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Dabo Swinney explains why he wasn’t allowed to vote on Election Day

Umito November 6, 2024

Swinney said he was denied the right to vote Tuesday, but there would be a hearing to have his vote counted later in the week.

by David Hood

– Main writer
– Tue 05 November 2024 13:46:36 GMT-04:00

CLEMSON – Citizens across the country headed to the polls Tuesday to vote not only in the presidential election, but also at the state and local level. One of Clemson’s leading citizens was denied this right.

Head coach Dabo Swinney told media Tuesday that he went to vote early this morning and was told he couldn’t vote. The reason? He was indicated as having already voted.

“So I tried to go vote, I tried to do my best and vote this morning, they told me I couldn’t vote,” Swinney said. “It was quite an experience anyway. I walked in there, I was like, okay, it’s right after school. Alright, it’s going to be perfect. Now I walk in, I’m the only person in there and they’re like, ‘Hey coach.’ And then they hit the thing. “I’m sorry, I can’t give you a ballot.”

Swinney was jokingly asked if it was because of the loss to Louisville.

“That’s what I think. I’m like, damn, they kicked me out of the state, I lost the game,” Swinney said. “We’re 6-2 and 5-1 and they shipped me. But no, he said I had already voted. And I said to myself, “No, I can assure you I didn’t vote. » Well, it says we threw early voting to you and you voted.

It turned out to be a mix-up with another William Christopher Swinney – his son Will.

“And it turns out that Will, my oldest, voted last week and somehow they messed it up, didn’t check his birthday or something, and they m ‘counted as votes,’ Swinney said. “So yes, what was going to take 10 minutes took an hour. The next time I’m on the phone with a director, her name, I think her name was Amy, super nice lady and she’s trying to tell me about this whole process. There will be a hearing on Friday. And I had to make a paper ballot, insert it. It was quite an experience this morning, but apparently they’re going to fix it on Friday and me and Will, both of our votes will count on Friday. I don’t know if this will matter on Friday. But yes, I was trying to do my best, be a good citizen and go vote. And sometimes doing your best isn’t enough. But we had to continue. Keep figuring it out.