S.C. Code Ann. § 5-15-61

Determination of election results under nonpartisan plurality method

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 604 F. App'x 244 - Greenville County Republican Party Executive Committee v. Greenville County Election Commission (2015)

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 47-94.1; 1977 Act No. 81, SECTION 1.

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.

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