On March 5, U.S. District Court Judge J. Michelle Childs, an Obama appointee, agreed to expedite the lawsuit Greenville County Republican Party v State of South Carolina, 6:10-cv-1407. This is the lawsuit in which the Republican Party is seeking to prevent non-Republicans from voting in Republican primaries, especially primaries for municipal partisan office. The basis for expediting the case is that some of these partisan municipal elections are being held this year, and candidate filing for these races closes on March 30.
Judge Childs also agreed to let the intervenors participate in the lawsuit. The intervenors were brought together by Independent Voting. However, the intervenors must submit their evidence by March 8. The Republican Party had argued against letting any intervenors into the case, because the party had argued that they would cause the case to be delayed. The intervenors include some Democratic state legislators, and some officials of the Constitution Party, the Independence Party, and the Labor Party. Thanks to Nancy Hanks for this news.
PUBLIC primaries by PUBLIC Electors-Voters
ALL Electors – top 2 primary areas
SOME Electors in subgroups
Both according to PUBLIC LAWS — way too difficult for MORON judges to understand — part of the brain damage since 1968 regarding ballot access in SCOTUS — Williams v. Rhodes.
Less than 10 South Carolina municipalities now have partisan elections; however, one of these is Greenville, and the Greenville County Republican Party is one of the plaintiffs in the suit.