Only one of three area candidates removed from the June 12 primary ballot has submitted petitions to run for election Nov. 6.
Donna Blume Brown submitted more than 800 signatures to the Bamberg County Voter Registration and Elections Commission by Monday’s deadline.
Director Patti Jeffcoat said if 450 signatures are verified, Brown will be included on the ballot for the county probate judge race. She will face Democrat Sarah Guess Noel.
“Soil and Water Conservation District Commissioner Johney Haralson, who is running for re-election, also submitted his petition,” Jeffcoat said. “He has to have 100 signatures to be included on the November ballot.
“I hope to have petitions from both candidates verified by next week.”
Brown was one of about 200 candidates purged from the primary following a state Supreme Court ruling in May. The court order held that candidates should have submitted hard copies of their financial disclosure forms at the same time they filed to run for office.
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To be nominated by petition, a candidate must submit the signatures of at least 5 percent of the total active, registered voters in the geographical area the office represents. Officials have until Aug. 15 to verify petition signatures.
Calhoun County Voter Registration and Elections Commission Director Shayla Jenkins said only one petition candidate filed Monday.
“Kendall Wannamaker is running for re-election to the county Soil and Water Conservation District,” Jenkins said. “He has to have at least 100 verified signatures, and we hope to get that done this week.”
The terms of Wannamaker and Haralson end Jan. 31, 2013.
There are no petition candidates in Orangeburg County, according to Voter Registration and Elections Commission Director Howard Jackson.
In May, two other local candidates were thrown off the ballot after the state Supreme Court’s ruling.
Darnell “Bubba” Johnson, originally a Democratic Party candidate for Orangeburg County sheriff, was removed from the primary ballot by the state party. He has announced he will run as a write-in candidate in the general election against Sheriff Leroy Ravenell, a Democrat.
Perry Finch, a Republican candidate for Senate District 26, was also removed from the June primary ballot. Republican Deedee Vaughters will face incumbent Nikki G. Setzler, a Democrat, in November.
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