4 Lexington County Candidates Turn in Petitions

Four Lexington County petition candidates have turned in signatures in an effort to secure a spot on the November ballot after being booted off the June primary ballot.

County Council District 3 petition candidates Darrell Hudson, Wes Howard and Anthony Keisler have turned in their signatures, said Lexington County elections director Dean Crepes.

 S.C. Senate District 23 candidate Katrina Shealy . 

Phil Perry, a candidate for House District 39, is expected to hand over his signatures to the state election commission Thursday morning.

County Council District 1 candidate Megan Hutto told The State newspaper that she had collected enough signatures, but she hasn't turned them in yet, according to the Lexington County elections office.

Petition candidates have until noon Monday to collect signatures from 5 percent of the registered voters in their districts. 

Local and state election officials will decide by Aug. 15 if the candidates collected enough valid signatures. Crepes said that process will take about four weeks for Lexington County officials.

A Supreme Court ruling in May . A second ruling just days before the primary knocked off , as well as House District 39 candidate Phil Perry.

The court's original decision centered around a state law that says candidates must file a paper copy of their statement of economic interest forms — in addition to filing online — at the same time they file for candidacy. The court ordered county parties to decertify candidates who didn't follow that law.

Shealy's race against Republican incumbent Sen. Jake Knotts is seen by many to be the trigger of the whole ballot controversy. that was meant to impact just a handful of Lexington County candidates.

A former campaign worker for Knotts was one of the palintiffs in the lawsuit, according to a report from The State.

The Supreme Court's ruling on the lawsuit disqualified more than 250 candidates across the state for the primary.