Politics & Government
Colbert Paying Counties' Primary Shortfall
Charleston native and Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert explains his Colbert Nation Super PAC's role in funding the SC GOP Primary election

You before the S.C. Supreme Court decided that the state's counties are required to pay for the election rather than the Republican Party.
Now Colbert has penned a column for The State Newspaper explaining the situation, and announcing his Super PAC will now instead be reimbursing the state's counties for the $500,000 cost they will incur funding the election. All he's asking in return for the money is that South Carolina residents support a state Democratic Party push to get the State Supreme Court to reinstate the following non-binding referendum question on the ballot.
In order to address the issue of Corporate Personhood, the enfranchised People of the Sovereign State of South Carolina declare that:
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( ) Corporations are people.
( ) Only people are people.
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With the possibility of that question actually making it onto the Primary ballot we'd like our readers to weigh in, so please vote in our poll below, and tell us what you think about what Colbert is doing in the comments section.
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