South Carolina § 7-13-350 - Certification of candidates; verification of qualifications.

§ 7-13-350. Certification of candidates; verification of qualifications.

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the nominees in a party primary or party convention held under the provisions of this title by any political party certified by the commission for one or more of the offices, national, state, circuit, multi-county district, countywide, less than countywide, or municipal to be voted on in the general election, held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, must be placed upon the appropriate ballot for the election as candidates nominated by the party by the authority charged by law with preparing the ballot if the names of the nominees are certified, in writing, by the political party chairman, vice-chairman, or secretary to the authority, for general elections held under Section 7-13-10, not later than twelve o'clock noon on August fifteenth or, if August fifteenth falls on Saturday or Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday; and for a special or municipal general election, by at least twelve o'clock noon on the sixtieth day prior to the date of holding the election, or if the sixtieth day falls on Sunday, by twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. Political parties nominating candidates by primary or convention must verify the qualifications of those candidates prior to certification to the authority charged by law with preparing the ballot. The written certification required by this section must contain a statement that each candidate certified meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office for which he has filed. Any candidate who does not, or will not by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, meet the qualifications for the office for which he has filed shall not be nominated and certified, and such candidate's name shall not be placed on a general, special, or municipal election ballot.

(B) Candidates for President and Vice President must be certified not later than twelve o'clock noon on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in September to the State Election Commission.

HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 23-400.15; 1952 Code SECTION 23-312; 1950 (46) 2059; 1958 (50) 1860; 1959 (51) 285; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2866; 1976 Act No. 644; 1984 Act No. 263, SECTION 3, eff January 27, 1984; 1984 Act No. 405, SECTION 1, eff May 24, 1984; 1986 Act No. 344, SECTION 1, eff March 7, 1986; 1998 Act No. 412, SECTION 5, eff June 9, 1998; 2000 Act No. 236, SECTION 6, eff March 7, 2000; 2000 Act No. 392, SECTION 3, eff August 1, 2000; 2003 Act No. 3, SECTION 3, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on January 16, 2003); 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), SECTION 1, eff June 11, 2015.