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SC Code § 7-13-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-35. Notice of general, municipal, special, and primary elections.

 Section effective until December 31, 2021. See, also, section effective December 31, 2021.  The authority charged by law with conducting an election must publish two notices of general, municipal, special, and primary elections held in the county in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality, as appropriate. Included in each notice must be a reminder of the last day persons may register to be eligible to vote in the election for which notice is given, notification of the date, time, and location of the hearing on ballots challenged in the election, a list of the precincts involved in the election, the location of the polling places in each of the precincts, and notification that the process of examining the return-addressed envelopes containing absentee ballots may begin at 9:00 a.m. on the calendar day immediately preceding election day at a place designated in the notice by the authority charged with conducting the election. The first notice must appear no later than sixty days before the election and the second notice must appear no later than two weeks after the first notice.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 572, eff July 1, 1978; 1988 Act No. 422, Section 2, eff March 28, 1988; 1990 Act No. 357, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1992 Act No. 253, Section 1, eff February 19, 1992; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 5, eff June 4, 1996; 2020 Act No. 133 (S.635), Section 1.A, eff May 13, 2020.
SC Code § 7-13-35 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-35. Notice of general, municipal, special, and primary elections.

 Section effective December 31, 2021. See, also, section effective until December 31, 2021.  The authority charged by law with conducting an election must publish two notices of general, municipal, special, and primary elections held in the county in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality, as appropriate. Included in each notice must be a reminder of the last day persons may register to be eligible to vote in the election for which notice is given, notification of the date, time, and location of the hearing on ballots challenged in the election, a list of the precincts involved in the election, the location of the polling places in each of the precincts, and notification that the process of examining the return-addressed envelopes containing absentee ballots may begin at 2:00 p.m. on election day at a place designated in the notice by the authority charged with conducting the election. The first notice must appear not later than sixty days before the election and the second notice must appear not later than two weeks after the first notice.  HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 572, eff July 1, 1978; 1988 Act No. 422, Section 2, eff March 28, 1988; 1990 Act No. 357, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1992 Act No. 253, Section 1, eff February 19, 1992; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 5, eff June 4, 1996; 2020 Act No. 133 (S.635), Section 1.A, eff May 13, 2020; 2020 Act No. 133 (S.635), Section 1.H, eff December 31, 2021.  Editor's Note  2020 Act No. 133, Section 1.H., provides as follows:  "[1.]H. The amendments contained in subsections A., B., and C. of this SECTION are repealed on December 31, 2021, and the text of these code sections therefore shall revert back to the language as contained in the South Carolina Code of Laws as of January 23, 2020."  Effect of Amendment  2020 Act No. 133, Section 1.A., in the second sentence, substituted "9:00 a.m. on the calendar day immediately preceding election day" for "2:00 p.m. on election day", and in the third sentence, substituted "no later than" for "not later than" in two places.
SC Code § 7-13-45 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-45. Acceptance of filings.

 In every general election year, the Executive Director of the State Election Commission and the director of each county board of voter registration and elections shall:  (1) accept filings during the regular business hours on the regular business days of the filing period as required by Section 7-11-15;  (2) place an advertisement to appear two weeks before the filing period begins in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least five by seven inches in size that notifies the public of the dates of the filing periods, the offices that may be filed for, the place and street address where filings may be made, and the hours that an authorized person will be present to receive filings.  HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 166, Section 1, eff January 1, 1990; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 6, eff June 4, 1996; 2013 Act No. 61, Section 6, eff June 25, 2013; 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), Section 7, eff March 15, 2018.  Editor's Note  2013 Act No. 61, Section 14, provides as follows:  "SECTION 14. This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first."  The amendment by 2013 Act No. 61 became effective June 25, 2013, see South Carolina Libertarian Party v. South Carolina State Election Com'n, 407 S.C. 612, 757 S.E.2d 707 (2014).  Effect of Amendment  2018 Act No. 142, Section 7, deleted the (A) identifier preceding "In every election year"; in (1), substituted "accept filings during the regular business hours on the regular business days of the filing period" for "establish regular hours of not less than four hours a day during the final seventy-two hours of the filing period in which the director or some person he designates must be present to accept filings"; and made a nonsubstantive change in (2).
SC Code § 7-13-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-50. Second and other primaries.

