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South Carolina Statutes § 7-13-2210 General or special election

Up to Article 19: General, Special, and Primary Elections Resulting in a Tie

Statute Text

If any general election or special election, other than a nonpartisan municipal election, results in a tie vote and no candidate withdraws, the election officials who conducted the tie election shall conduct a runoff election to break the tie two weeks following the tie election. In the tie-breaking runoff, the laws of this State apply, mutatis mutandi. If the date for the tie-breaking runoff falls on a legal holiday, it must be held on the same day of the first week following which is not a legal holiday.

History

1988 Act No. 364, Section 2, eff 3/14/1988 .

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