South Carolina Governor Vetoes Bad Ballot Access Bill

On June 11, South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford vetoed HB 3746, which made ballot access more difficult for independent candidates. On June 16, the House then entertained a vote to override his veto. However, the attempt to override the veto failed. The vote was 60-43, but it takes a two-thirds vote to override a veto in South Carolina, as in most states.

HB 3746 required independent candidate petitions to be notarized. It said that newly-registered voters could not sign the petition. It required independent candidates to file a declaration of candidacy in early June, even though the petition deadline itself (which the bill wasn’t changing) is in mid-July. Governor Sanford is a Republican and both houses of the legislature have Republican majorities.


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South Carolina Governor Vetoes Bad Ballot Access Bill — 6 Comments

  1. Bravo, Mark Sanford. And I thought I would never, ever
    say that, about anything.

  2. I heard he made the decision while hiking the Appalachian Trail to Argentina.

  3. I’m kinda like Dave. I didn’t think I would ever say “Bravo Gov. Sanford”…but…I wonder if my fax was what pushed him over the edge.

    BTW…Dave, would you be so kind as to drop me a note some day? GreggJocoy@yahoo.com

    Thanks!

  4. This is the libertarian in Sanford coming out. When he was a congressman, he’d occasionally make noises about opposing the drug war, too. How he squares these views with the C-Street religiosity, who knows.

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