BBB
SCHOOL BOARD ELECTIONS
Issued: 4/96
Rescinds: BAA
Issued: 9/87

Trustees of the Georgetown County Board of Education are elected in an election conducted by the County Election Commission at the same time as the November general election. The office of chairman shall be a separate office and any person desiring to become chairman shall specifically file and run for such office. Board members will serve staggered, four-year terms.

The County Commissioners of Election for Georgetown County shall conduct and supervise all elections for the School Board. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts and do all things necessary to carry out such elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results thereof. The commissioners shall advertise the date of any such election at least once each week for four successive weeks preceding the election in all weekly newspapers of general circulation published in Georgetown County. Expenses for the election of the County Board of Education shall be borne by the County. Candidates for the Board of Education shall file as candidates with the County Commissioners of Election.


LEGAL REFERENCES
A. S. C. ACTS & JOINT RESOLUTIONS:
1. 1976 (831) P. 2402 - GEORGETOWN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
2. 1979 (263) P. 960 - COMMISSIONERS OF ELECTION...SHALL CONDUCT ALL ELECTIONS FOR MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS BOARDS OF TRUSTEES OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS OF THE COUNTY.

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