South Carolina General Assembly
106th Session, 1985-1986

Bill 287

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               287
Ratification Number:       51
Act Number:                290
Introducing Body:          Senate
Subject:                        Election of the School Board of
                           Trustees of Pickens County
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(A290, R51, S287)

AN ACT TO AMEND ACT 260 OF 1981, RELATING TO THE ELECTION OF THE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PICKENS COUNTY, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT PERSONS DESIRING TO QUALIFY AS CANDIDATES FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OF TRUSTEES FILE WRITTEN NOTICE WITH THE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Qualification of candidates

SECTION 1. Act 260 of 1981 is amended by adding:

"Section 1A. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of their candidacy with the county election commission at least thirty days before the date set for any election but not earlier than sixty days prior to an election. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and shall include the candidate's name, age, voting precinct, single-member election district in which the candidate resides, period of residence in the district, and any other information the county election commission may require.

The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise all elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this State mutatis mutandi. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commissioners shall advertise the date of the election sixty days preceding the election in the newspapers of general circulation published in Pickens County and shall publish a second notice two weeks thereafter. The cost of the elections is borne by Pickens County. The results of the election must be determined in accordance with the nonpartisan plurality method prescribed by Section 1 of Act 81 of 1977."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon approval by the Governor.