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To: Brumar89 who wrote (713860)	5/7/2013 7:08:21 PM
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Dem Candidate Listed Twice on Ballot in South Carolina Special Election 9:47 AM, MAY 7, 2013 • BY DANIEL HALPER weeklystandard.com Elizabeth Colbert-Busch, the Democratic nominee for the South Carolina First Congressional District special election, is listed twice on today's ballot. Colbert-Busch is also the nominee of the Working Families party. The special election is today. Here's a screen shot of the ballot those South Carolina voters will see today, courtesy of the South Carolina State Election Commission: "She's been nominated by both parties. There's no prohibition in South Carolina against that," explains Chris Whitmire, director of public information and training at the South Carolina State Election Commission. All votes for Colbert-Busch "go to Colbert-Busch," regardless of whether the voter selects the Democratic Busch or the Working Families Busch. But tonight, when the votes are counted, Busch's votes will be separated by party, even if it's the cumulative vote count that matters. Colbert-Busch is running against Eugene Platt of the Green party and Mark Sanford of the Republican party.

To: Brumar89 who wrote (713860)	5/7/2013 7:10:12 PM
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Media silent on arrest record of Democrat Elizabeth Colbert-Busch ELECTIONSMAY 6, 2013BY: JOE NEWBY Subscribe On Tuesday, voters in South Carolina's First Congressional District will choose a new congressional representative. Although the media has been all over the extra-marital affair that haunts Republican Mark Sanford, very little has been reported about the 1988 arrest record of his Democratic opponent, Elizabeth Colbert-Busch. On Sunday, the Independent Sentinel reported that Colbert-Busch spent time in jail on contempt-of-court charges during a messy divorce. A Google search, however, finds very little reporting on the incident outside of conservative blogs. According to the Sentinel, she "has been making some hay out of Sanford’s escapades with an Argentinian reporter he is now engaged to. She says things like, 'This isn’t Argentina.'” "Maybe Sanford should start saying, 'I don’t have a mugshot!'” Sara Noble wrote. Not only has Colbert-Busch worked to hide her arrest record, Noble said she has been keeping her views from voters by turning down most interviews. Earlier in May, Breitbart's Mike Flynn said that Colbert-Busch basically handed her campaign over to the DCCC, Nancy Pelosi's House Majority PAC and labor unions. She has rejected calls to debate Sanford and has kept a limited public schedule. "The Democrat apparently wants voters to elect her, before they find out what she believes," Flynn wrote. Reuters said that Sanford, who was accused by his ex-wife of trespassing at her home, has held "debates" with a cardboard cutout of House minority leader Nancy Pelosi on sidewalks and in parks. "The race is close and it's closing because Sanford has been successful in waging a negative campaign, tying her to the national Democrats," University of South Carolina political scientist Mark Tompkins said. The Reuters article, dated Monday, May 6, did not mention reports of Colbert-Busch's arrest record. The district has not elected a Democrat to the House in over 30 years.