 A second primary, when necessary, must be held two weeks after the first and is subject to the rules governing the first primary. At the second primary the two candidates among those who do not withdraw their candidacies and who received more votes in the first primary than any other remaining candidate alone shall run for any one office and if only one candidate remains, he is considered nominated, except that if there are two or more vacancies for any particular office, the number of candidates must be double the number of vacancies to be filled if so many candidates remain. In all second primaries the candidate receiving the largest number of votes cast for a given office must be declared the nominee for the office whether or not he has received a majority of the votes cast for that office, and when there are several candidates for several different offices, then the several candidates receiving the largest number of votes for the several positions are considered as nominated for the offices whether or not they received a majority of the votes cast. Other primaries, if necessary, must be ordered in a similar manner by the county board of voter registration and elections or the State Election Commission, as appropriate.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-397; 1952 Code Section 23-387; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1988 Act No. 364, Section 3, eff March 14, 1988; 1992 Act No. 253, Section 3, eff February 19, 1992.
SC Code § 7-13-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-60. Hours polls open.

 The polls must be opened at seven o'clock a.m. and closed at seven o'clock p.m. the day of election and must be held open during these hours without intermission or adjournment.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-398; 1952 Code Section 23-342; 1950 (46) 2059; 1956 (49) 1775, 1799; 1965 (54) 466; 1966 (54) 2340; 1986 Act No. 342, eff March 7, 1986; 1992 Act No. 253, Section 4, eff February 19, 1992.
SC Code § 7-13-75 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-75. Members of local boards of voter registration and elections; political activity prohibited.

 No member of a county or municipal board of voter registration and elections may participate in political management or in a political campaign over whose election the member has jurisdiction during the member's term of office. No member may make a contribution to a candidate or knowingly attend a fundraiser held for the benefit of a candidate over whose election the member has jurisdiction. Violation of this section subjects the member to removal by the Governor or appropriate appointive authority.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 423, Section 1, eff June 18, 1996; 2000 Act No. 392, Section 1, eff August 1, 2000.
SC Code § 7-13-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-80. Organization of voter registration and elections; managers and clerks; oaths.

 The board members, managers, and clerks at their first meeting, respectively, must proceed to organize as a board. The county board of voter registration and elections must appoint the chairman of the board of managers. The chairman must be a resident and registered elector of the respective county in which he is appointed to work or in an adjoining county. The chairman, in each instance, may administer oaths.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.1; 1952 Code Section 23-307; 1950 (46) 2059; 1961 (52) 48; 1966 (54) 2340; 1990 Act No. 357, Section 3, eff March 19, 1990; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 7, eff June 4, 1996; 2019 Act No. 54 (H.3035), Section 2, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 54, Section 2, inserted the third sentence, providing that a chairman must be a resident and registered elector of the respective county in which he is appointed to work or in an adjoining county.
SC Code § 7-13-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-100. Managers shall take oath before opening polls.

 The managers before opening the polls, shall take and sign the following oath: "We do solemnly swear that we will conduct this election according to law and will allow no person to vote who is not entitled by law to vote in this election, and we will not unlawfully assist any voter to prepare his ballot and will not advise any voter as to how he should vote at this election."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.3; 1952 Code Section 23-378; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.
SC Code § 7-13-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-110. Residency requirements of chairmen, clerks, and managers of elections.

