th hour, counted 13,000 absentee ballots that pushed RC Soles over Bettie Fennell in the race for senate.
The change happened because more than 13,000 absentee ballots were counted and entered into Columbus County’s system at 11:02 p.m., Elections Director Carla Strickland said.
In a county with only 24,000 total votes cast how is it that 13,000 of them are absentee ballots?
