Democrats Say Their Voters Are Being Urged To Show Up This Saturday

Carol Khare Fowler, the chairperson of the South Carolina Democratic Party, didn't think she'd have to hold a press conference to inform Democrats to vote in the Democratic primary. But that was before party officials received queries from confused Democrats yesterday. It seems that hundreds of them received phone messages urging them to show up THIS Saturday and vote, and that the Democratic and Republican primaries would both be held on the same day. (Not true, of course: The GOP votes this Saturday and the Democrats vote next Saturday, and if you vote in one primary, you can't vote in another.) Someone is playing a dirty trick. A sign of the times: instead of following the roadshow to Nevada, the Romney campaign is keeping its chief counsel, Ben Ginsberg, in South Carolina in case there are any last minute shenanigans.

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