Citizens entitled to vote in municipal elections
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Roper Superintendent Potosi Correctional Center v. Simmons (2005)
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 23-111; 1952 Code SECTION 23-111; 1950 (46) 2059; 1951 (47) 78; 1984 Act No. 290, SECTION 1, eff March 5, 1984.
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Every citizen of this State and of the United States:
(1) Of the age of eighteen years and upwards;
(2) Having all the qualifications mentioned in Section 7-5-120;
(3) Who has resided within the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality in this State for thirty days previous to any municipal election;
(4) Who has been registered for county, state, and national elections as herein required;
is entitled to vote at all municipal elections of his municipality.
Official source: South Carolina Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Carolina statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.