By Alexander Thompson 

A Republican state senator from Charleston added drama to the S.C. Supreme Court election with allegations repeated this week that House Republicans effectively decided the race behind closed doors before it had even begun.

Senate Minority Leader Brad Hutto, D-Orangeburg, said the candidates’ quick withdrawals indicate a poll of some kind had been taken and accused Republicans of hiding behind the confidentiality pledge.

Informal polls are a very obvious evasion of the rules around pledging,” said Lynn Teague, the vice president for issues at the League of Women Voters of South Carolina. “It is a distinction without a difference and should not be permitted.

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