Lovelle v. Thornton

Legge, Justice.

Petitioner, a “write-in” candidate in the general election of November 4, 1958, for the office of County Commissioner in Dillon County, seeks certiorari to review the action of the Board of State Canvassers overruling his protest of the election of his opponent, J. A. Elvington. The facts before us, as shown in the petition and the returns to the order to show cause issued thereon, are not in dispute.

There were two Democratic primaries, — the first on June 10, the second on June 24. The latter resulted in Elvington’s nomination as the candidate of the Democratic party. In the…