Democracy Is Dead [View all]
surprised this topic hasn't come up here yet ...
The State Supreme Court ruled that 180 candidates for office (about 20% of the total), across the state, in both parties, are not eligible to run in the June primaries. The reason is because the rules for filing are so complicated that nobody is sure when, where, or how to file. Most of these ineligible candidates failed to file their economic interest statements, which in some cases was nothing more than the candidate's name and address. It doesn't help that state law is sometimes contradictory in these matters.
Luckily the incumbents don't have to file new economic interest statements. And they have no obligation to take any action whatsoever that will help candidates who could potentially unseat them. Even though they created the problem in the first place.
What with the Voter ID law and the usual crop of dirty tricks, democracy has been on life support in South Carolina. Now it's dead. Even if you want to run, you can't get on the ballot.
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