Here is a link to South Carolina Republican presidential primary returns. Thanks to Political Wire for the link.
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Link to South Carolina Republican Presidential Primary Results — 7 Comments
Apparently Jeb Bush has quit the race.
Have you seen any numbers reporting the full count for all candidates? This link shows “Others” and some counties are reporting zero. Would be curious to see a final tabulation of votes for the withdrawn candidates, like Rand Paul & Jim Gilmore.
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The state board of elections has a FAQ that says if a candidate withdraws before ballots are printed, their name will be removed from the ballot. For later withdrawals, it will be publicized that the candidate has withdrawn. For example, there is a prominent PDF on the SCBOE website showing the candidates, with lines drawn through the names of the former candidates.
In addition, votes would not be tabulated by the state on election night. They will be included in the certified result.
It would be consistent with the policy to have posters or fliers at polling places, informing voters, but I don’t know whether that was done, or done consistently across the state.
It is conceivable that some counties did count the votes. If voting machines were used, it would be harder to not report certain vote totals, and then report them later. It would be quite simple for the SCBOE to simply ignore the extra data.
So eventually the results will show the votes for candidates like Paul and Gilmore – but election officials actively discouraged votes for them.
Thanks for the info Jim. A bit of an odd quirk of the South Carolina contest, I guess. I believe most of the states just share the results as they’re counted.
@Austin Cassidy,
Definitely an oddity, but so is having a state-run primary on different dates for different parties. In South Carolina, parties charge a certification fee to candidates, and only a portion goes to the state. For the Republicans, it was $20,000. Maybe those who withdrew got a refund.
Presidential candidates can’t get a refund of their South Carolina filing fees, even if they withdraw. The South Carolina filing fees are unconstitutional because there is no way around them for candidates who can’t afford them. But no one sues.
Bullock v Carter, a US Supreme Court decision in 1972 on Texas filing fees, showed that mandatory filing fees must have some alternate method even if the primary is run and paid for by parties. And the 1976 Vermont 3-judge US District Court decision Wright v Thomas shows that the filing fee precedents apply to non-binding presidential primaries.
Apparently Jeb Bush has quit the race.
Have you seen any numbers reporting the full count for all candidates? This link shows “Others” and some counties are reporting zero. Would be curious to see a final tabulation of votes for the withdrawn candidates, like Rand Paul & Jim Gilmore.
In 2014, three of the thirty-three candidates of the United Coalition were elected to the California State Assembly.
When one person from the team wins, the whole team wins.
Please help us spread the word; nobody has it as good as the United Coalition.
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@Austin Cassidy
The state board of elections has a FAQ that says if a candidate withdraws before ballots are printed, their name will be removed from the ballot. For later withdrawals, it will be publicized that the candidate has withdrawn. For example, there is a prominent PDF on the SCBOE website showing the candidates, with lines drawn through the names of the former candidates.
In addition, votes would not be tabulated by the state on election night. They will be included in the certified result.
It would be consistent with the policy to have posters or fliers at polling places, informing voters, but I don’t know whether that was done, or done consistently across the state.
It is conceivable that some counties did count the votes. If voting machines were used, it would be harder to not report certain vote totals, and then report them later. It would be quite simple for the SCBOE to simply ignore the extra data.
So eventually the results will show the votes for candidates like Paul and Gilmore – but election officials actively discouraged votes for them.
Thanks for the info Jim. A bit of an odd quirk of the South Carolina contest, I guess. I believe most of the states just share the results as they’re counted.
@Austin Cassidy,
Definitely an oddity, but so is having a state-run primary on different dates for different parties. In South Carolina, parties charge a certification fee to candidates, and only a portion goes to the state. For the Republicans, it was $20,000. Maybe those who withdrew got a refund.
Presidential candidates can’t get a refund of their South Carolina filing fees, even if they withdraw. The South Carolina filing fees are unconstitutional because there is no way around them for candidates who can’t afford them. But no one sues.
Bullock v Carter, a US Supreme Court decision in 1972 on Texas filing fees, showed that mandatory filing fees must have some alternate method even if the primary is run and paid for by parties. And the 1976 Vermont 3-judge US District Court decision Wright v Thomas shows that the filing fee precedents apply to non-binding presidential primaries.