Mullins council votes 5-1 to change election timing, sparking outrage over voter access, transparency, and public trust in Marion County

Mullins sets sudden vote on election change as mayor attends funeral, raising urgent concerns over timing, transparency, and voting rights.

Mullins residents rally against a proposed election change, warning it threatens voting rights and echoes a long history of suppression.

Lucas Atkinson switches to Republican as Cynthia Ford gets a rematch, fueling new questions about power, timing, and District 57.

How bloodlines, banking power, civic memory, and Black labor built a South Carolina town — and why its present crisis is bigger than one mayor