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Friday, May 11, 2012

Attorney Drops Bid to Save South Carolina Election

Todd Kincannon said the lawsuit he filed last week on behalf of senate candidate Amanda Somers would now focus solely on military absentee ballots.

An attorney says he will focus solely on allegations the state violated the Voting Rights Act in sending separate ballots overseas for federal and local races, the Associated Press reported. Todd Kincannon, who filed a lawsuit last week on behalf of Upstate Senate candidate Amanda Somer, will abandon his effort to reinstate nearly 200 candidates left off of June 12 primary ballots by a South Carolina Supreme Court decision, according to an article published on WSPA.com. In federal court Thursday, Judge Cameron Currie asked Kincannon to clarify some of his claims by Friday. And she asked the State Election Commission to file a response by Monday. Somers has been joined on the case by John Pettigrew Jr., who is running against S.C. Sen. …

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Senate Candidate Seeks Injunction Over New Filing Period

Amanda Somers is seeking an injunction to keep the South Carolina State Election Commission from accepting any late-filing candidates from entering the race for the District 5 seat.

Amanda Somers, a Greer businesswoman seeking to become the only woman in the South Carolina Senate, filed a civil action Wednesday seeking injunction enjoining the state election commission from accepting late-filing candidates in the District 5 Senate race until it can be confirmed that this week's reopening of candidate filing was done lawfully.  Through her attorney Todd Kincannon, Somers has filed a complaint in the Richland County Court of Common Pleas — the county in which the SCGOP is headquartered. The civil action requests the court enjoin the South Carolina State Election Commission from adding any more names to the District 5 primary ballot on the basis that the lawful mechanism to reopen filing has not been implemented.  …

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