 Each chairman and clerk appointed from among the managers of election for the various polling places must be a resident and registered elector of the respective county in which he is appointed to work or in an adjoining county. All managers of election who are not appointed to serve as chairmen or clerks for the various polling places in the State must be residents and registered electors of the State of South Carolina. Any person qualified to serve as a manager who requests to work in his resident county or an adjoining county must be given priority over qualified persons from other counties for appointment to work in the resident county or an adjoining county. Any person at least sixteen years of age who has completed the training required by Section 7-13-72 and who is not otherwise disqualified by law may be appointed as a poll manager's assistant by the appropriate county board of voter registration and elections. A sixteen- or seventeen-year-old appointed as a poll manager's assistant may not serve as chairman of the managers or clerk in the polling place to which he or she is appointed. Sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds must serve under supervision of the chairman of the managers of the polling place, and their specific duties must be prescribed by the county board of voter registration and elections. One sixteen- or seventeen-year-old assistant poll manager may be appointed for every two regular poll managers appointed to work in a precinct.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.3:1; 1974 (58) 2367; 2000 Act No. 337, Section 1, eff June 6, 2000; 2001 Act No. 53, Section 1, eff May 29, 2001; 2019 Act No. 54 (H.3035), Section 3, eff May 16, 2019.  Effect of Amendment  2019 Act No. 54, Section 3, inserted the first sentence, rewrote the second sentence, providing that a manager who is not appointed to serve as a chairman or clerk must be a resident and registered elector of the State of South Carolina, inserted the third sentence, and made a nonsubstantive change.
SC Code § 7-13-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-120. Candidates and their relatives may not be managers or clerks.

 (1) It shall be unlawful for a candidate or the spouse, parents, children, brothers or sisters of a candidate for public office to work as a manager or clerk of election at a polling place where such candidate's name appears on the ballot.  (2) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23:400.3:2; 1974 (58) 2209.
SC Code § 7-13-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-130. Managers' table; guard rail; general arrangement; preservation of right to vote and secrecy of ballot.

 The polling places shall be provided with a table for the managers. The polls shall be provided with a guard rail, so that no one except as herein authorized shall approach nearer than five feet to the booths in which the voters are preparing their ballots. The managers at each voting place shall arrange the table, desk or other place upon which the ballot boxes shall be placed so that there shall be no crowding or confusion immediately around the boxes, and suitable means shall be provided to enable each voter to approach the boxes and deposit his ballot without interference or hindrance. The right to vote of each person so entitled and the secrecy of the ballot shall be preserved at all times.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.4; 1952 Code Section 23-344; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.
SC Code § 7-13-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-140. Maintenance of order; police powers of managers.

 Managers of election are clothed with such police powers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The managers shall possess full authority to maintain good order at the polls and to enforce obedience to their lawful commands during an election and during the canvass and counting of the votes. All peace officers shall answer all such calls for help in preserving the peace as may be made by the managers of election.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.5; 1952 Code Section 23-360; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.
SC Code § 7-13-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-150. Penalty for failure to assist in maintaining order.

 Any person who, when summoned or called upon by peace officers shall fail or refuse to assist him in maintaining the peace and good order at the polls shall be fined in a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.6; 1952 Code Section 23-361; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.
SC Code § 7-13-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-160. Peace officers shall enter polling place only on request or to vote.

 No sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman or other officers shall be allowed to come within the polling place except to vote unless summoned into it by a majority of the managers. On failure of any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman or other officer to comply with the provisions of the preceding sentence, the managers of election, or one of them, shall make affidavit against such sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman or other officer for his arrest.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.7; 1952 Code Section 23-362; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.
SC Code § 7-13-170 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-170. Procedure when managers fail to attend, take charge of, or conduct election.

 If all of the managers fail to attend at the same time and place appointed for holding the poll, or shall refuse or fail to act, or if no manager has been appointed for the poll, it is lawful for the voters present at the precinct voting place on that day to appoint from among the qualified voters of the precinct the managers to act as managers in the place and stead of the absent managers, and any one of the managers appointed shall administer the oath to the other managers. But if the duly appointed managers attend in a reasonable time, they shall take charge of and conduct the election.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.8; 1952 Code Section 23-343; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 2010 Act No. 245, Section 5, eff June 2, 2010.
SC Code § 7-13-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-180. Posting proposed constitutional amendments at polling place.

 Whenever an amendment to the Constitution of this State shall be voted upon at any election, the board of voter registration and elections of each county in the State shall have such amendment conspicuously posted at each voting precinct in the county upon the day of the election. Such printed amendments shall be furnished to the members of the county board of voter registration and elections by the Secretary of State.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.23; 1952 Code Section 23-321; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.
SC Code § 7-13-310 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-310. Kinds of general election ballots; different colored paper to be used.

