Trapp v. South Carolina Board

Littlejohn, Justice:

Kline Paulk, Republican candidate for the District 5 seat on the Aiken County Council, protested before the Aiken County Board of Canvassers to that Board’s award of the seat to his Democratic opponent, Billie K. Trapp. When his protest was denied, Paulk appealed to the State Board of Canvassers, which considered the matter de novo and ordered all challenged ballots counted save those in Precinct 26, and ordered the County Board to hear Paulk’s protest as to the Precinct 26 Ballots. It ordered that the Governor should be petitioned for a new election if the final margin…