Greenville County Authorizes Legal Action in Primary Impasse
Decision comes on heels of SCGOP's announcement that it would fund 'legitimate' expenses related to primary
Greenville County Council joined Spartanburg County on Tuesday in authorizing its county attorney to use legal action if necessary to protect county interests in the matter of funding the 2012 Republican presidential primary. Greenville and Spartanburg were two of several counties that had expressed concern over how the GOP primary would be funded. The state election commission has some $680,000 in rollover funds from last election cycle at its disposal, while the SCGOP announced it anticipated on generating roughly $300,000 in candidate filing fees - a major concern for counties that feared they would be stuck with the remainder of the tab, should the Jan. 21 primary prove to be as expensive as the $1.5 million estimate. As council was …
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