Bill 3420

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3420
Ratification Number:       405
Act Number                 378
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Notice of change in polling places

(A378, R405, H3420)

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 7-7-15 SO AS TO PROVIDE FOR NOTICE OF A CHANGE IN A POLLING PLACE.

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

Notice of change in polling place

SECTION 1. The 1976 Code is amended by adding:

"Section 7-7-15. When a polling place established by statute or ordinance or by an entity allowed by law to establish polling places is changed the entity charged with conducting elections at the polling place shall post at the time of the first election held after the change a notice on or next to the door of the entrance of the previous polling place stating in printing with letters large enough to be read easily by a person with normal vision from a distance of at least twenty feet the location of the new polling place and the address and telephone number of the entity in charge of the conduct of the election."

Time effective

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.