STATE EX REL. EDWARDS v. ABRAMS

20578

270 S.C. 87 (1978)

240 S.E.2d 643

STATE of South Carolina ex rel. James B. EDWARDS, as Governor of the State of South Carolina, Respondent, v. Sol ABRAMS, as Chairman of the Greenville Election Commission, Tom Smith, Charles Timmons, W. David Roe, and Mark B. Tolbert, as members of the Greenville Election Commission, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

January 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Earle, Jr., and Glen S. Baldwin, of Greenville, for Appellants.

Daniel R. McLeod, Atty. Gen., C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Treva G. Ashworth, Asst. Attys. Gen., and Harold E. Trask, Jr., of Columbia, for Respondent.


January 10, 1978.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice.

This action was commenced by the State of South Carolina, ex relatione James B. Edwards as Governor (Relator), against the members of the Greenville Election Commission (Commission) to test the constitutionality of § 23-400.54:1, Code of Laws of South Carolina (1962) as amended (Supp. 1975), now included in the 1976 Code as § 7-13-750.

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