Power outage affects polling locations in Richland County
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - A Dominion Energy power outage had more than a thousands customers without power on the morning of Election Day -- including several polling locations.
The outage map showed several incidents in the Rosewood area of Columbia.
Three polling locations were affected by the outage: Rosewood Elementary, AC Moore and Hand Middle.
As of 10:30 a.m., about half of the outages had been restored, including at Rosewood and AC Moore, but Hand Middle is still without power.
A Dominion official told WIS that their crews are working hard to restore power but they’re not sure how much longer it will take.
This story will be updated.
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