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Jobless Guy Who Didn't Campaign Wins SC Primary

Alphabet helped, says Democratic chief

By Rob Quinn,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 9, 2010 5:51 AM CDT
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(Newser) – Alvin Greene's surprise victory in South Carolina's Democratic Senate primary has left much of the state asking: "Who?" The 32-year-old unemployed Army veteran had no campaign funds and no website but still managed to defeat former judge Vic Rawl, and will now be running against incumbent Republican Sen. Jim DeMint this fall, the AP reports.

Greene, who paid the $10,000 filing fee and all other campaign expenses out of his own funds, may have won because people unfamiliar with either candidate "voted alphabetically," says the chair of South Carolina's Democratic Party. But Greene will take it, he tells Mother Jones: "I'm not concentrating on how I was elected—it's history. I’m the Democratic nominee—we need to get talking about America back to work."

Alvin Greene won close to 60% of the vote in South Carolina's Democratic primary for the US Senate.
Alvin Greene won close to 60% of the vote in South Carolina's Democratic primary for the US Senate.   (South Carolina Democratic Party)
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scgo
Jun 12, 2010 9:51 PM CDT
The South Carolina Democratic Party must provide this, "Written certification of the names of all candidates to be placed on primary ballots must be made by the political party chairman, vice chairman, or secretary to the State Election Commission..." (South Carolina Code of Laws, SECTION 7-13-40.)

"Because in SC, in order to vie for a position as the nominee for the party; the candidate must register for the primary directly through the party! Yep; Mr. Greene filed the required paperwork with the DPSC and handed over the $10,400 filing fee directly to them. The SCDP then forwarded his name, along with his filing fee, to election officials at the SC Election Commission (“SCEC”) to get them to print his name next to the D on the primary ballot. And, presumably, as required by state law, someone from the DPSC swore he was or at the time of the election would be eligible for the job!"...
"You know what this reminds me of? Back in the fall of 2007, then DPSC Treasurer Kathy Hensley tried to deliver Carol Fowler’s list of candidates for the 2008 Presidential Preference primary to the SCEC but they wouldn’t take it. Because for some reason, Ms. Fowler had left out the eligibility Certification. Well, this was no problem for Ms. Hensley. She just whipped out her pen and scribbled out her own Certification, on the spot!"

http://jbjd.wordpress.com/

Also read the complaint of election fraud for South Carolina!



This is not the first time the South Carolina Democratic Party has not investigated their candidate for placement on the ballot.
hankhill
Jun 10, 2010 9:22 PM CDT
NOT A GOOD GUY
BoZo
Jun 10, 2010 7:35 AM CDT
Obama hooking up his boy.

 
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