S.C. Code Ann. § 5-15-60

Municipality to adopt method of nominating candidates for and determining results of nonpartisan elections

Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case Greenville County Republican Party Executive Committee v. South Carolina (2011)

Most recently applied in 604 F. App'x 244 - Greenville County Republican Party Executive Committee v. Greenville County Election Commission (March 2015)

1962 Code SECTION 47-94; 1975 (59) 692; 1977 Act No. 81, SECTION 2.

Each municipality in this State shall adopt by ordinance one of the following alternative methods of nominating candidates for and determining the results of its nonpartisan elections:

(1) The nonpartisan plurality method prescribed in SECTION 5-15-61;

(2) The nonpartisan election and runoff election method prescribed in SECTION 5-15-62;

(3) The nonpartisan primary election and general election method prescribed in SECTION 5-15-63. If nonpartisan elections are not provided for, nomination of candidates for municipal offices may be by party primary, party convention or by petition in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the applicable provisions of the state election laws and the rules of municipal political party organizations not in conflict therewith.

Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.