Civil Rights – Election Law – S.C. ‘Sore Loser’ Statute

By Deborah Elkins
Published: July 21, 2010

Tags: 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Civil Rights, Judge Barbara Milano Keenan

Although South Carolina’s “sore loser” statute operated to deprive the Green Party of its preferred candidate on the general ballot, after this same candidate lost the Democratic Party nomination, the 4th Circuit says the statute, as applied to the Green Party candidate, is not unconstitutional. Appellant Eugene Platt sought to become a “fusion” candidate who would ...

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