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Section 7-17-10. Meeting and organization of county boards of canvassers. - The commissioners of election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, state...
Section 7-17-20. Canvass of votes. - The county board of canvassers, respectively, shall then proceed to...
Section 7-17-30. Protests and contests. - The county boards shall decide all cases under protest or...
Section 7-17-40. Poll lists shall accompany ballots in protests. - The poll list of each polling place in a general,...
Section 7-17-50. Hearings on protests or contests. - The board shall hear the protest or contest on Monday...
Section 7-17-60. Right to and notice of appeal from decision of county board. - The decision of the county board may be appealed to...
Section 7-17-70. Hearing of appeals. - Unless otherwise provided in Section 7-3-10(c), the state board must...
Section 7-17-80. Statements and returns. - The boards of county canvassers shall make such statements of...
Section 7-17-90. Duplicate statements filed with clerk of county. - Except in the case of the election for electors for...
Section 7-17-100. Separate statements of votes given for each candidate. - The board of county canvassers shall make separate statements of...
Section 7-17-210. State Election Commission constitutes board. - The State Election Commission shall, ex officio, constitute the Board...
Section 7-17-220. Meeting of board; telecommunication or electronic communication; public access. - Unless otherwise provided in Section 7-3-10(c), the Board of State...
Section 7-17-230. Power to adjourn; procedure when all certified statements have not been received. - The Board shall have power to adjourn from day to...
Section 7-17-240. Board shall make certified statement of all votes cast. - The Board when thus formed shall, upon the certified copies...
Section 7-17-250. Board shall declare persons elected and decide contested or protested cases; appeals. - Upon such statements the Board shall then proceed to determine...
Section 7-17-260. Cases decided by state board; filing and service. - The state board shall decide all cases under protest or...
Section 7-17-270. Hearing of protest or contest; procedure at hearing; notice of decision; appeals. - The board, acting in a judicial capacity, shall hear the...
Section 7-17-275. Petitioning Supreme Court for costs and attorney's fees associated with election protest. - (A) A party opposing an election protest that prevails at...
Section 7-17-280. Mandatory recounts. - Whenever the difference between the number of votes received by...
Section 7-17-290. Certificate of determination delivered to Secretary of State. - The Board shall make and subscribe, on the proper statement,...
Section 7-17-300. Secretary of State shall record result of canvass. - The Secretary of State shall record in his office, in...
Section 7-17-310. Copies of determinations transmitted to persons elected and Governor. - The Secretary of State shall, without delay, transmit a copy,...
Section 7-17-320. Statements printed in public newspapers. - The Secretary of State shall cause a copy of such...
Section 7-17-330. Certain certificates of election sent to Congress. - The Secretary of State shall prepare a general certificate, under...
Section 7-17-340. Record of elected county officers. - The Secretary of State shall enter in a book to...
Section 7-17-510. Convening of county board of voter registration and elections as county boards of canvassers; canvass and certification of primary results; canvass and declaration of results by Board of State Canvassers; telecommunication or electr... - The board of voter registration and elections for the counties...
Section 7-17-520. Protests and contests generally; filing and service. - The protests and contests in the case of county officers...
Section 7-17-530. Hearing by county executive committee. - The executive committee shall hear the protest or contest on...
Section 7-17-540. Right to and notice of appeal from decision of county executive committee. - The decision of the county executive committee may be appealed...
Section 7-17-550. Hearing of appeals by state executive committee. - The state executive committee must meet in Columbia not later...
Section 7-17-560. State executive committee to hear certain protests and contests; place of hearing; filing; notice and service. - The state executive committee must meet in Columbia at such...
Section 7-17-570. Procedure for hearing protest or contest; notice of decision. - The executive committee shall hear the protest or contest on...
Section 7-17-580. Appeal of protests and contests in municipal primaries. - In every political primary election held by any political party,...
Section 7-17-590. Board of State Canvassers for Municipal Primaries. - The State executive committee of every political party in this...
Section 7-17-600. No candidate shall be declared nominated in first primary without majority vote. - No candidate shall be declared nominated in a first primary...
Section 7-17-610. What constitutes majority vote. - It is the intent of the South Carolina General Assembly...
Section 7-17-620. Unopposed candidates declared nominees. - All unopposed candidates in primary elections shall be declared the...
Section 7-17-700. Continuation of protest in event of death of candidate in primary or nonpartisan election. - If any candidate in a primary or nonpartisan election dies...
Section 7-17-710. Continuation of protest in event of death of candidate in special or general election. - If any candidate in a special or general election dies...