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Friday, May 03, 2013  The Atlantic Beach mayor's appeal of the May 2012 election, which she lost to Jake Evans, has been dismissed.

Monday, July 16, 2012  Potential petition candidates have until noon Monday to turn in their necessary signatures to be on November ballots with "petition" beside their names.

Monday, June 11, 2012  Five South Carolina candidates have sued in federal court to either get their names into consideration for Tuesday's primary or delay the voting until a judge hears their concerns.

Sunday, June 10, 2012  With the South Carolina Primary days away and all of the confusion about who is on or off the ballot, NewsChannel 15 created a list to clarify the races you will be voting on come Tuesday in the Grand Strand and Pee Dee.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  Tuesday's ruling from the SC Supreme Court regarding primary candidates who hadn't properly filed economic disclosure papers has eliminated at least one candidate in Georgetown County.

Wednesday, June 06, 2012  Tuesday's ruling from the SC Supreme Court regarding primary candidates who hadn't properly filed economic disclosure papers has eliminated at least one candidate in Horry County.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  With just one week to go until the primary election, more Horry County candidates may be off the ballot following a Supreme Court ruling Tuesday. The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled that the Florence County Republican Party deliberately disregarded the court's ruling and improperly certified candidates for the June 12th primary election.

Tuesday, June 05, 2012  The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that the Florence County Republican Party deliberately disregarded the court's ruling and improperly certified candidates for the June 12th Primary Election.

Monday, June 04, 2012  The court challenges over the primary ballot in South Carolina aren't quite done yet.

Thursday, May 31, 2012  The state Election Commission says candidates tossed off next month's primary ballots because of a court decision will get their filing fees back.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012  The SC Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit filed by the Florence County Democratic Party against the Florence County Republican Party. The justices will hear the arguments on June 4 at 2 p.m. in Columbia.

Monday, May 21, 2012  Circuit Court Judge Paul Burch ordered the names of three candidates to be removed from the South Carolina primary ballot following a hearing Monday afternoon.

Thursday, May 17, 2012  Thursday, the State Election Commission said the ballots for the June 12th Primary Election have been set and no changes will be made.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012  The South Carolina Senate has approved a bill meant to prevent in future elections the chaos that resulted in nearly 200 candidates being tossed off June primary ballots.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012  The next phase in the election cycle has begun, for the nearly 200 candidates who were left off the South Carolina primary ballot by a state Supreme Court ruling two weeks ago.