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South Carolina · Through 2025 Session of the General Assembly

S.C. Code Ann. § 8-13-765: Use of government personnel or facilities for campaign purposes; government personnel permitted to work on campaigns on own time.

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  1. Title 8 - PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
  2. CHAPTER 13 Ethics, Government Accountability, and Campaign Reform
  3. ARTICLE 7 Rules of Conduct

(A) No person may use government personnel, equipment, materials, or an office building in an election campaign. The provisions of this subsection do not apply to a public official's use of an official residence.

(B) A government, however, may rent or provide public facilities for political meetings and other campaign-related purposes if they are available on similar terms to all candidates and committees, as defined in Section 8-13-1300(6).

(C) This section does not prohibit government personnel, where not otherwise prohibited, from participating in election campaigns on their own time and on nongovernment premises.

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