In South Carolina, voting continues with an Aiken County Council seat up for grabs in North Augusta, and a mayoral race that got heated at the polls Tuesday.  Incumbent mayor C.H. Williams won re-election with all precincts accounted for.  WJBF News Channel 6’s Joy Howe takes a look at election day in Aiken County.

For Augusta commission District 1, a runoff will be scheduled between Matt Aitken and William Fennoy.  They were the top vote getters Tuesday night.  For District 3, Joe Bowles is the winner.  In District 5, William Lockett edges out former commissioner Bobby Hankerson.  And in District 9, it’s a solid win for J.R. Hatney with just over 98 percent of the vote.  On the school board side, Patsy Scott will take over for her late husband, longtime educator and board member Joe Scott.  Steve Smith wins re-election as Marshal.

Upset residents are launching the stiffest challenge yet to Georgia’s touch-screen electronic voting system, arguing that there’s no way to ensure ballots cast are recorded and tabulated correctly. It’s a direct challenge to the electronic voting system adopted in 2002 in the aftermath of the Florida voting debacle that made Georgia the first in the nation to have uniform touchscreen voting statewide.

In Richmond County, the results are in…many cast their ballots Tuesday on the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or S.P.L.O.S.T. There was a really low turnout…but a big price tag for area projects…$184 million worth of sales tax money at stake. WJBF News channel 6’s Barclay Bishop has more.

Augusta voters head to the polls to decide on extending the one-cent sales tax. Turnout has been slow, but many of those coming out are voting in support of the $184 million package, at least at Julian Smith Casino. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

Tuesday is the day that the decision will be made by Richmond County voters on whether to continue the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or S.P.L.O.S.T. Let us know in our web poll if you think it will pass or not.

Augusta voters head to the polls, Tuesday, to decide whether to continue the Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax, or S.P.L.O.S.T. Voters are looking at a more than $180 million package. Supporters are confident it will pass. WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has more.

Advance voting is underway and the numbers are picking up, as ballots are cast in Augusta’s sales tax election. That shows the interest is growing, but also reflects that two additional voting sites are now open. It’s more convenient for voters, but is it worth the cost? WJBF News Channel 6’s George Eskola has the story.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal to the oft-challenged Georgia law that requires voters to show photo identification before they cast their ballots. The move on Monday means a January 2009 ruling by a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to uphold the state’s photo ID law is final.

The TEE Center is not a distraction for those pushing for passage of the next phase of the sales tax. The sales tax referendum is now two weeks away, and a citizens group is out making a pitch for the $184 Million package.

South Carolina lawmakers are considering whether voters should be allowed to cast early ballots in a three-day window before an election. Critics say fewer people will vote. Legislators on the House Judiciary Committee were debating Tuesday whether to advance the bill.

State Rep. Wallace Scarborough is challenging the loss of his Charleston-area House seat in last week’s election. The Republican lawmaker lost to Democrat Anne Peterson Hutto by 211 votes.

The Democratic lawmaker in charge of increasing the party’s majority in the House says he’s confident of solid gains, even though there has been a tightening in several races.

Joe Biden hit the polls early this morning in Delaware, where he cast his ballot with his wife, daughter and mother along.

John McCain’s running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, says she hopes, prays and believes that she will be able to take her experience as a reformer to Washington as vice president.