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TRAPP v. S.C. BD. OF STATE CANVASSERS

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273 S.C. 163 (1979)

255 S.E.2d 670

Billie K. TRAPP, Petitioner, v. The SOUTH CAROLINA BOARD OF STATE CANVASSERS, Aiken County Board of Canvassers, Aiken County Election Commission and Kline Paulk, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

May 22, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elliot D. Thompson and A. Camden Lewis, of Barnes, Austin & Lightsey, Columbia, and Peter R. Nuessle, Aiken, for petitioner.

Bernard Manning, Columbia, for respondent Paulk.

Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Deputy Atty. Gen. C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., Senior Asst. Atty. Gen. Treva G. Ashworth and Staff Atty. James M. Holly, Columbia, for respondents, Aiken County Board of Canvassers and Aiken County Election Commission.

May 22, 1979.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

Kline Paulk, Republican candidate for the District 5 seat on the Aiken County Council, protested before the Aiken County Board of Canvassers to that Board's award of the seat to his Democratic opponent, Billie K. Trapp. When his protest was denied, Paulk appealed to the State Board of Canvassers, which considered the matter de novo and ordered all challenged ballots counted save those in Precinct 26, and ordered the...

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