Columbia, SC (WLTX) – The South Carolina Democratic Party’s Executive Committee Thursday rejected a protest of the June 8 primary for U.S. Senate, in which Alvin Greene defeated Vic Rawl.
The decision came down about 8:20 p.m. The final vote was 38 1/2 to reject the protest, 7 1/2 in favor of it.
The committee felt there was not sufficient evidence to overturn the results, a move which, had it been approved, would have required a new primary.
Rawl had filed a challenge with the committtee earlier in the week to get his case heard before the board. Rawl’s supporters believed that something was wrong with the results from Greene’s win, where he captured 60 percent of the vote.
Thursday, the committee heard testimony and asked questions for almost three hours about the race. Rawl himself did not speak, but his representatives brought forward experts in voting machines and voters who said they saw irregularities.
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