This from Post and Courier copy editor Walter Julian at 12:12 p.m.

Three precincts -- St. Andrews 24, 25 and 30 -- are voting at West Ashley Middle School. I got in line at 10:13, and from that time until I walked out the door, 1 hour and 27 minutes elapsed. The line was orderly. There was a lot of socializing. And many people had books with them and were reading. Things didn't appear to be very well organized inside the gym. There were only 13 voting machines, and one of them was not in use; there weren't nearly enough for the number of people trying to vote. The machines were not dedicated to particular precincts, which added confusion. It was not first-come, first-served. There were four voting lines, and I stood at the head of mine for a long time before a poll worker directed me to a machine. Meanwhile, a bunch of folks from other lines were directed to machines. There didn't seem to be a system, and at times it was like the poll workers were competing to see which could commandeer a machine first. It was not a bad experience, though. As long as I was in the line, it did not get shorter. It didn't get longer, either.

--Janet