 In the general elections provided for in Section 7-13-10, there shall be four kinds of ballots called, respectively: "Official Ballot for Presidential Elector"; "Official Ballot for State Offices, United States Senator and Members of Congress"; "Official Ballot for State Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, County, Circuit and Other Offices" and "Official Ballot on Constitutional Amendments or other Propositions Submitted." Each such kind of ballot shall be printed upon different colored paper as shall be provided for by the executive director.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.11; 1952 Code Section 23-308; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2124.
SC Code § 7-13-315 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-315. Joint election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; single vote.

 The State Election Commission shall ensure that the Governor and Lieutenant Governor must be elected jointly so that each voter casts a single vote to elect a Governor and Lieutenant Governor.  HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), Section 3, eff March 15, 2018.
SC Code § 7-13-325 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-325. Use of candidate's given name, derivative of, or nickname on ballot.

 The name of a candidate authorized by law to appear on a ballot in a general, special, or primary election in this State for any office may be one of the following or a combination of them:  (1) the candidate's given name;  (2) a derivative of the candidate's given name properly acquired under the common law and used in good faith for honest purposes; or  (3) a nickname which bears no relation to the candidate's given name but which is used in good faith for honest purposes and does not exceed fifteen letters on the ballot.  The derivative name or nickname may not imply professional or social status, an office, or military rank.  A candidate wanting to use a derivative name or a nickname, as permitted by items (2) and (3), respectively, of this section, shall notify the authority responsible by law for conducting the election, in writing, before a deadline for receiving or certifying candidates' names for inclusion on the ballot, the name he wishes to have appear and shall present evidence required by the authority conducting the election that the name indicated is his derivative name or nickname. In deciding whether the name indicated is the candidate's derivative name or nickname, the authority conducting the election shall consider appropriate criteria, including, but not limited to, the following:  (a) whether the name is the designation by which the candidate is usually and commonly known in the community in which he resides or called by other persons;  (b) whether the name is the designation by which the candidate calls himself or which he has adopted;  (c) whether the name is the designation under which the candidate transacts private and official business.  The State Election Commission may promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of the section, including, but not limited to, forms to be completed by the candidate and the deadline by which a candidate shall indicate the name he wished to have appear on the ballot.  HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 180 Section 1, eff June 30, 1987; 1989 Act No. 106, Section 1, eff May 31, 1989.
SC Code § 7-13-330 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-330. Form of ballot; instructions.

 The arrangement of general election ballots containing the names of candidates for office must conform as nearly as possible to the following plan, with a column or columns added in case of nomination by petition and a blank column added for write-in votes, and must contain the specified instructions there set forth and no other:  GENERAL ELECTION OFFICIAL BALLOT No. __________________ COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA November ___, _____ ______________ Initials of Issuing Officer OFFICIAL BALLOT GENERAL ELECTION ____________________ County, South Carolina November ___, _____ Precinct __________   INSTRUCTIONS-To vote a straight party ticket, make a cross (X) in the circle (O) under the name of your party. Nothing further need or should be done. To vote a mixed ticket, or in other words for candidates of different parties or petition candidates, omit making a cross (X) mark in the party circle at the top and make a cross (X) in the voting square [] opposite the name of each candidate on the ballot for whom you wish to vote. If you wish to vote for a candidate not on any ticket, write or place the name of such candidate on your ticket opposite the name of the office. Before leaving the booth, fold the ballot so that the initials of the manager may be seen on the outside of the ballot.  Nomination by Name of Party Name of Party Petition Names of Office 0 0 STATE Governor Governor Governor Governor [] Name of [] Name of [] Name of Candidate Candidate Candidate Lieutenant Lieut. Governor Lieut. Governor Lieut. Governor Governor [] Name of [] Name of [] Name of Candidate Candidate Candidate Secretary of Sec. of State Sec. of State Sec. of State State [] Name of [] Name of [] Name of Candidate Candidate Candidate CONGRES- U.S. Senator U.S. Senator U.S. Senator SIONAL [] Name of [] Name of [] Name of Senator Candidate Candidate Candidate Representative U.S. Repre- U.S. Repre- U.S. Repre- in Congress sentative sentative sentative [] Name of [] Name of [] Name of District Candidate Candidate Candidate   HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-400.13; 1952 Code Section 23-310; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 2000 Act No. 236, Section 5, eff March 7, 2000.