13 chapters · 399 sections in this title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-570 Procedure for hearing protest or contest; notice of decision
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(A) The executive committee shall hear the protest or contest within two weeks of the deadline for filing the same. Testimony at the hearing shall be limited to the grounds stated in the written protest. (B) The protestant and each other candidate in the protested race shall have…
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-60 Right to and notice of appeal from decision of county board
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The decision of the county board may be appealed to the State Board of Canvassers by any candidate adversely affected thereby. Notices of such appeal and the grounds thereof shall be made not later than noon Monday next following such decision by serving such notices on the chair…
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-600 No candidate shall be declared nominated in first primary without majority vote
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No candidate shall be declared nominated in a first primary election unless he received a majority of the votes cast for the office for which he was a candidate. The question of a majority vote shall be determined by the number of votes cast for any particular office and not by t…
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-610 What constitutes majority vote
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It is the intent of the South Carolina General Assembly that the following method be used in determining what candidates have received a majority vote for a particular office and are thereby entitled to be nominated on the first ballot according to the terms of Sections 7-17-600 …