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SIMS v. HAM

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275 S.C. 369 (1980)

271 S.E.2d 316

Hugo SIMS, JR., Petitioner, v. H. Ray HAM, Margaret S. Townsend, Zilla Hinston, Dr. Neal D. Thigpen, and James O. Brown, as members of the State Board of Canvassers and Dr. Amelia S. Roberts, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

October 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William L. Pope of Robinson, McFadden, Moore & Pope, Columbia, for petitioner.

Luther J. Battiste, III, and William T. Toal of Johnson, Toal & Battiste, and Atty. Gen. Daniel R. McLeod, Deputy Atty. Gen. C. Tolbert Goolsby, Jr., and Asst. Attys. Gen. Treva G. Ashworth and James M. Holly, Columbia, and James Albert Bell, St. George, for respondents.

October 9, 1980.

NESS, Justice:

This is an appeal from the Orangeburg County School Board election. The election was upheld by the local board of canvassers and subsequently reversed by the State Board of Canvassers. Petitioner, Hugo Sims, instituted this action pursuant to a writ of certiorari seeking review of the State Board's decision. We affirm.

This Court's scope of review of decisions of the State Board of Canvassers is limited to correcting...

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