Politics & Government

Birdsong Back on the Ballot

Dorchester County Council candidate Democrat Miriam Birdsong meets the signature requirement to appear as a petition candidate.

After , Miriam Birdsong has met the signature requirements to appear on the Nov. 6 ballot as the Democratic challenger to Dorchester County Council District 6.

Republican incumbent Bill Hearn occupies the office. . 

Birdsong turned in 807 signatures, but only needed 604. Of those she turned in, 196 were invalid. 

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Decertified candidates running as petition candidates are being vetted now by the county election boards and state Election Commission. No other candidates filed as petition candidates in Dorchester County. 

However, S.C. House District 114, which includes a portion of the county, has a petition candidate challenging Republican incumbent Rep. Bobby Harrell. .

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