| Filing Deadline: | 3/30/2010, 12 Noon |
| Primary Date: | 6/8/2010 |
| Filing Fee: | The filing fee, if required, is one percent of the total salary for the term of that office or $100., whichever is greater. |
| Handbook: | South Carolina Voting Candidate Information 2010 Important Dates (PDF) Methods of Nominating Election Code Filing Forms |
| Secretary of State Elections Department: |
Main: (803) 734-9060 Fax: (803) 734-9366 E-mail: elections@elections.sc.gov |
| Law: | Election Code Methods of Nominating |
| Website: |
http://www.scvotes.org/ |
| Residency: | An inhabitant of the state |
| Signature/Forms: |
All candidates seeking a political party’s nomination to run in a general or special election must file a statement of intention of candidacy form. Candidates for federal office must file with the state executive committee of the political party.
To be nominated by petition, a candidate must file a nominating petition containing the valid signatures of at least 5% of the active, registered voters in the geographical area the office represents. The 5% is based on the total number of registered voters in the geographical area 120 days prior to the election. No petition requires more than 10,000 signatures.
3/15/2010, 12 Noon, Filing opens |
