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After $3.5 Billion Accounting Error, South Carolina Comptroller Could Be Ousted

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Harris, The State (TNS) After South Carolina Comptroller General Richard Eckstrom’s office made a multibillion mistake, a panel of Senate budget writers are suggesting the Republican be removed from his position and the office stripped of several responsibilities. In South Carolina, the comptroller general is an elected office.

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South Carolina’s Top Accountant to Step Down After $3.5 Billion Error

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I know that your every wish has been, and always will be, prosperity and happiness for the people of South Carolina,” McMaster wrote. Eckstrom, the state’s chief accountant and fiscal watchdog, was first elected comptroller general in 2002 and last re-elected in 2022 after running unopposed.