South Carolina § 5-15-60 - Municipality to adopt method of nominating candidates for and determining results of nonpartisan elections.
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§ 5-15-60. Municipality to adopt method of nominating candidates for and determining results of nonpartisan elections.
Each municipality in this State shall adopt by ordinance one of the following alternative methods of nominating candidates for and determining the results of its nonpartisan elections:
(1) The nonpartisan plurality method prescribed in SECTION 5-15-61;
(2) The nonpartisan election and runoff election method prescribed in SECTION 5-15-62;
(3) The nonpartisan primary election and general election method prescribed in SECTION 5-15-63. If nonpartisan elections are not provided for, nomination of candidates for municipal offices may be by party primary, party convention or by petition in accordance with the provisions of this chapter, the applicable provisions of the state election laws and the rules of municipal political party organizations not in conflict therewith.
HISTORY: 1962 Code SECTION 47-94; 1975 (59) 692; 1977 Act No. 81, SECTION 2.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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