South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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A236, R317, S417

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senators Martin and Ford
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3209dw03.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3759

Introduced in the Senate on February 26, 2003
Introduced in the House on March 19, 2003
Last Amended on March 13, 2003
Passed by the General Assembly on May 14, 2004
Governor's Action: May 24, 2004, Signed

Summary: Absentee ballots, requirement removed that application contain voters social security number

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   2/26/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-16
   2/26/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-16
   3/12/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-12
   3/13/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-13
   3/13/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-13
   3/13/2003  Senate  Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-13
   3/18/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-11
   3/19/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-14
   3/19/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-14
   5/12/2004  House   Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-7
   5/13/2004  House   Read second time HJ-18
   5/13/2004  House   Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative 
                        day HJ-19
   5/14/2004  House   Read third time and enrolled HJ-3
   5/19/2004          Ratified R 317
   5/24/2004          Signed By Governor
   5/27/2004          Copies available
   5/27/2004          Effective date 05/24/04
   6/10/2004          Act No. 236

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

2/26/2003
3/12/2003
3/13/2003
5/12/2004

(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A236, R317, S417)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-15-340, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE FORM OF THE APPLICATION FOR AN ABSENTEE BALLOT, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT THE APPLICATION CONTAIN THE APPLICANT'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

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

Social Security number deleted as requirement on absentee ballot

SECTION    1.    The second paragraph of Section 7-15-340 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 434 of 1996, is further amended to read:

"The application must contain the following information: name, registration certificate number, address, absentee address, election of ballot request, election date, runoff preference, party preference, reason for request, oath of voter, and voter's signature."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 19th day of May, 2004.

Approved the 24th day of May, 2004.

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