South Carolina Elections chairman resigns after removing and defacing Trump signs

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The Democrats are sick.

The State Law Enforcement Division (SLED) is investigating an incident of disappearing Trump campaign signs from a Pawleys Island resident’s yard, according to SLED spokesperson Tommy Crosby.

The incident was reported to the Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office Tuesday.

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The resident put a deer camera in his yard to capture the offender who was taking his signs. The offender removed one sign and defaced another sign by writing the word “dump” over the Trump name.

South Carolina Elections chairman resigns after removing and defacing Trump signs

‘We regret this lapse of judgment on our part’

By Joseph A.Wolfson, The Blaze, October 15, 2020:

A neighborhood dispute in South Carolina over campaign signs escalated after an elections chairman and his wife removed and defaced “Trump-Pence” campaign signs.

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Dean Smith was the chairman of the Georgetown County Board of Voter Registration and Elections up until his resignation this week. Constituents questioned whether Smith was fit to lead the elections commission following an incident where he vandalized Trump signs in Pawleys Island.

“People that called are concerned about the voting process with [the Smiths’] positions,” said Karol Anderson, who chairs the county Republican Party.

Smith, who has been a member of the elections board for 15 years, resigned abruptly this week after admitting that he and his wife removed and defaced Trump-Pence campaign signs.

After his pro-Trump signs had been removed several times, a resident filed a police report with Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office. The resident set up a deer camera on a neighbor’s property to catch the culprit. The camera caught Dean and Rita Smith taking a Trump sign and defacing another sign by writing “Dump” above President Donald Trump’s name.

The resident provided Georgetown and Beyond News with screenshots of the suspects, who shared the images with its readers. Someone identified the sign stealers as Dean and Rita Smith.

Last week, the resident told Rita Smith, “Smile you’re on candid camera,” according to the Coastal Observer. Smith was unsure what the meaning of the comment until she saw photos of herself on social media.

Dean Smith said the dispute originated over a homeowners association rule that prohibits signs on private property. Rita Smith is an HOA president, and said she and another board member asked the resident to remove a pro-Trump flag because of the rules. He refused, and Smith alleges that the man yelled at them “in a political tirade.”

“This is actually an HOA issue. We have regulations against the signs,” Dean Smith said. “The people that reported this, put a sign on someone else’s property without their knowledge, and they insulted and attacked my wife who is the HOA president and asked them to get rid of the signs. The camera that took our picture was also put on someone else’s property.”

Rita Smith admits, “Our emotions got the better of us,” regarding vandalizing the Trump signs.

“We regret this lapse of judgment on our part. I do not want to be a distraction to the conduct of this very important election,” Dean Smith said. “It was because we were angry with the other resident.”

Anderson commented on the sign drama, “If you drive around the county I don’t think you can find 600 [Trump signs]. They cost a lot of money. I don’t care whose signs, it’s a candidate’s signs.”

Anderson added, “People with a lot of responsibility should have a lot of accountability.”

“I’ve always prided myself that when I walk in that door I’m not a Republican or Democrat,” Dean Smith said. “I’m just an American and a Georgetown County citizen.”

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Robert Kahlcke
3 years ago
Reply to  RebelFred

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RebelFred
RebelFred
3 years ago

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RebelFred
3 years ago

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tituspullo
tituspullo
3 years ago

the discussion after trump is re-elected is whether this country can any longer tolerate democrats. they are far more destructive than the commies have been, and the time has come to make them illegal. i’d be glad to build the camps and load them into box cars at the point of my bayonet.

TomSJr
TomSJr
3 years ago

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH…………..another EXCUSE by a liberal who is nasty. THE CAMERA WAS AWESOME.

PickelJars ForHillary
PickelJars ForHillary
3 years ago

Only because they were caught.

felix1999
felix1999
3 years ago

Fifteen years of corruption!

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Bikinis not Burkas
Bikinis not Burkas
3 years ago
Reply to  felix1999

Disconnect the election from the internet, problem solved.

Francis
Francis
3 years ago

What a leftist prick!

william couch
william couch
3 years ago
Reply to  Francis

No,,,,,,,,a cactus..

Bikinis not Burkas
Bikinis not Burkas
3 years ago

Democrats are the worst, they support the Murderous Ideology of Islam!

patd
patd
3 years ago

And the planned parenthood’s policy of killing millions of babies each year.

Don39
Don39
3 years ago

One of the very few leftist extremist that gets caught. The SC Republican Party just this week told me they are out of signs when I ask for a replacement for disappearing TRUMP signs. I ordered a BIG one to put up as soon as it comes and I will have a camera on it! You never know when I will have a 12 gage on it either!

R.G.
R.G.
3 years ago
Reply to  Don39

Make your own sign, a little paint and plywood and such. I made a 2 sided, 6 foot by 4 foot Trump Pence sign for a fraction of what I would have to pay for one.

Don39
Don39
3 years ago
Reply to  R.G.

What does making your own have to do with it not getting stolen?

Laddyboy
Laddyboy
3 years ago

“Anderson commented on the sign drama, “If you drive around the county I don’t think you can find 600 [Trump signs].” You must be driving around with your eyes SHUT TIGHT! Drive through Pa.. You will see the MAJORITY of political signs in Peoples’ yard are TRUMP/PENCE signs.

R.G.
R.G.
3 years ago

Yeah, ok, it was a homeowner association thing. If this guy is so hardcore anti-Trump that he is repeatedly going to home and stealing and defacing signs, he has some extreme hatred in him and there is no doubt that he is doing far more. I’m sure he has been working overtime in his office to destroy ballots cast for President Trump and to “create” more ballots for the criminal Brain Bleed Beijing biden.

MAS
MAS
3 years ago

“Rita Smith is an HOA president…”

Well of course she is. Spiteful control freaks love these types of positions…

joc22
joc22
3 years ago

It’s always the same with these “peaceful” progressive Demoncrat globalist. Always some other excuse but their racists privileged ideals, these people make me sick

Robert Kahlcke
Robert Kahlcke
3 years ago

DEMOCRATS = NAZIS = COMMUNISTS. Period

patd
patd
3 years ago

That should be a crime there in SC so charge the POS! The libturds are showing how much of a criminal they can be!!!!

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