Someone Claiming to Be South Carolina's Secretary of State Is Apparently Reading the Constitution

by: Tim Kelly

Thu Jul 02, 2009 at 12:09:34 PM EDT

I'm not sure what surprises me more: that someone actually holds the office of SC Secretary of State or that somehow our brain waves have crossed.

But it appears that alleged SOS Mark SanfordHammond is researching the very section of the state constitution I wrote about this morning.

From the Spartanburg Herald-Journal:

Hammond, a Republican from Spartanburg, said his general counsel was researching whether Article IV, Section 12 of the constitution could apply to Sanford, who a week ago admitted to an affair with an Argentine woman and on Tuesday to “crossing the line” but stopping short of a sexual relationship with others.

We will continue to monitor this situation, including the alarming information that someone is claiming to be SC Secretary of State.