U.S.: Alvin Greene case: Why is the filing fee so much, anyway?
- 1% the percentage of your salary per year set aside for the filing fee in South Carolina
- $10k the cost of filing for the Senate in South Carolina – the amount Alvin Greene paid
- $3,480 the cost of filing for the House in South Carolina – less because it’s only two years source
- » Is this the same everywhere? No. Most states charge a modest (less than $500) fee to get on the ballot. And three states (Arizona, New York and Michigan) don’t even have the fee at all. In fact, only one other state charges as much as South Carolina for their Senate filing fee – Florida, which charges 6 percent of the first year’s salary.
- » A way out for Alvin: Pretty much because the Democrats think he’s in over his head, they’re willing to give him back his fee if he really wants to quit. And based on horribly uncomfortable interviews like this one, we can’t imagine why he wouldn’t want to quit.