Florence Mayor Re-count
Thursday was the day that the Florence County Elections Commission met to go over the provisional ballots from the primary the previous Tuesday. This was of much interest because both mayoral candidates, Stephen Wukela and incumbent Frank Willis, were seperated by one vote in the election. I was assigned to cover the event and the whole thing was an experience. I learned alot about voting and how certifying an election works. Here are two pictures I thought were interesting. Enjoy!
The 5 ballots, out of the 17 up for consideration, were deemed fit to be counted by the commission. The attorneys for both mayoral candidates watched intently as elections officials tallied the votes in secrecy behind glass. All the media that was there gathered around on the opposite of the glass hoping to catch a glimpse of the happenings. I thought it was ironic that the banner on the back wall read, "Every vote matters and every vote counts."
When the day of the recount was over and it was announced that each candidate received one more vote Stephen Wukela was still ahead. Immediately after the announcement both candidates were wrangled for interviews. I thought it was kind of humorous that at exactly the same time both candidates were being interviewed by two different and competing television stations.
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