Monday, June 11, 2012
Tommie Reece, a Senate 6 candidate, has joined candidates from two other counties in a federal suit seeking to either prevent the primary from moving forward Tuesday or have their names returned to ballot.
UPDATE: It's back to the drawing board for Tommie Reece. Reece, who is running for Senate 6 in Greenville County against incumbent Mike Fair, confirmed to Patch on Monday night that the lawsuit she was a party to had been met with failure in U.S. District Court. The ex parte restraining order requested by the lawsuit that would have prevented Tuesday's primaries from going forward - filed on the basis basis that Reece and four other candidates in the Upstate had been denied due process and rights under the Voters Rights Act - was denied Monday. "We knew it was a long shot, but hoped that we would be able to convince judges," Reece said. "They did consider it. They didn't just say no up front, which they could have done." Reece said it's …
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Logan Smith, two unidentified sources named as defendants in lawsuit.
The Sikh Religious Society, led in part by the family of Gov. Nikki Haley, is suing The Palmetto Public Record and its editor, Logan Smith for defamation and civil conspiracy for its reporting of rumors regarding a supposed IRS investigation into the organization's finances and the governor. In March, Smith reported that two well-placed sources had indicated that an indictment of Haley was imminent for her role in alleged financial misdeeds at the Sikh Religious Society that allegedly put the group's tax-exempt status in jeopardy. Haley was never indicted. The lawsuit, obtained by the Free-Times, names The Palmetto Public Record, Smith and his two anonymous sources as defendants. Butch Bowers, who also represents Haley, is representing …
Friday, April 27, 2012
A lawyer representing the estate of the late Randall Heffron is investigating whether a lawsuit is appropriate against multiple parties.
An attorney representing the family of Randall Heffron, a 20-year-old Wofford College tennis player who choked to death in his dorm room last year, confirmed Friday that he was investigating whether the family should pursue legal action because of the young man's death. "I am investigating the potential for legal action on behalf of the Estate against Wofford, EMS and Spartanburg Regional, but no final decision on filing suit or who the parties would be has been made at this time," said Frederick Jekel, a Mount Pleasant attorney. Heffron, a Mount Pleasant native who stood out as a tennis player while at Bishop England High School at Daniel Island, died Sept. 10, 2011, when he choked on pizza he'd been eating with friends. The coroner later…
Monday, November 14, 2011
Republicans, Democrats unite in favor of primary mandate
Four South Carolina counties presented their arguments about the 2012 first-in-the-South primary to the South Carolina Supreme Court on Monday, stating that they had no obligation to cover the costs or to conduct the election. The four counties — Beaufort, Chester, Greenville and Spartanburg — filed suit despite a promise that the Republican Party would pay "all legitimate expenses," associated with the primary. Some county leaders said they were unsure about the commitment and wanted to be more involved in the decision-making process. Joel Collins, the lawyer for the counties, said the South Carolina law only required that the 2008 Presidential Primary be held, and that budget provisos made by the General Assembly during 2011 did not …
Friday, October 28, 2011
Ask $2.5 million be put in escrow for primary costs
Four South Carolina counties that sued the state election commission and GOP have offered a settlement. The Associated Press first reported that the counties offered to withdraw their lawsuit if the state election commission and Republican Party put aside $2.5 million in escrow to cover the costs of the presidential primary in January. South Carolina GOP Chairman Chad Connelly said he was confident that the law was on the side of the party. Election commission Director of Public Information Chris Whitmire declined to comment. The South Carolina Supreme Court agreed to hear the case, but a date has not been set for an initial hearing. The four counties -- Beaufort, Chester, Greenville and Spartanburg -- filed suit despite a promise that the…
Nee43
1:40 pm on Monday, June 11, 2012
Again, SC Courts need to find a way to permit disenfranchised candidates to remain on the ballot - as long as they filed all necessary forms, etc. more ›