their successors are elected and qualify, except that of the nine members of the board elected in 2018, the members elected from election districts two, four, six, and eight shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2020, when their successors elected at the 2020 election qualify and take office, and the members elected from election districts one, three, five, seven, and nine shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2022, when their successors elected at the 2022 election qualify and take office. In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than the expiration of a term, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term through appointment by the county legislative delegation. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission on forms furnished by the commission. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate’s name, age, election district in which he resides and from which he seeks election, voting precinct, period of residence in the county and election district, and other information that the county election commission requires. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commission shall publish notices of the elections pursuant to Section 71335. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method contained in Section 51561. The members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office one week following certification of their election pursuant to Section 5919315. (B)(1) Beginning with the Orangeburg County School District elections in 2018, the nine singlemember election districts from which members of the Orangeburg County School District Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Orangeburg County School District Board of Trustees map S750018 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows:
their successors are elected and qualify, except that of the nine members of the board elected in 2018, the members elected from election districts two, four, six, and eight shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2020, when their successors elected at the 2020 election qualify and take office, and the members elected from election districts one, three, five, seven, and nine shall serve for initial terms to expire in November 2022, when their successors elected at the 2022 election qualify and take office. In the event of a vacancy on the board occurring for any reason other than the expiration of a term, the vacancy must be filled for the unexpired term through appointment by the county legislative delegation. All persons desiring to qualify as a candidate shall file written notice of candidacy with the county election commission on forms furnished by the commission. This notice of candidacy must be a sworn statement and must include the candidate’s name, age, election district in which he resides and from which he seeks election, voting precinct, period of residence in the county and election district, and other information that the county election commission requires. The county commissioners of election shall conduct and supervise the elections for members of the board in the manner governed by the election laws of this State, mutatis mutandis. The commissioners shall prepare the necessary ballots, appoint managers for the voting precincts, and do all things necessary to carry out the elections, including the counting of ballots and declaring the results. The commission shall publish notices of the elections pursuant to Section 71335. The results of the elections must be determined by the nonpartisan plurality method contained in Section 51561. The members of the board elected in these nonpartisan elections shall take office one week following certification of their election pursuant to Section 5919315. (B)(1) Beginning with the Orangeburg County School District elections in 2018, the nine singlemember election districts from which members of the Orangeburg County School District Board of Trustees must be elected are as shown on the Orangeburg County School District Board of Trustees map S750018 as maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (2) The demographic information shown on this map is as follows: