Horry County's republican primary results have been released, more than 36 hours after the polls officially closed.
The delay was a result of an election machine mix-up that happened Saturday after the machines were returned to the election office in Conway.
At first, election workers were unable to tell which machines came from what precinct but were able to use the machines' serial numbers to sort it out.
Usually, poll workers are able to take the information from the machines using a cartridge, but a state election commission programming error, did not allow workers to close the machines down properly,said Sandy Martin, director of the county's voter registration and election office.
The date on the machines had been programmed to the wrong date--Jan. 26. This is the date of the democratic presidential primary.
According to the county's unofficial results, U.S. Sen John McCain, Ariz.,won with 8,406 votes, followed by former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee who had 7,265 votes and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney who had 4,764 votes. Former New York Mayor Rudy Guiliani had 911 votes and Ron Paul had 672 votes.
About 20 percent of Horry County's registered voters--25,944-- cast their ballots in the GOP primary.
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