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ANDERSON v. S.C. ELECTION COM'N

No. 27120.

397 S.C. 551 (2012)

725 S.E.2d 704

Michael ANDERSON and Robert Barger, Plaintiffs, v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTION COMMISSION; Marci Andino, as Executive Director and as a representative of the South Carolina State Election Commission; South Carolina Democratic Party; Richard A. Harpootlian, as Chair of the Executive Committee of and as a representative of the South Carolina Democratic Party; South Carolina Republican Party; Chad Connelly, as Chair of the Executive Committee of and as a representative of the South Carolina Republican Party; Lexington County Commission of Registration and Elections; Dean Crepes, as Director of and as a representative of the Lexington County Commission of Registration and Elections; Lexington County Democratic Party; Kathy Hensley, as Chair of and as a representative of the Lexington County Democratic Party; Lexington County Republican Party; Steven Isom, as Chair of and a representative of the Executive Committee of the Lexington County Republican Party, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 2, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tracey Colton Green and Benjamin Parker Mustian , of Willoughby & Hoefer, PA, of Columbia, for Plaintiffs.

M. Elizabeth Crum , Ariail B. Kirk , and Amber B. Martella , all of McNair Law Firm, PA, of Columbia, for Defendants South Carolina State Election Commission and Marci Andino; Richard A. Harpootlian and Christopher P. Kenney , both of Richard A. Harpootlian , PA, of Columbia, for Defendants South Carolina Democratic Party, Richard A. Harpootlian, Lexington County Democratic Party, and Kathy Hensley; Kevin A. Hall , Karl S. Bowers, Jr. , and M. Todd Carroll , all of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, LLP, of Columbia, for Defendants South Carolina Republican Party, Chad Connelly, Lexington County Republican Party, and Steven Isom; Jeffrey M. Anderson , of Davis, Frawley, Anderson, McCauley, Ayer, Fisher & Smith, LLC, of Lexington, for Defendants Lexington County Commission of Registration and Elections and Dean Crepes.

PER CURIAM:

This is a matter in the Court's original jurisdiction seeking declaratory relief in connection with a dispute as to the requirements for a candidate's name to properly appear on a primary election ballot. We are asked to construe the meaning of S.C.Code Ann. § 8-13-1356 (Supp.2011), which provides that "[a] candidate must file a statement of economic interests for the preceding calendar year at the same time and with the same official with whom the...

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