Maybe my phone bank work made a difference.
On March 30, U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs turned aside the Republican Party lawsuit against South Carolina’s open primary as applied to the Republican Party. Similar to another 4th circuit ruling earlier in a Virginia case that if a party choices to nominate by primary, it must follow the state election law on who can participate, which in these cases, includes independents. Like Virginia, South Carolina lets all parties decide whether to nominate by primary or convention.
The Republican Party had also argued that it isn’t truly free to choose to nominate by primary, because another state law says the party can’t nominate by convention unless 3/4ths of the delegates agree. However, the judge upheld the 3/4ths law as well. The name of the case is The Greenville County Republican Party v State of South Carolina, 6:10-cv-1407.
Use the above link to read the 25 page decision.
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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