Beaufort County v. South Carolina State Election Commission

Respectfully, I concur in part and dissent in part. While I agree with the majority that the plain language of Section 7-11 — 20(B)(2) of the South Carolina Code (Supp.2010) is limited only to the 2008 election cycle, I believe the majority misapplies our precedents concerning appropriations provisos and erroneously concludes Provisos 79.6 and 79.12 suspend this temporal limitation. I would therefore find no requirement that either the State Election Commission or the county *379election commissions conduct the 2012 Presidential Preference Primary.

I note at the outset that this case involves a…