COLUMBIA — A second top S.C. Elections Commission official has been fired amid media reports that a secret recording device was discovered in a boardroom inside of the agency’s Columbia headquarters this month.

State election commission officials confirmed former commission Deputy Executive Director Paige Salonich has been fired from her near-$142,000 job at the agency.

Her ouster comes amid a broader State Law Enforcement Division investigation into former agency head Howard Knapp, who was fired after a more than five-hour, closed-door meeting of the election commission board last week.

Salonich had worked at the commission in varying roles since her hiring in November 2021. She was suspended and subsequently fired from her role as a result of an internal investigation within the agenc

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