GREENE v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION COM'N

No. 24101.

445 S.E.2d 451 (1994)

Douglas GREENE, Petitioner, v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION COMMISSION, The South Carolina Board of State Canvassers, The Aiken County Election Commission, The Aiken County Board of Canvassers and Lawana R. McKenzie, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 20, 1994.

Rehearing Denied July 13, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James L. Leslie, Jr., Irmo, for petitioner.

T. Travis Medlock, Atty. Gen., Edwin E. Evans, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Treva G. Ashworth, Deputy Atty. Gen., Columbia, for respondents S.C. Election Com'n and The State Bd. of State Canvassers.

Dwight F. Drake and Carey T. Kilton, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, Columbia, for respondent Lawana R. McKenzie.

Robbin Stewart, Kansas City, MO, and David L. Floyd, North Augusta, for amicus curiae.


TOAL, Justice:

Douglas Greene ("Greene") appeals the decision of the State Board of Canvassers upholding the election results in the race for Aiken County Council seat for District 3. We affirm.

FACTS

Greene was the unsuccessful Libertarian candidate for the Aiken County Council, District 3 seat. The official total vote was 628 votes to 623 votes. Greene lost the election by 5 votes.

Greene challenged the election results. A hearing was held...

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