South Carolina Elections: Court Disqualifies Dozens Of Candidates Statewide

The South Carolina state capitol in Columbia.

Spring Valley Patch:

The path to the S.C. Statehouse just got a lot easier for dozens of candidates.

And for dozens of others, it just became impossible - at least in 2012.

The S.C. Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that candidates who did not file proper disclosure forms with their signatures back in March cannot appear on the June primary ballots, according to the Associated Press.

Read the whole story at Spring Valley Patch

Comments

[Openeyes]

08:35 PM on 05/02/2012

Amazing how many of them are criticizing the court for its ruling, when they failed to comply with the law. How is this any different than missing the deadline to file your candidacy? Would they argue then that the court is limiting choice if they don't file as a candidate on time? Ridiculous.

[AFRescue143]

10:00 PM on 05/02/2012

I agree, if you can't play by the rules, you should not be allowed to play at all.

[Lynette]

06:51 PM on 05/02/2012

Chaos is the Republican party and all of their silly proposals --not a jobs bill in sight!