2019 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
Chapter 11 - Designation And Nomination Of Candidates
Section 7-11-12. Joint election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; qualifications; procedures.
(A) A person nominated for the Office of Governor by primary or convention, or seeking the Office of Governor as a petition candidate must designate a qualified elector to be elected jointly as Lieutenant Governor.
(B) A designee for Lieutenant Governor must possess all of the qualifications required to hold the Office of Governor.
(1) The appropriate political party shall determine if its gubernatorial candidate's Lieutenant Governor designee is qualified.
(2) The State Election Commission shall determine whether a gubernatorial petition candidate's Lieutenant Governor designee is qualified.
(C) No later than August first, a gubernatorial candidate's designation for Lieutenant Governor must be in writing and filed either with the appropriate political party, or, in the case of a petition candidate, with the State Election Commission.
(D) No later than August tenth, a Lieutenant Governor designee must provide:
(1) to the State Election Commission:
(a) a copy of the gubernatorial candidate's written designation for Lieutenant Governor; and
(b) a completed statement of intention of candidacy; and
(2) to the State Ethics Commission:
(a) a copy of the completed statement of intention of candidacy; and
(b) a current filed statement of economic interests.
(E)(1) If after being designated and before the general election the Lieutenant Governor candidate dies, becomes disqualified, or resigns for a legitimate nonpolitical reason as defined in Section 7-11-50, the gubernatorial candidate must make a substitution for the Lieutenant Governor candidate no later than ten days after the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs in the format provided in subsection (C).
(2) If a Lieutenant Governor candidate is substituted as provided in item (1), the substituted Lieutenant Governor candidate must file the documents required in subsection (D) no later than ten days after the substitution is made.
(3) The substitutions authorized in items (1) and (2) may be made after the general election if the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs before the general election. If the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs after the general election, the vacancy must be filled as provided in Section 1-3-125 by the Governor-elect.
(F) If the Lieutenant Governor candidate is not designated as provided in this section, the party or petition candidate for Governor shall not have his name placed on the ballot for the general election.
(G) A Lieutenant Governor candidate is not required to pay a separate filing fee.
(H) The provisions of Sections 7-11-10 and 7-11-210 are not applicable to a Lieutenant Governor candidate.
(I) If a Lieutenant Governor candidate has solicited or received contributions for another elective office, he must comply with the provisions of Sections 8-13-1350 and 8-13-1352. A contribution transferred to the single candidate committee of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly must comply with the requirements of Section 8-13-1314(A).
HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), Section 2, eff March 15, 2018.
