(A) There is created the Registration and Elections Commission for Edgefield County. There are seven members of the commission who must be appointed by the Governor upon recommendation of a majority of the Edgefield County Legislative Delegation, including the senator, who are appointed for terms of two years and until their successors are appointed and qualify.
(B) Between the first day of January and the fifteenth day of March of every even-numbered year, the Governor shall appoint the members of the commission.
(C) A vacancy on the commission may be filled by appointment in the manner of original appointment for the unexpired term only.
(D) The members of the commission, the executive director, and staff receive compensation as may be appropriated by the county council upon the recommendation of the county legislative delegation.
(E) The executive director, upon recommendation of the Edgefield County Council, must be appointed by a majority vote of the senators and a majority vote of the members of the House of Representatives representing Edgefield County. The appointment is for a term of two years or until a successor is appointed.
(F) The office of Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board for Edgefield County are abolished. The powers and duties of the Commissioners of Election and the Registration Board are devolved upon the Registration and Elections Commission for Edgefield County created in subsection (A).
(G) The current members of the Edgefield County Election Commission and the Edgefield County Registration Board shall act as the governing commission of the new Edgefield County Registration and Elections Commission established in this section until such time as the seven members of this commission appointed in the manner provided by this section take office. At this time, the terms of these former commissioners of the election commission and registration board members expire.