CHARLESTON SCHOOL DIST. v. ELECTION COM'N

No. 24980.

336 S.C. 174 (1999)

519 S.E.2d 567

CHARLESTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT, Respondent, v. CHARLESTON COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION and State of South Carolina Election Commission, of whom State of South Carolina Election Commission is Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided August 2, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Deputy Attorney General Treva G. Ashworth, Assistant and Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., all of Columbia, for appellant.

Robert N. Rosen, Donald B. Clark, and Daniel F. Blanchard, all of Rosen, Goodstein, and Hagood, of Charleston, for respondent.


WALLER, Justice:

The circuit court, at the request of the Charleston County School District (District), issued a writ of mandamus directing the Charleston County Election Commission (County Commission) to post and distribute a supplemental ballot handout to voters at each precinct during a $350 million school bond referendum. The South Carolina State Election Commission (State Commission) appeals. We reverse.

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