South Carolina Statutes
§ 5-15-110 — Filing with municipal election commission of nomination petition by candidates nominated by petition.
South Carolina·Title 5 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS·Ch. 15 NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICES
Candidates for municipal offices in any partisan or nonpartisan general election nominated by petition shall file the necessary petition with the municipal election commission seventy-five days before the general election concerned. The commission shall examine the petition and determine its validity not later than sixty days before the general election concerned. A nomination petition must bear the signatures of not less than five percent of the qualified electors of the geographical area of the office for which he offers as a candidate.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 47-99; 1975 (59) 692; 1977 Act No. 81 SECTION 4; 1988 Act No. 387, SECTION 2; 1998 Act No. 412, SECTION 2.
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