South Carolina Statutes
§ 5-15-61 — Determination of election results under nonpartisan plurality method.
South Carolina·Title 5 MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS·Ch. 15 NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS FOR MUNICIPAL OFFICES
In conducting nonpartisan elections and using the plurality method, election results shall be determined in accordance with the following rules:
(1)When more than one person is seeking election to a single office, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected.
(2)When more persons are seeking election to two or more offices (constituting a group) than there are offices to be filled, those candidates receiving the highest number of votes, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled, shall be declared elected.
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Legislative History
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 47-94.1; 1977 Act No. 81, SECTION 1.
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