MO-015 - Harris v. Lancaster County Election Commission

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THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR. THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Jackie Harris, Appellant, v. Lancaster County Election Commission, Lancaster Municipal Election Commission and Linda BlackmonBrace, Respondents. Appellate Case No. 2017-000423 Appeal From Lancaster County The Honorable Brian M. Gibbons, Circuit Court Judge Memorandum Opinion No. 2017-MO-015 Submitted August 24, 2017 – Filed September 7, 2017 AFFIRMED Elizabeth Ann Hyatt, of Hyatt Law, LLC, of Lancaster, for Appellant. Mitchell A. Norrell, of Norrell & Powers Norrell, LLC, of Lancaster, Vordman Carlisle Traywick, III, and Robert E. Tyson, Jr., of Sowell Gray Robinson Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, and John L. Weaver, of Lancaster, for Respondents. PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b)(1), SCACR, and the following authorities: Issues I and II: State v. Bailey, 368 S.C. 39, 626 S.E.2d 898 (Ct. App. 2006)(where issue not ruled on by intermediate appellate court and no petition for rehearing is filed seeking a ruling, the issue is not appropriate for this Court's review); Issue III: Cole v. Town of Atlantic Beach Election Comm'n, 393 S.C. 264, 712 S.E.2d 440 (2011); In re November 4, 2008 Bluffton Town Council Election, 385 S.C. 632, 686 S.E.2d 683 (2009); Taylor v. Roche, 271 S.C. 505, 248 S.E.2d 580 (1978); S.C. Code Ann. § 5-15-130, -145 (2004). AFFIRMED. BEATTY, C.J., KITTREDGE, HEARN, FEW and JAMES, JJ., concur.

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