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Election Sources: Thomas Ravenel Will Qualify For November Ballot

INDEPENDENT U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE WILL “EASILY” CLEAR THRESHOLD FOR VALID SIGNATURES Lowcountry businessman and independent conservative Thomas Ravenel has officially qualified for the November ballot, sources close to the S.C. Election Commission (SCEC) tell FITS. Ravenel submitted 17,000 signatures last month – of which 9,949 have currently been verified by…

INDEPENDENT U.S. SENATE CANDIDATE WILL “EASILY” CLEAR THRESHOLD FOR VALID SIGNATURES

Lowcountry businessman and independent conservative Thomas Ravenel has officially qualified for the November ballot, sources close to the S.C. Election Commission (SCEC) tell FITS.

Ravenel submitted 17,000 signatures last month – of which 9,949 have currently been verified by commission staff.

“He’s fifty-one valid signatures away from the threshold and several of the state’s larger counties have yet to report their results,” our source said.

Ravenel is expected to cross the magic 10,000-valid signature mark sometime Tuesday or Wednesday, the source added, meaning he will be officially certified as a candidate for the U.S. Senate against incumbent “Republican” Lindsey Graham.

Ravenel – the star of Bravo television’s Southern Charm  reality show – has been running an aggressive campaign ever since he filed his signatures last month, challenging Graham and Democrat Brad Hutto to a series of statewide debates and blistering Graham for his failed foreign policy.

He’s also blasted Graham for lying about his military record – while calling for the termination of American foreign aid to Middle Eastern combatants and wealthy European nations that refuse to defend themselves.

Ravenel is the second independent candidate to qualify for the November ballot via the petition process.  Tom Ervin – a former Upstate, S.C. judge and lawmaker – qualified for the ballot earlier this summer against incumbent “Republican” Gov. Nikki Haley.

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22 comments

anon. August 5, 2014 at 10:35 am

How can he qualify, if he’s renounced his US Citizenship as reported and quoted on this very site, Will?

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NO 'trustinTom' August 5, 2014 at 10:41 am

How can a self-identified ‘card carrying’ Republican run as an Independent for governor?

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vicupstate August 5, 2014 at 11:59 am

It can happen anytime someone decides to put principles above party.

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Snort August 5, 2014 at 1:12 pm

or 8 balls above ethics

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anon. August 5, 2014 at 10:48 am

US Consititution- No Person shall be a Senator who shall not have attained to the Age of thirty
Years, and been nine Years a Citizen of the United States, and who shall not,
when elected, be an Inhabitant of that State for which he shall be chosen.

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anon. August 5, 2014 at 10:40 am

Former S.C. Treasurer Thomas Ravenel has renounced his American citizenship and is leaving the United States to live in a country where he “can be free.”

The 49-year-old real estate developer made the announcement Friday morning after his lawyer informed him that he would never be able to own a firearm as a result of his 2007 conviction on federal drug charges.

“Because I’m a convicted felon, I can never possess a firearm,” Ravenel wrote on his Facebook page. “Even if I’m in a home where there’s a gun or even just a single bullet the govt. would construe that as constructive possession according to legal counsel which would guarantee me 15 years in federal prison without parole. After carefully weighing my options and not wanting to put my freedom in jeopardy every time I visit my family or friends I’ve decided to renounce my American citizenship and live where I can be free.”

Ravenel said that he would “keep a house (in America) and maintain investments,” but that he would do so as a non-citizen.

Ravenel – a longtime friend and former client of our founding editor, Will Folks – resigned as State Treasurer in July 2007 after being indicted on federal drug charges. In September of that year, he pleaded guilty to ”conspiring to buy and distribute less than 100 grams of cocaine” and served ten months in a federal prison.

Read more at https://www.fitsnews.com/2011/10/28/thomas-ravenel-renounces-his-citizenship/#57SAiWDTqogECBrM.99

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Smirks August 5, 2014 at 10:58 am

The most hilarious thing is that the US allows a bunch more freedom for gun ownership than most countries, and yet this dipshit goes and commits a felony and gets that right revoked. Where the fuck does he think he is going to move to? What country doesn’t care if felons arm themselves with guns? Somalia, perhaps?

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Sandi Morals August 5, 2014 at 11:33 am

Obama’s hood, Chicago.

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Nunc Pro Tunc August 5, 2014 at 2:43 pm

US Supreme Court Has Ruled Certain Convicted Felons May Have Guns.

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Watching The Bull Shit August 5, 2014 at 2:27 pm

Who cares. Is this all there is?

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Graham Is A Felon August 5, 2014 at 2:57 pm

The renunciation process. Did he go to the consulate or embassy overseas and announce his intentions. Did he go through the process? Did he sign an oath of renunciation?

Many renounce their US citizenship primarily for tax purposes.

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anon. August 5, 2014 at 6:46 pm

I don’t know if he did or didn’t “Officially” renounce his citizenship. That’s not the point. He’s unstable. Five years ago he wants to renounce his citizenship, now he wants to hold one of the highest government positions in the country? In 2007 he becomes a convicted FELON, now he’s a reality TV “star.” Prior to 2007 he was a coke head, now he’s a family man…and Will, use another nom de plume besides Graham Is A Felon.

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gregorybgeddings August 5, 2014 at 10:44 am

Will has repeatedly sniffed T-Rav’s farts and pronounced them “pungent” yet “satisfying, and addictive!”

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Will Folks aka Sic August 5, 2014 at 10:50 am

They are splendiferous …

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shifty henry August 5, 2014 at 11:42 am

ha! ha! —- Fits is unflappable this morning…

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gregorybgeddings August 5, 2014 at 4:37 pm

Yup! Sometimes even buzzards get so full of carrion that all they can do is sit on the side of the road farting and shitting their ballast while watching the cars go by…

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shifty henry August 5, 2014 at 6:28 pm

‘shitting their ballast’ — pretty good!

shifty henry August 5, 2014 at 11:12 am

AUGUST — Celebrate, because OFFICIALLY:
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(this month) — ADMIT YOU’RE HAPPY MONTH
(this day, 8/5) — WORK LIKE A DOG DAY

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vicupstate August 5, 2014 at 12:02 pm

Sandi (lacking) Morals will post about how Ravenel gave booze or bucks to get those signatures in 3, 2, 1…

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Snort August 5, 2014 at 1:11 pm

Neither booze nor bucks, he gave them 8 balls.

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GrandTango August 5, 2014 at 1:42 pm

No, it’s democrats who pay off in drink and cigarettes.
I think Ravenel pays off in cocaine and crack…

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scman August 6, 2014 at 11:51 am

I am gonna miss it when we don’t have T-Rav to kick around any more. But something tells me he won’t go quietly. Will- Tell T-Rav to go pay the bar bill he walked on in Mount Pleasant, it looks bad.

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