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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Mack, Cobb-Hunter, J.H. Neal, Brantley, Anderson, Breeland, R. Brown, Clyburn, Hodges, Hosey and McLeod
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Companion/Similar bill(s): 247
Introduced in the House on March 8, 2007
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Early voting bill
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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3/8/2007 House Introduced and read first time HJ-13
3/8/2007 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-14
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 7-13-25 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT THE AUTHORITY CHARGED BY LAW CONDUCTING AN ELECTION MAY ESTABLISH EARLY VOTING CENTERS; TO ESTABLISH EARLY VOTING CENTERS TO ALLOW A REGISTERED COUNTY RESIDENT TO VOTE OUTSIDE THEIR PRECINCT; TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE BY WHICH A QUALIFIED ELECTOR MAY CAST A BALLOT DURING THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD; AND TO PROVIDE FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF EARLY VOTING LOCATIONS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 1, Chapter 13, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 7-13-25. (A) Notwithstanding the provision of this chapter or Chapter 5 of this title, the authority charged by law with conducting an election shall establish a procedure by which a qualified elector may cast his ballot, without excuse, during an early voting period. The qualified elector may accomplish this at a voting place, in his county of residence, that is established as an early voting center by the county boards of election.
(B) Early voting centers shall allow duly registered voters of that county to vote outside their precinct.
(C) Early voting centers must be established and maintained to ensure that voters may cast only one ballot.
(D) A qualified elector, who is registered, may cast his ballot at an early voting center established by the county boards of election.
(E) A high school and a public library maintaining an early voting center must be compensated two hundred dollars a day by the State Election Commission.
(F) A county boards of election shall determine the locations and hours of operation for early voting centers.
(G) A sign must be posted prominently in an early voting center and must have printed on it 'VOTING MORE THAN ONCE IS A CRIME THAT WILL BE CAUGHT AND PROSECUTED'."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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