On August 5, the South Carolina Supreme Court issued an order in Ford v South Carolina Republican Party, 2026-001729.  It keeps Danny Ford on the August 11 Republican primary ballot for U.S. Senate.  The Republican Party had excluded him because the party believed he had violated a new party rule, which says that candidates cannot appear on a Republican primary ballot if they didn’t vote in at least two of the last three Republican statewide primaries.  The lower court put Ford on the ballot.

The Supreme Court said it will decide the issue later, but in the meantime it believed removing Ford at this late date would create too much chaos.  Here is the order.