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S. 94

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Sponsors: Senators Anderson, Elliott, Reese and Knotts
Document Path: l:\s-res\ra\001voti.mrh.doc

Introduced in the Senate on January 14, 2003
Introduced in the House on April 22, 2003
Last Amended on April 17, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Voting precincts changes; notification to voter

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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  12/11/2002  Senate  Prefiled
  12/11/2002  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2003  Senate  Introduced and read first time SJ-58
   1/14/2003  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-58
   2/19/2003  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        SJ-16
   2/20/2003          Scrivener's error corrected
   4/15/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-57
   4/15/2003  Senate  Read second time SJ-57
   4/15/2003  Senate  Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-57
   4/17/2003  Senate  Amended SJ-12
   4/17/2003  Senate  Read third time and sent to House SJ-12
   4/22/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-17
   4/22/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-17

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

1/14/2003
2/19/2003-A
2/20/2003
4/15/2003
4/17/2003

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AS PASSED BY THE SENATE

April 17, 2003

S. 94

S. Printed 4/17/03--S.

Read the first time January 14, 2003.

TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-10 OF THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO VOTING PRECINCTS, SO AS TO REQUIRE A VOTER TO BE NOTIFIED OF HIS TRANSFER TO A NEW PRECINCT AND OF HIS TRANSFER TO A NEW ELECTION DISTRICT FOR A SPECIAL PURPOSE DISTRICT, SCHOOL DISTRICT, MUNICIPALITY, COUNTY, THE SOUTH CAROLINA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OR THE SOUTH CAROLINA SENATE.

Amend Title To Conform

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

SECTION    1.    Section 7-7-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-7-10.    (A)    For the purpose of holding any general, primary, or special election in this State, the voting precincts and voting places in the several counties of the State shall must be designated, fixed, and established by the General Assembly. Nothing in this chapter prohibits a county election commission from establishing multiple polling places within a precinct, provided that if voters are assigned to these polling places alphabetically or geographically as determined by the county election commission and approved by a majority of that county's legislative delegation.

(B)    A voter must be notified by the county board of voter registration in writing no later than thirty days before the date of the next election held in the polling place, precinct, or election district of:

(1)    his transfer to a new polling place and the location of the new polling place;

(2)    his transfer to a new precinct as provided in Sections 7-7-720 and 7-7-950; or

(3)    his transfer to a new election district for a school district, municipality, county, the South Carolina House of Representatives, the South Carolina Senate, or the United States House of Representatives."

SECTION    2.    Section 7-7-720 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-7-720.    (A)    A person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by virtue of the provisions of this article must be notified by mail by the county board of voter registration of the transfer no later than thirty days before the date of the next election held in the precinct.

(B)    A person whose notification is returned to the board of registration as undeliverable must be reported by the board to the State Election Commission. The State Election Commission must place the elector in an inactive status on the master file and may remove this elector's name from inactive status upon compliance with the provisions of Section 7-5-330(F)."

SECTION    3.    Section 7-7-950 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-7-950.    When a new voting precinct is established by law, the board of registration must transfer from the books of registration the names of electors registered to vote in other voting precincts as should register and vote in the new voting precinct and shall notify electors of the change of polling precincts no later than thirty days before the date of the next election held in the precinct."

SECTION    4.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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