TAYLOR v. TOWN OF ATLANTIC BEACH ELECTION COM'N

No. 25940.

363 S.C. 8 (2005)

609 S.E.2d 500

Charlene TAYLOR, John Sketers and Delores Wilson, Appellants, v. TOWN OF ATLANTIC BEACH ELECTION COMMISSION, Irene Armstrong, Jake Evans, and Sherry Suttles, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 14, 2005.

Rehearing Denied March 16, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest A. Finney, Jr., of the Finney Law Firm, of Sumter, Emma Ruth Brittain and Matthew R. Magee of Thompson & Henry, P.A., of Myrtle Beach, and Helen T. McFadden, of Kingstree, for Appellants.

John C. Zilinsky, of Conway, for Respondents Irene Armstrong, Jake Evans, and Sherry Suttles.

Louis Milton Cook, of Louis M. Cook & Associates, of North Myrtle Beach, and Darryl Caldwell, of Duff Turner White & Boykin, of Columbia, for Respondent Town of Atlantic Beach Election Commission.


Justice BURNETT:

This is an election protest. We affirm.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

The Municipal Election Commission of the Town of Atlantic Beach (the Commission) certified the results of a nonpartisan election held November 4, 2003: Irene Armstrong, mayor; Jake Evans, town council; Sherry Suttles, town council.1

On November 5, 2003, Charlene Taylor, John Sketers, and Delores Wilson (Appellants) filed...

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