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Judge Orders Ford Back on Ballot | Charleston News
A South Carolina judge has overturned the GOP’s decision to exclude Danny Ford from the Republican Senate ballot, ruling the party’s new voting rule was arbitrarily applied. Ford, who participated in the June primary and runoff, was disqualified because the GOP counted those contests as one event — a move the judge called inconsistent. Now, with Ford back on the ballot, voters will choose among ten candidates in this high-stakes special election, with the winner facing the Democrat in November. The ruling underscores the tension between party autonomy and state election integrity, especially…
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