Judge Rules Ford Back on Ballot | Charleston News

Charleston News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Aug 4, 2026 · 1m

A Richland County judge just threw a wrench into South Carolina’s GOP primary race by putting Republican candidate Danny Ford back on the ballot — just in time for early voting to begin. The judge ruled the party’s vague rule about requiring candidates to have voted in at least two of the last three statewide primaries was inconsistently applied and legally flawed. Ford had been disqualified because the party claimed his vote in the 2026 primary and a later runoff counted as one event — but the judge called that interpretation unreasonable. He highlighted the party’s own contradictory actions…