Glenn Odom, Respondent v. Town of McBee Election Commission and Shilon Green, Appellants.

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court affirmed the circuit court’s remand, holding that Section 5‑15‑130 of the South Carolina Code requires the four provisional votes to be counted before any determination of the election result, and therefore the Commission must unseal and apply those votes before declaring a prevailing candidate. The Court reached this conclusion by applying the plain‑meaning rule of statutory construction and distinguishing prior cases where votes were unavailable or the result was doubtful.