South Carolina General Assembly
108th Session, 1989-1990

Bill 3106

                    Current Status

Bill Number:               3106
Ratification Number:       442
Act Number                 393
Introducing Body:          House
Subject:                   Distribution of campaign literature
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(A393, R442, H3106)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-25-180, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF CAMPAIGN LITERATURE, SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT NO PERSON MAY DISTRIBUTE CAMPAIGN LITERATURE WITHIN TWO HUNDRED FEET OF ANY ENTRANCE USED BY THE VOTERS TO ENTER THE POLLING PLACE INSTEAD OF FROM THE BUILDING IN WHICH A POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED.

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

Distribution of campaign literature

SECTION 1. Section 7-25-180 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-25-180. It is unlawful on an election day within two hundred feet of any entrance used by the voters to enter the polling place for a person to distribute any type of campaign literature or place any political posters. The poll manager shall use every reasonable means to keep the area within two hundred feet of any such entrance clear of political literature and displays, and the county and municipal law enforcement officers, upon request of a poll manager, shall remove or cause to be removed any material within two hundred feet of any such entrance distributed or displayed in violation of this section."

Time effective

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

Approved the 3rd day of April, 1990.