H.w. Pat Paschal, Jr. as Chairman of the Greenville County Democratic Party and the Greenville County Democratic…

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s order requiring the State Election Commission to return filing fees paid for eight unopposed candidates whose names did not appear on the November 1992 primary ballot. The Court held that S.C. Code Ann. § 7‑13‑40 applies only to candidates whose names are on the ballot, and because its language is plain and unambiguous, no other interpretation is permissible.