By Bru Nimmons

Staff Reporter

bnimmons@thepccourier.com

PICKENS — The Pickens County School Board’s newly created District 7 seat has finally been filled after a four-month ordeal that ended in a special election last week.

Retired educator Alice Hendricks Vander Linden beat local businessman Phillip Healy 434 votes to 201 to win the seat in the March 26 race.

After a November general election in which Healy appeared to win the seat by just 21 votes, Vander Linden appealed the outcome. Vander Linden’s appeal was upheld following a review by the county election board. The board found that an issue with some voting machines led to the use of 137 fail-safe ballots that didn’t

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