Notice of Election - Accepting Nominations for Board Member Election
This notice serves to announce an election for the South Carolina Board of Examiners in Opticianry. The
South Carolina Opticianry Practice Act states the Board consists of seven members. Five members must be
licensed opticians appointed by the Governor upon nomination by all licensed opticians in this State through
an election conducted by the Board (S.C. Code of Law
§40-38-10).
An election will be conducted for board seat term September 13, 2022
– September 13, 2026. Candidates and voters for election must have a current license to practice as an
optician in South Carolina.
NOMINATION PROCESS:
- All candidates for election, including incumbents, must be nominated on an official election petition form signed by
not less than ten South Carolina licensed opticians qualified to vote in the election. An official
petition form can be obtained from the Board website at https://www.llr.sc.gov/opti/. Petitions must include original
signatures.
- Petitions to place nominees on the ballot must be received in this office no later than March 2,
2026. Petitions received after that date will not be considered for this election. Petitions
sent by fax will not be accepted. Petitions may be mailed to the Board office or emailed to opticianry@llr.sc.gov.
- If more than three nominations are received, then ballots will be prepared with the names of nominees
and sent to each optician licensed in South Carolina. Voters will be given approximately 30 days to return
the ballot by mail to the Board office or scanned and emailed to opticianry@llr.sc.gov. Ballots sent by fax will not be
accepted.
- After voting has closed, the ballots received will be counted. The top two (2) nominees receiving the most votes will be submitted to the Governor. The Governor may reject any or all of the nominees upon satisfactory showing as to the unfitness of those rejected. If the Governor declines to appoint any of such nominees so submitted, additional nominees shall be submitted in the same manner.
Deadline date for the Board to receive petitions is March 2, 2026.