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STEVENSON v. ELLISOR

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270 S.C. 560 (1978)

243 S.E.2d 445

Nancy STEVENSON, Respondent, v. James B. ELLISOR, G.P. Callison, Margaret Townsend, Sylvia A. McCullough, James Brown, and Zilla Hinton, members of the State Election Commission, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

April 13, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Deputy Atty. Gen. C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen. Treva G. Ashworth and Staff Atty. David C. Eckstrom, Columbia, for appellants.

N.L. Barnwell of Barnwell, Whaley, Stevenson & Patterson, Charleston, for respondent.

April 13, 1978.

NESS, Justice:

This is a declaratory judgment action by respondent Nancy Stevenson against members of the State Election Commission to determine whether she may use the name "Nancy" rather than her given name "Ferdinan" on the general election ballot. The trial court concluded respondent is entitled to have the name Nancy Stevenson printed on the ballot. We affirm.

Appellants assert the requirement...

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