SMYRNA, S.C. — The man who won the election to be mayor of Smyrna in York County wasn’t on the ballot. Robert Whitesides Faulker, Jr. tells Channel 9 that he missed the registration deadline to get on the ballot so he “had to get the whole town to write him in.”
He was successful.
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Despite not being on the ballot, Robert Whitesides Faulkner, Jr. defeated Frances Faulkner, 19-7. Frances Faulkner is his aunt.
Robert Whitesides Faulkner Jr. says voters like his message of transparency.
He says election officials praised the town of Smyrna for a high-voter turnout. According to 2021 census results, the town has a population of 58.