Below are the early morning November 2008 elections results for York County SC as reported by all York County SC precincts. The York County Registration and Elections Commission website reported these results as unofficial.

York County SC Unofficial Election Results November 2008

York County has 121,929 registered voters. 93,723 voted which is 76.87%

Winners only posted below

Seat, Name, Party (Number of votes)(Percent of votes)

National

Straight Party Republican REP (21,397)(53.32%)

President and Vice President John McCain / Sarah Palin REP (54,119)(58.17%)

U.S. Senate Lindsey Graham REP (55,615)(61.86%)

U.S. House of Representatives District 5 John Spratt DEM (50,294)(55.44%)

State

State Senate District 14 Harvey Peeler REP (9,118)(99.35%)

State Senate District 15 Wes Hayes REP (38,357)(99.29%)

State Senate District 16 Mick Mulvaney REP (13,214)(61.03%)

State Senate District 17 Creighton B Coleman DEM (6,377)(77.79%)

State House of Rep District 29 Danny Stacy REP (2,822)(55.03%)

State House of Rep District 43 Greg Delleney REP (5,062)(99.57%)

State House of Rep District 45 Deborah Long REP (3,877)(69.92%)

State House of Rep District 46 Gary Simrill REP (10,844)(64.76%)

State House of Rep District 47 Herb Kirsh DEM (11,227)(98.73%)

State House of Rep District 48 Carl L Gullick REP (22,254)(99.3%)

State House of Rep District 49 John R King DEM (9,355)(67.91%)

York County

Solicitor Circuit 16 Kevin Brackett REP (54,506)(61.75%)

York Co Sheriff Bruce M Bryant REP (71,451)(99.41%)

Clerk of Court David Hamilton REP (70,202)(99.66%)

Coroner Sabrina Gast REP (56,948)(63.09%)

County Council District 1 Paul Lindemann REP (10,506)(54.23%)

County Council District 2 Tom Smith REP (10,937)(99.37%)

County Council District 3 Joe M Cox REP (5,255)(52.66%)

County Council District 4 Roy L Blake DEM (7,405)(65.93%)

County Council District 5 Curwood P Chappell REP (9,947)(99.46%)

County Council District 6 Buddy Motz REP (12,389)(99.19%)

County Council District 7 Chad Williams DEM (4,116)(52.6%)

Soil and Water District Commissioner Peggy Palmer NON (56,998)(99.65%)

York School District

York School Board Trustee Seat 1 Al Johnson NON (2,186)(99.73%)

York School Board Trustee Seat 3 Chris Revels NON (1,757)(99.83%)

York School Board Trustee Seat 5 Melissa P Ramsey NON (1,389)(99.78%)

York School Board Trustee At Large Chris Stephenson NON (7,931)(99.56%)

Clover School District

Clover School Board Trustee Seat 3 Jack Grier Jr NON (9,193)(99.63%)

Clover School Board Trustee Seat 4 Franklin Pendleton NON (9,492)(99.7%)

Clover School Board Trustee At Large Melanie Wood Wilson NON (4,913)(45.94%)

Rock Hill School District

Rock Hill School Board Trustee Seat 1 Ann Reid NON (2,823)(99.61%)

Rock Hill School Board Trustee Seat 3 Mildred B Douglas NON (2,061)(51.67%)

Rock Hill School Board Trustee Seat 5 Walter Brown NON (6,243)(99.66%)

Rock Hill School Board Trustee At Large Bob Norwood NON (18,115)(59.07%)

Fort Mill School District

Fort Mill School Board Trustees Chantay F Bouler NON (8,268)(31.11%)

Fort Mill School Board Trustees Scott Patterson NON (12,741)(47.95%)

Town Council Ward 2 Ronnie Helms NON (2,027)(57.72%)

Amendments

Amendment No. 1 The vote was Yes (47,682)(54.42%)

Must Section 33, Article III of the Constitution of this State be amended so as to delete the provision that no unmarried woman shall legally consent to sexual intercourse who shall not have attained the age of fourteen years?

