{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-15-125","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 5-15-125","heading":"Municipal elections resulting in tie.","body":"If any municipal election results in a tie, the municipal election commission or the municipal party committee shall conduct a runoff election to break the tie two weeks following that election. In the tie-breaking runoff, the laws of this State apply, mutatis mutandi. If the date for the tie-breaking runoff election falls on a legal holiday, it must be set for the same day of the first week following which is not a legal holiday. If a tie-breaking runoff election is required, any remaining municipal elections required are postponed for two weeks. If the date of a postponed election falls on a legal holiday, it must be set for the same day of the first week following which is not a legal holiday.","path":["Title 5 - MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS","CHAPTER 15 Nominations and Elections for Municipal Offices"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t05c015.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:22:59Z","sha256":"f998094f6009bd7d69de6f453fa02d3011b2cbfcfe14ffb9580fa9c69c5bcf3c","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-15-120","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-5-15-130"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}