Is committing election fraud OK as long as a Democrat wins? Jeremy Walters, the Vice Chairman of the S.C. Libertarian Party says it’s unacceptable, and is fighting a court battle. Walters says there is a media blackout on his case.
This week, a 5th Judicial Circuit judge did not dismiss a lawsuit that seeks to put a Libertarian candidate in the S.C. Charleston-area (District 42) Senate seat. The seat was left vacant on May 31, when Democrat Robert Ford resigned due to a scandal surrounding the use of public funds at adult establishments. A special election was held on October 1 and won by Democrat Marlon Kimpson, who garnered 79.6% of the vote.
"Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual." Thomas Jefferson
"If people can’t trust not only the executive branch but also don’t trust Congress, and don’t trust federal judges, to make sure that we’re abiding by the Constitution with due process and rule of law, then we’re going to have some problems here." - Barack Obama, June 7, 2013