Legal Opinion
Cromer v. South Carolina
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 30, 1990No. Nos. 90-2429, 90-2444PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:
South Carolina law allows independent candidates for election to the state House of Representatives (among other offices) to be nominated by voter petition and thereupon to have their names placed on the ballot as candidates in the state’s November general election. Until 1988, access to the general election ballot by this route required only that an otherwise qualified candidate file a sufficiently supported nominating petition by August 1 preceding the general election. In 1988 the election laws were amended to require, in addition, that *821such a candidate file a…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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