Friday, July 27, 2012
A May S.C. Supreme Court decision to uphold S.C. election law caused hundreds of non-incumbents to be purged from the ballot as voters seek to give incumbents the boot.
The Nov. 6 ballot could prove confusing to some South Carolina voters. Considering that political experts have called this election year "unprecedented" and "unusual" that might not come as a surprise. Even though neither Mitt Romney nor Barack Obama is expected to set foot in the Palmetto State to campaign, the ballot confusion could have significant ramifications for voters. The most heated election battles in South Carolina are in the primary, where gerrymandered districts decide which nominee to send to the general election against little or no competition. But this year, many incumbents dodged the primary challenge when hundreds of non-incumbent candidates were purged from the ballot. Even some non-incumbents who won the primary could…
Monday, July 9, 2012
Parties agree to keep non-incumbent Republicans off the ballot during discovery, according to lawyer.
Update July 10: The preliminary injunction was not signed by a judge and Dorchester County Democratic Lawyer James Smith withdrew his motion for the injunction. Instead, the temporary restraining order issued June 29 was allowed to expire, according to the judge's administrative assistant. Click here for more info. SUMMERVILLE — Three Dorchester County candidates will remain off the ballot until a lawsuit brought against the county GOP, state GOP and election commission has concluded, according to a Democratic lawyer. In the suit, Dorchester County Democratic Party claims the county Republican Party illegally certified all of its non-incumbent candidates, in accordance with two S.C. Supreme Court decisions that said non-incumbents must …
Friday, June 29, 2012
Democrats cite improper filing and ask for decertification of all non-incumbent Republican candidates in Dorchester County.
SUMMERVILLE — The Dorchester County Democratic Party filed a lawsuit Friday against the county Republican Party, chairwoman Carroll Duncan and a host of local and state GOP and elections officers. A judge has issued a temporary restraining order. Court dates are expected in the second week in July. The suit claims Dorchester County Republican Party illegally certified all of its non-incumbent candidates, and asks the First Judicial Circuit to decertify the candidates, including GOP nominees for S.C. House District 97 Ed Carter and for S.C. Senate District 38 Sean Bennett. Nearly 250 candidates across the state were purged from ballots after two S.C. Supreme Court decisions leading up to the June 12 primary that said parties must …
Gretchen
8:08 am on Saturday, June 30, 2012
I don't understand all this... however, it seems to me there are LAWS for running for office in this state. Either the candidates complied with the law or NOT. If not, why were they allowed to be on the ballot?? It's just like JAMES ISLAND trying to become a town.....and several times they WORDED the REFERENDA incorrectly. WHO IS IN CHARGE of checking these things? Come on people .... wake up. … more ›