On October 17, four South Carolina counties asked the State Supreme Court to rule that the Republican presidential primary cannot go forward unless the counties are relieved of paying any of the election-administration related expenses. The case is Beaufort County v South Carolina Election Commission. The other plaintiffs are Chester, Greenville and Spartanburg Counties. The Republican Party was already paying for approximately half the expenses. See this story. The State Supreme Court has discretion on whether or not to hear this case, and has not yet even assigned a case number. UPDATE: here is the brief. It is very long because of all the exhibits.
Hypocritical SC Republians should pay for the entire primary costs. Every party should do the same.
I agree with Brad M. Political Parties, not the people, should pay for their own nomination process whether they use Primary or Convention. It should not be the people’s responsibility to pick up their tab, and subsidize a private political entity.
I hope that the SC counties win and I hope that one day soon NC will follow suit and make Primaries optional, and make any political party choosing to nominate by primary to pay for the full expense of conducting the primary.