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.
Bravo, Mark Sanford. And I thought I would never, ever
say that, about anything.
I heard he made the decision while hiking the Appalachian Trail to Argentina.
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Great to hear!
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!
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.