Election; term; vacancies

S.C. Code Ann. § 46-3-40, under Title 46, Chapter 3.

S.C. Code Ann. § 46-3-40

The Commissioner shall be elected by the qualified electors in the general election now provided by law for the election of State officers of the State government, for a term of four years, the next term after the adoption of this Code beginning on the first day of January 1963. In case a vacancy should occur the Governor shall appoint a successor for the unexpired term.