South Carolina Code 4-5-210. Protests or contests; appeals
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Terms Used In South Carolina Code 4-5-210
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
The commissioners of election respectively as judicial officers shall decide all cases of protest or contest in the areas of their jurisdiction that may arise in such elections and their decisions shall be final and conclusive evidence of the result of the elections unless appealed from within five days to the Court of Common Pleas of the county in which the election was held.