FreshPrinceOfWelfare

FINAL UPDATE from Berkeley County These two young ladies are my heroes. They waited 3 hours and 40 minutes and were turned away. They left. I asked them to come back. They came back. And they finally got to VOTE. That's what it takes sometimes, and they didn't quit. So proud of them.

UPDATE IN BERKELEY COUNTY This is unacceptable. Earlier today I was at the Howe Hall polling location doing an interview about a separate problem voters had already faced there. While I was standing there, these young ladies walked in, proud and excited to cast their first vote. Their names weren't on the rolls, and they were turned away. They weren't offered a provisional ballot or any other option, and they had to leave without voting. Two problems at one polling location in one day is a pattern, and it needs answers. No eligible voter should be sent home on Election Day, especially young people casting their very first ballot. When we tell young people their voice matters and then shut the door on them at the polls, we break their trust. I'm proud of these young ladies for showing up, and I'm not letting this go. We're pushing for answers and working to make it right.