Turnout Slim in Early Voting

The typical morning lines at polling places in Goose Creek were replaced Tuesday with figurative tumbleweeds.

It is the most notable impact so far of a .

The two Howe Hall precincts voting at the elementary school usually see a line as they open the polls at 7 a.m. Twenty minutes after polls opened Tuesday and all they'd seen was four voters.

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With more than 1,200 voters at two Westview Middle School precincts, just five voters had travelled to the polls. No one had voted yet from Liberty Hall's portion of the district. 

Standing in the parking lot at Howe Hall, County Councilman Bob Call said the low turnout was expected with his race as the lone question on the ballot.

There are also a few Sangaree and Stratford residents who are voting in the GOP Primary race for S.C. State Senate District 38 between incumbent Sen. Mike Rose and Sean Bennett.