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The heat is on as the top three GOP candidates gear up for the South Carolina primary
With only 2 days left until the face-off, who will come out ahead? Only time will tell…
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Open Primaries, Good or Bad?
By Will Jordan Open Primary Elections: Freedom of Association or Freedom to Party-Raid? South Carolina provides for an open primary election system, meaning any qualified elector is allowed to vote in the party primary of his or her choice. Voters are, however, limited to voting in only one party primary during any single election cycle. […]
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History of the South Carolina Presidential Preference Primaries
By Rob Tyson As the South Carolina primary approaches, we’re taking a step back from our typical election blog fare (i.e., the legal mumbo jumbo) and looking at the practicalities of the South Carolina presidential primaries. Today, we’ll start with the basics. South Carolina Presidential Preference Primaries South Carolina law permits the Republican and Democratic […]
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What’s Happening with the South Carolina Presidential Primaries?
By Rob Tyson This week, the ELECT Blog will analyze the Democrat and Republican Presidential Preference Primaries. South Carolina is the hub of the political world for the next 10 days. Presidential candidates will be flocking into the State in their effort to convince South Carolinians they are the best candidate for becoming the next […]
Firm News
Sowell Gray attorney Alexis Lindsay named to Board of Directors for Congaree Vista Guild
COLUMBIA, SC – Alexis Lindsay, an attorney at Sowell Gray, has been named a new member of the Board of Directors of the Congaree Vista Guild. The Vista Guild is active in the economic development and growth of the Vista area of downtown Columbia, working hard to make the Vista the place of choice for […]
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Legal Challenges to Congressional Redistricting Must be Referred to a Three-Judge Panel
By Rob Tyson At the end of last year, the US Supreme Court held in Shapiro v. McManus that any case challenging the constitutionality of the redrawing of congressional districts must be referred to a three-judge panel. Justice Scalia delivered the opinion for a unanimous court. In Shapiro, the plaintiffs claimed the Maryland congressional plan […]
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Gray honored with National Conference of Bar Presidents 2016 Fellows Award
COLUMBIA, SC – Sowell Gray attorney Betsy Gray is the 2016 recipient of the National Conference of Bar Presidents (NCBP) Fellows Award. The award, which was presented on Friday, February 5, 2016 at the 2016 NCBP Midyear Meeting in San Diego, CA, recognizes the accomplishments of a past president of a bar association who has […]
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CENSUS 2020 – Closer than you think!
By Rob Tyson The United States Census Bureau is gearing up for the 2020 decennial census. At a recent National Conference of State Legislatures’ meeting, Deirdre Dalpiaz Bishop made a presentation on the Census Bureau’s plans to conduct a census of the United State population. The Census Bureau seeks “to count everybody once, only once, […]