Two Greenville County Candidates Off Ballot

Two Upstate Republican Senate candidates have been removed from Tuesday's ballot.

Tommie Reece, a candidate for Senate District 6, and Wyatt Miler, a candidate for Senate District 5, were dropped for improperly filing their paperwork.

As of Thursday evening, the races for Senate District 7 and 8--which represent Mauldin--were unaffected.

Greenville County Elections Director Conway Belangia said a letter to the Greenville County Election Commission from Greenville County Republican Party Chair Betty Poe was dropped off at about 4:25 Thursday afternoon.

"The letter stated that those two candidates did not simultaneously file a copy of their statement of economic interest with their statement of intention of candidacy," Belangia said.

Belangia said all other candidates for Greenville County were recertified for Tuesday's primary.

According to the first page of the letter faxed to Patch by Belangia, the Greenville County Republican Party began reviewing their candidates in light of the .

In Oconee County, the Republican Party has cancelled its entire primary as every candidate was knocked off the ballot by the Court's decision.

The ballot remains unchanged in Pickens County, according to SCVotes.org.

GOP Chair Chad Connelly expressed his frustration with the recent turn of events Thursday evening in the attached video.