The 15-30 roll call by which the South
Carolina Senate voted not to increase the state's sales tax to 7
percent from 5 percent.
On this vote, a "yes" vote was a vote to increase the tax to 7
percent and a "no" vote was a vote to keep it at 5 percent.
Voting "yes" were 15 Democrats and 0 Republicans.
Voting "no" were 5 Democrats and 25 Republicans.
Not voting was 1 Democrat.
Democrats Voting Yes
Anderson, Greenville; Drummond, Ninety Six; Ford, Charleston;
Glover, Florence; Holland, Camden; Hutto, Orangeburg; Jackson,
Hopkins; Land, Manning; Leventis, Sumter; Matthews, Bowman; McGill,
Kingstree; Moore, Clearwater; Patterson, Columbia; Pinckney,
Ridgeland; Short, Chester.
Republicans Voting Yes
None.
Democrats Voting No
Elliott, North Myrtle Beach; Malloy, Hartsville; O'Dell, Ware
Shoals; Rankin, Myrtle Beach; Setzler, West Columbia.
Republicans Voting No
Alexander, Walhalla; Branton, Summerville; Cromer, Prosperity;
Courson, Columbia; Fair, Greenville; Giese, Columbia; Gregory,
Lancaster; Grooms, Bonneau; Hawkins, Spartanburg; Hayes, Rock Hill;
Knotts, West Columbia; Kuhn, Charleston; Leatherman, Florence;
Martin, Pickens; McConnell, Charleston; Mescher, Pinopolis; Peeler,
Gaffney; Ravenel, Mount Pleasant; Richardson, Hilton Head Island;
Ritchie, Spartanburg; Ryberg, Aiken; Smith, Greer; Thomas, Fountain
Inn; Verdin, Laurens; Waldrep, Anderson.
Those Not Voting
Democrats: Reese, Boiling Springs.
