Each municipal governing body may by ordinance establish municipal ward lines and the time for general and special elections within the municipality. Public notice of the elections shall be given at least sixty days prior to such elections.
S.C. Code Ann. § 5-15-50
Establishment of municipal ward lines and time for general and special elections; public notice of elections
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Butler v. Town of Edgefield (1997)
Most recently applied in Denman v. City of Columbia (March 2010)
1962 Code SECTION 47-93; 1975 (59) 692; 1978 Act No. 435, SECTION 3.
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