S.C. Const. art. IV, § 5
In the general election for Governor, the person having the highest number of votes shall be Governor. In the event of a tie vote, as the first order of business after its organization, the General Assembly in joint session shall elect the Governor from the candidates having received the tie vote by the affirmative vote of a majority of the combined membership of both houses.
(1972 (57) 3171; 1973 (58) 48.)
The present provisions of this section are somewhat similar to former Section 4 of Article IV as it existed prior to the 1973 revision. For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const. 1868, Art III, Section 4.