The South Carolina Election Commission has rejected former Charleston Rep. Wallace Scarborough’s appeal of his election loss last month.

They met face to face with election officials at the Spartanburg election headquarters to hear what will be done in the future to make things much smoother.

South Carolina’s Mark Sanford criticized Republicans he said campaigned on lower taxes and less government and then “faked it” once in power.

President-elect Obama and his wife, Michelle, have arrived at the White House for a visit, their first since Obama’s landslide election victory.

President-elect Obama will spend this weekend in Chicago resting, but on Monday morning it’s back to the grind.

We heard from a lot of you on election day about how long you waited in line to vote … 2 hours … 3 hours … 4 hours.  Did you expect anything less?  We’re talking about a nationally historic election.  More people were engaged in this uniquely American process than at anytime in our history.

Texas gun stores reported a huge surge in sales following the presidential election.

Barack Obama put celebrations behind him and held transition meetings in Chicago on the Wednesday after his election victory.

“It’s been a long time coming, but tonight, because of what we did on this day, in this election, at this defining moment, change has come to America,“ Obama said.

More than 15-hundred people packed the rooms at the I.L.A. to watch history in the making, as Barak Obama became the next president of the United States.

Poll manager Jacqueline tells me that out of about 4,000 registered voters in the Devon Forest precinct, she estimates 1,500 have voted so far today.

At Carnes Crossroads II, the voting in the fire department has been taking place all day.  The turnout there also much, much higher than usual.

The turnout looks massive. From “McCain-safe” South Carolina to Florida to Pennsylvania, from Ohio to Colorado, the big battleground states that will decide this election, voters are jamming the polls.

I just went into the Summerville high school polling location.  There are 3 precincts voting here, and all 3 are at or near 50% voter turnout.

News 2 stopped by the polls at Sangaree Elementary, and the lines wrapped around the inside halls of the school.  We spoke with a poll manager who tells us 1760 people have already voted.