{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-7-17-600","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-600","heading":"No candidate shall be declared nominated in first primary without majority vote.","body":"No candidate shall be declared nominated in a first primary election unless he received a majority of the votes cast for the office for which he was a candidate. The question of a majority vote shall be determined by the number of votes cast for any particular office and not by the whole number of votes cast in the primary.","path":["Title 7 - ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 17 Canvass of Votes; Certificates and Records of Results","ARTICLE 5 Provisions Applicable to Primary Elections"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t07c017.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:27:09Z","sha256":"dc0cb5725ccce3086b48335b6898073ea93f56701724e835ce9d500ef1c57a48","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-7-17-590","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-7-17-610"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}