No question may be submitted to the qualified electors in a referendum held at the time of a general election unless the question is submitted to the appropriate election commission to be placed on the ballot no later than 12:00 noon on August fifteenth or, if August fifteenth falls on Saturday or Sunday, not later than 12:00 noon on the following business day.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-355
Time for submitting question to election commission for submission as referendum to electors
1987 Act No. 131 SECTION 1, eff June 3, 1987; 2000 Act No. 236, SECTION 9, eff March 7, 2000.
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