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Voters at Lourie Senior Center got a surprise on Election Day when Gov. Henry McMaster showed up to cast his vote, along with his wife and daughter.<\/p>\n
McMaster ended up winning the governorship against his Democratic rival state Rep. James Smith. He expressed that it was good seeing people voting because it shows that they understand they have a choice.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut, we, South Carolina, needs to be strong,” said McMaster. “Our country needs to be strong, and I\u2019m thrilled to see people that are taking the time and have the interest and understand what\u2019s at stake, to go vote.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
On Election Day at the Lourie Senior Center, some voters were optimistic for the midterm elections.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need some big changes in Washington. So, hopefully this\u2019ll be the beginning and hopefully things\u2019ll get better because right now we\u2019re heading down a very bad road,\u201d said voter Edward Taylor.<\/p>\n
Some voters were also hoping that the outcome of this election will bring some change.<\/p>\n
\u201cI feel like the elections almost divide everyone into specific parties and stuff,” said\u00a0Taylor Carroll. “But, honestly like whichever candidates… want to better their community, those are the ones I want to win.”<\/p>\n
Carroll said she believes there should be a new perspective on current issues like the opioid crisis.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to officials, there was a big voter turnout at this precinct.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThis precinct usually has a small turnout, but today we\u2019ve had a lot of traffic coming in and out,” said poll worker Traci Grissett. “So, it\u2019s been a good day.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0Grissett said\u00a0even though they had only reached 324 voters by mid-afternoon, ,\u00a0she<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>believed there would be more voter turnout by the end of the day.<\/p>\n Voters said they believed voting is an important right for every American citizen to exercise.<\/p>\n \u201cJust definitely come vote,” said Carroll. “It\u2019s not just a day off of school, as fun as that is. It\u2019s like changing your future, so get off the couch. Come vote.\u201d<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 1″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.17.3″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/MCMASTER_3.jpg”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 1″ _builder_version=”3.17.6″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||”]<\/p>\n Gov. Henry McMaster cast his vote at the Lourie Senior Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image admin_label=”Image 2″ show_in_lightbox=”on” show_bottom_space=”off” _builder_version=”3.17.3″ custom_margin=”||2px|” custom_padding=”|||” animation_style=”slide” box_shadow_style=”preset2″ box_shadow_horizontal=”4px” box_shadow_vertical=”4px” url_new_window=”off” use_overlay=”off” always_center_on_mobile=”on” force_fullwidth=”off” src=”http:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/TAYLOR-CARROLL_2.jpg”]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text admin_label=”Caption 2″ _builder_version=”3.17.6″ text_font=”|600|||||||” text_font_size=”12px” text_line_height=”1.4em” custom_margin=”8px|||2px” custom_padding=”|||”]<\/p>\n Voter Taylor Carroll said she feels voting in the midterms is important, and wanted whoever is elected to bring \u00a0a new perspective to current issues.\u00a0<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Gov. Henry McMaster talked to voters as he cast his ballot at the Lourie Senior Center. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":14666,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[499,343,251],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14655"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14655"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16348,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14655\/revisions\/16348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carolinanewsandreporter.cic.sc.edu\/test\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}