Closed Primaries vs. Candidate Control: Know the Difference
SCGOP, South Carolina, Freedom Caucus, Lexington Sarah Grace Allen SCGOP, South Carolina, Freedom Caucus, Lexington Sarah Grace Allen

Closed Primaries vs. Candidate Control: Know the Difference

The agenda for the Lexington County Republican Party monthly meeting was issued today. Among several resolutions at the upcoming meeting on Monday, the executive committee will consider:

* A resolution supporting the “clean” closed primary bill (H.5183), a fantastic piece written and submitted by Preston Baines.

* A separate resolution imposing candidate qualification standards requiring a candidate to have voted in two of the last three Republican primaries.

It’s important to note the differences between the two.

One is about who votes in our primaries.
The other is about who is allowed to run.

That distinction matters.

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Citizens, Activists left in the Dark during Kershaw County GOP Leadership's Discipline of Conservatives
SCGOP, South Carolina, Kershaw, Freedom Caucus Preston Baines SCGOP, South Carolina, Kershaw, Freedom Caucus Preston Baines

Citizens, Activists left in the Dark during Kershaw County GOP Leadership's Discipline of Conservatives

It was another cold evening at the American Legion in Camden as the Kershaw County Republican Party held their monthly business meeting on Thursday, February 5. The meeting contained items that were the latest in a saga that pitted the SCGOP-aligned leadership (which holds a slim majority of the body and its leaders) against the conservative faction, or "KCGOP Freedom Caucus."

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