(AP) -- Election officials are considering if they will order a runoff between the top two vote-getters in the Democratic race for South Carolina's new 7th congressional district.
The state Election Commission meets Friday to consider if they will order the face-off between Coastal Carolina professor Gloria Bromell Tinubu and attorney Preston Brittain. At issue is whether to count the votes of state Rep. Ted Vick, who withdrew May 25 following a drunken driving arrest, but remained on the ballot.
Without Vick's more than 2,300 votes, Bromell Tinubu won the four-way race outright. State Democrats and Brittain's campaign argue none of the five candidates on the ballot received a majority, necessitating a runoff.
A judge has ordered election officials not to calibrate voting machines for a runoff until a June 21 hearing.
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