Explanation:This amendment deletes the section of the Constitution which says an unmarried woman must be fourteen years old or older in order to consent to sexual intercourse. Deleting this section would allow the state legislature to set the age of consent. Currently, the state legislature has the age of consent set at sixteen for most cases.

A “yes” vote would delete the section from the Constitution and let the state legislature set the age of consent.

Amendment No. 2 The vote was No (48,282)(56.63%)

Must Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension plans in this State and the investments allowed for funds of the various state-operated retirement systems be amended so as to provide that the funds of any trust fund established by law for the funding of post-employment benefits for state employees and public school teachers may be invested and reinvested in equity securities subject to the same limitations on such investments applicable for the funds of the various state-operated retirement systems?

Explanation: “Post-employment benefits” are benefits, mainly health insurance, provided to eligible state government and school district retirees. To comply with a change in accounting standards, the state has created trust funds to pay for these post-employment benefits. This amendment relates to how the money in these trust funds may be invested.

A “no” vote would mean that state government is not allowed to invest these funds in any kind of equity securities (stocks).

Amendment No. 3 The vote was No (45,067)(53.67%)

Must Section 16, Article X of the Constitution of this State relating to benefits and funding of public employee pension plans in this State and the investments allowed for funds of the various state-operated retirement systems be amended so as to provide that the funds of any political subdivision of this State that have been set aside for the funding of post-employment benefits for the political subdivision’s employees, including those invested in independent trusts established for that purpose, may be invested or reinvested in equity securities of the type permitted for investment by the various state operated retirement systems, as provided for by the General Assembly?

Explanation: This amendment is the same as Amendment 2 except it applies to local governments’ post-employment benefits (instead of the state government’s post-employment benefits)

Countywide Question The vote was Yes, In favor of the question (55,302)(63.21%)

York County Amendment for the November 4, 2008 General Election

Shall the South Carolina Department of Revenue be authorized to issue temporary permits in this county for period not to exceed twenty-four hours to allow the possession, sale, and consumption of alcoholic liquors by the drink to bona fide nonprofit organizations and business establishments otherwise authorized to be licensed for consumption-on-premises sales?

City of Tega Cay Question The vote was Yes, In favor of the question (3,244)(80.94%)

Shall the Department of Revenue be authorized to issue temporary permits in this municipality for a period not to exceed twenty-four hours to allow the sale of beer and wine at permitted off-premises location without regard to the days or hours of sale?

A link to the York County SC Registration and Elections results webpage

Are you surprised voters said yes to the school bonds Tuesday? I am not.

The Fort Mill Times reported:

Schools bonds approved in landslide… Slightly more than one-fifth (22 percent) of the 24,290 registered voters in the school district took part, casting a total of 5,150 ballots, according to election officials.

Last Tuesday phone calls and emails hit our house. The calls were from volunteers frantically calling registered voters and urging us to vote because of the low voter turnout. The second concern I heard was about voter age. Are the voters mainly senior citizens? Would this age group primarily vote no for the bonds since they are empty nesters?

To refresh your memory there were two bond referendums or questions on the ballot. One bond is for building a middle school, 2 elementary schools, and acquiring land for future school sites. The cost of bond 1 is $87 million. The second bond will build additional gyms at both high schools, and the completion of the stadium at Nation Ford High School. The first question passed with 4,155 yes votes. The second question passed with 3,880 yes votes.

This is good news in regards to supporting the healthy growth in our area. This is bad news for your pocket book. Oh, the price of progress.

Clover mayor’s race: Donnie Grice – 306 votes, Donnie Burris (i) – 272 votes;

Tega Cay City Council (2 open seats) George Sheppard – 567 votes, Larry Harper (i) – 444 votes, Ron Kirby (i) – 420 votes, Hope MacBride – 414 votes, Ron Kazel – 366 votes;

Fort Mill Mayor’s race Danny Funderburk – 791 votes, Charlie Powers (i) – 517 votes;  

Ward 2: Grady Ervin (i) – 747 votes, Ronald Helms – 480 votes; Ward 4: Tom Adams – 674 votes, Charlie Boyette – 548 votes; At-large 2: Ken Starnes (i) – 887 votes; Bryan Smith – 201 votes, Dean Youhanic – 163 votes.