(A) The Municipal Election Commission shall give public notice twice of all elections, the first notice published at least 60 days prior thereto, noting therein the date of the election and the deadline for filing petitions with the Municipal Election Commission. The second notice must be published not later than two weeks after the first notice.
(B) The notice must contain the following information:
(1) The last date one can register to be eligible to vote in the upcoming election;
(2) The date, time and location any hearing on challenged ballots will be held;
(3) The precincts involved in the election and the polling places in those precincts;
(4) The time and place absentee ballots will be counted; and
(5) Information instructing potential candidates on how to file for office in an election.
(Prior Code, § 6-7) (Ord. passed 3-19-1979; Ord. passed 10-19-2004)
Statutory reference:
Notice, see S.C. Code § 5-15-50