A bill representing the largest overhaul of state government in decades is again approaching passage. BMore >>
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Video of State Representative Ted Vick chronicles the Pee Dee lawmaker's interaction with Bureau of Protective Services officers late Tuesday night as he was arrested for DUI in the State House parkingMore >>
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For the second time in just over a year, Pee Dee lawmaker and former Seventh Congressional District candidate Ted Vick was arrested on a DUI charge early Wednesday morning.Vick remains detained at theMore >>
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SEANNA ADCOX
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, SC (AP) - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee
says lawmakers must try to approve legislation returning candidates to the June
primary ballots who were bumped off because of a state Supreme Court decision.
Sen. Larry Martin told The Associated Press on Friday those candidates
deserve to be on the ballots. The Pickens Republican says it's a matter of
fairness.
The state's high court ruled earlier this week that candidates should be
removed from ballots because of improperly filed financial paperwork. The
ruling tossed about 200 candidates from races statewide.
Any change in South Carolina election law requires federal approval. Martin
says gaining legislative approval and federal pre-clearance in a month will be
hard.
He says his committee will meet Tuesday on a resolution that would treat
challengers and incumbents the same.
