Certificates invalid at election within thirty days of issuance.

S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-220
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Except as provided in Section 7-5-150, registration made thirty days or less before any election is not valid for that election or any second race or runoff resulting from that election but such registration shall be valid in any other election.
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