As in Georgia, South Carolina vote-counting machines leave no paper trail. On July 10, 2018, a federal lawsuit was filed to force the state to eliminate the machines. Heindel v Andino, 3:18cv-1887. It is before U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs, an Obama appointee. It has been moving slowly. The decision earlier this month from U.S. District Court in Georgia, which virtually says that after the 2018 election Georgia must replace its machines, will be influential in the outcome of the South Carolina lawsuit.