FLORENCE, SC (WBTW) – A revote will be held Tuesday morning for residents who voted in the Florence City Council District 2 election between incumbent Pat Gibson-Hye Moore and LaShonda Nesmith-Jackson.
Nesmith-Jackson filed a protest with the South Carolina Democratic party after the June 12 election.
Director of Elections and Voter Registration in Florence, David Alford, said residents in District 1 voted in the District 2 election at precinct nine which is the Boys and Girls Club.
“It was a mistake that was made,” said Alford. “That everyone that lived in the City of Florence was given the ballot to vote in this election on that day. So people who live in, actually, District One in the city, voted in District 2, and that’s not allowed.”
Alford said there are 72 people who are eligible to revote in Tuesday’s election.
“This precinct will be zero-zero at seven a.m. in the morning,” Alford explained. “The outcome of the participation tomorrow, those votes will be added to the total vote count for this election on June 12,” he continued. “Minus the votes that were tallied in this election on June 12 at Florence Nine.”
Alford said the election commission contact all 72 of the residents who are eligible to vote.
“Eligible voters who live in District Two in the City of Florence who voted at the precinct, at Florence Nine, at the Boys and Girls Club are eligible to vote in this election tomorrow,” Alford told News13.
Alford said four people had already absentee voted.
Gibson-Hye Moore has held the District Two seat since 2016. She told News13 she wants a fair race.
“I hope the staff, and the election commission, know what they’re doing tomorrow,” she said. “Because they’re going to be closely watched.”
Alford said Gibson-Hye Moore had 711 votes, and Nesmith-Jackson had 572 votes in the June 12 primary.
“If it was wrong, it was wrong,” said Gibson-Hye Moore. “It’s only fair to make things right, and that’s what it’s all about, doing the right thing.”
Nesmith-Jackson agreed with her opponent in that she wanted a fair race.
“That’s all I ever want, and that’s all the people ever want is a fair election,” Nesmith-Jackson said. “That’s what the taxpayers pay for so when the election is not fair, and it affects our voters, we really have to challenge that,” she continued. “So the 72 people that are voting tomorrow, they will determine this election.”
The precinct nine polling station at the Boys and Girls Club will open at 7 a.m. Tuesday morning, and close that evening at 7 p.m.
Alford said he expects the election results around 8 p.m.
