South Carolina General Assembly
103rd Session, 1979-1980

Bill 2641

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               2641
Ratification Number:       655
Act Number                 1 of 1981
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Ballot specifications in primary
                           elections
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(A1 of 1981, R655, H2641)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-610, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO BALLOT SPECIFICATIONS IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE BALLOT SHALL CONTAIN A VOTING SQUARE OPPOSITE THE NAME OF EACH CANDIDATE AND THAT PERSONS VOTING FOR A CANDIDATE SHALL MAKE A MARK IN THE VOTING; TO AMEND SECTION 7-5-120 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AS AN ELECTOR AND TO PERSONS WHO ARE DISQUALIFIED FROM REGISTRATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS CONVICTED OF A FELONY SHALL BE DISQUALIFIED FROM REGISTRATION UNLESS THE DISQUALIFICATION IS REMOVED BY SERVICE OF THE SENTENCE INCLUDING PROBATION AND PAROLE OR A PARDON; AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE PROVISIONS OF SECTION 7-5-120 SHALL APPLY REGARDLESS OF THE DATE OF CONVICTION.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Ballot specifications

Section 1. Section 7-13-610 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding at the end:

"The ballot shall contain a voting square opposite the name of each candidate and the voter shall vote by putting a mark in the voting square opposite the name of the candidate of his choice."

Persons disqualified from voting

Section 2. The last paragraph (b) of Section 7-5-120 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"(b) Persons convicted of a felony or offenses against the election laws shall be disqualified from being registered or voting, unless such disqualification shall have been removed by service of the sentence, including probation and parole time unless sooner pardoned."

Section 2A. The provision of paragraph (b) of Section 7-5-120, as amended in Section 2, shall apply to all persons falling within the amended provision regardless of the date of their conviction.

Time effective

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.