COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Democratic Party has filed a lawsuit to remove Labor Party candidates from the November 2022 ballot.
The Labor Party nominated Gary Votour for governor and his running mate Harold Geddings for lieutenant governor, and Lucus Faulk in the 1st Congressional District race during a nominating convention last month despite a dispute among party leaders whether to nominate anyone at all.
The state’s Democratic Party argues in the lawsuit that the Labor Party’s convention occurred too late, as state law requires nominating conventions to happen by May 15.