On March 7, Independent Voting filed this five-page brief in Greenville County Republican Party v State of South Carolina, the case over whether the Republican Party may exclude non-members from voting in its primary. The case has a hearing on Thursday, March 10. The Independent Voting brief points out that it would be inappropriate for the judge to decide the case when there is as yet no hard evidence that non-Republicans participate in Republican primaries.
Independent Voting’s brief does not discuss the part of the lawsuit in which the Republican Party challenges the state law that says if the party wants to nominate by convention, it cannot do so unless 3/4ths of the delegates to the convention vote in favor of nominating by convention.