Tomorrow South Carolina voters will choose canidates for governor, congress, and many other jobs...
Even though there has been a lot of national attention and few incumbants are on the ballot, experts are not expecting long lines at the polls tomorrow.
Poll workers were in and out of the voter registration office on Monday, picking up voting booths for Tuesdays primary election.
They are preparing for a low voter turn out in Aiken County.
For a normal November election, Aiken County puts out about 400 voting machines, but because the turn-out is expected to be so low, they are only putting out about 300.
As the head of voter services for Aiken County, Stuart Bedenbough is projecting only about 25 percent of voters will actually cast ballots Tuesday.
"People think, I dont want to get labled as a Democrat or a Republican, and I don't want to get labeled as such, and I think other people just really don't pay attention to the issues until the fall, several weeks before the election," said Bedenbough.
Over the weekend, GOP frontrunner, Nikki Haley, brought her campaign to Aiken. She has been receiving national media attention after being accused of cheating on her husband- charges she has denied.
Members of the Republican Party don't seem to be bothered by it. In fact, they hope it brings more people to the polls.
"Oh I hope it encourages turnout. I've been a Nikki Haley fan from day one," said Dick Dewer, a Republican in Aiken.
Local democrats say, they don't want any part of it.
"Thats their ball game to play, we have to play our own ball game," said Aiken Democrat Chairman Harold A. Crawford Jr.
There is also a race for U.S. congress that covers Aiken County and parts of some neighboring counties. Because the incumbent, republican congressman Gresham Barrett, is running for governor, and not seeking re-election to congress, six republicans and two democrats are vying for his seat in congress.
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