The ongoing fight to get on the South Carolina ballot enters a new chapter: claims that State Senator Jake Knotts is ineligible to hold office because he has issued a challenge to a duel, an act which disqualifies him from holding office under the South Carolina Constitution.

The South Carolina Supreme Court recently took a very strict view of statutory language for ballot eligibility, and threw 1 in 5 candidates off the South Carolina ballot.  If they continue to take a strict view of the language of the state constitution, and Katrina Shealy subpoenas witnesses to Knott’s challenge to a duel, this could get very interesting.

 The ongoing fight to get on the South Carolina ballot enters a new chapter: claims that State Senator Jake Knotts is ineligible to hold office because he has issued a challenge to a duel, an act which disqualifies him from holding office under the South Carolina Constitution.

The South Carolina Supreme Court recently took a very strict view of statutory language for ballot eligibility, and threw 1 in 5 candidates off the South Carolina ballot.  If they continue to take a strict view of the language of the state constitution, and Katrina Shealy subpoenas witnesses to Knott’s challenge to a duel, this could get very interesting.