S.C. Code Ann. § 14-17-330: Clerk shall keep record of all persons elected to office.

Each of the clerks of courts of the various counties in this State shall keep a book in his office in which he shall record the name of each person elected to any office, together with the date of their election whenever such facts are obtainable. Such book shall be furnished by the governing body of the county, without cost to the clerk of court.