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Published on: 12/4/2008
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After an appeal hearing in Columbia onWednesday, the S.C. Board of Elections upheld the original Nov. 4, Bluffton Town Council election results in a ruling making Fred Hamilton and Allyne Mitchell the official winners.
The appeal of another local candidate was rejected by a 5-0 vote after he failed to show up for Wednesday's hearing.
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Hamilton, an incumbent Bluffton Council member, and Mitchell placed first and second in the Nov. 4 balloting.
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Hamilton and Mitchell appealed that decision to the South Carolina State Board of Elections.
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Hamilton said Wednesday night he was pleased with the state board's decision and that -- despite the fact that some residents were not allowed to vote -- he still did not understand claims of voter disenfranchisement in the original election.
"No one was denied the opportunity to vote.
Some of them were not privileged to... but no one filed a complaint that they were disenfranchised," he said.