ORD 2020-35 Adopted ORDINANCE NO. 2020-35
COMPLYING WITH SECTIONS 10-1 AND 10-2 OF THE
CODE OF LAWS OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA,
BY SETTING THE DATES FOR MUNICIPAL PARTY PRIMARIES, CONVENTIONS,
AND PARTISAN GENERAL ELECTION. TIMES FOR FILING OF NOMINATING
PETITIONS, CERTIFICATION OF CANDIDATES BY PARTIES,AND
CERTIFICATION OF CANDIDATES BY MUNICIPAL ELECTION COMMISSION
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, IN MEETING DULY ASSEMBLED AND
BY THE AUTHORITY THEREOF, THAT:
I. The 2021 Municipal General Election for Purposes of electing the mayor and
three members of City Council for the City of North Augusta, South Carolina,
on Tuesday, April 27,2021, with a run-off, if necessary, on May 11, 2021.
II. The filing and certification dates are hereby set for the 2021 Municipal Party
Primaries and General Election as follows:
A. The time for entry of candidates into parry primaries or conventions shall
commence at 9:00 A. M., December 14, 2020, and shall end at 12:00
Noon, December 21, 2020. Entries shall be made to the chairperson of
the respective parties.
B. Primary elections, if selected by a party, shall be held on February 9,
2021, with a run-off, if necessary, on February 23, 2021.
C. Conventions, if selected by a party, shall be held no later than February
9, 2021.
D. The deadline for filing nominating petitions to the Municipal Election
Commission shall be 12:00 Noon, February 10, 2021. Candidates may
file by petition with no less than 5% of qualified electors.
E. The deadline for parties to certify candidates selected by primary or
convention to the Municipal Election Commission shall be 12:00 Noon,
February 26, 2021.
F. The certification of the candidates by petition, primary, or convention by
the Municipal Election Commission shall be no later than 12:00 Noon,
March 1, 2021.
III. All ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict herewith are,to the extent of
such conflict, hereby repealed.
IV. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its adoption on
second reading.
DONE, RATIFIED AND ADOPTED BY THE MAYOR AND CITY
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NORTH AUGUSTA, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THIS
lt�' DAY OF Dccernbe.r , 2020.
First Reading 11•llv •.9oAo
Robert A. Pettit, Nfayor
Second Reading 12•-l • aoa o
ATTEST: ��,,00
iH'K.Q�(d1t� O 14nav
Sharon Lamar, City Clerk