Bill 184

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    184
Primary Sponsor:                McConnell
Committee Number:               11
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Election results, inspection
                                provisions
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Judiciary
Computer Document Number:       OLDVS/LIBX/2361
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Jan 08, 1991
Last History Type:              Introduced and read first time,
                                referred to Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   McConnell
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 184   Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       11
                             time, referred to Committee
 184   Senate  Sep 17, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           11
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-1160, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REPORTING OF THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS OF AN ELECTION TO THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION, SO AS TO GIVE A CANDIDATE AND UP TO FOUR OF HIS REPRESENTATIVES THE RIGHT TO INSPECT CERTAIN ELECTION MATERIALS AFTER THE UNOFFICIAL RESULTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BUT BEFORE THE TIME TO FILE PROTESTS HAS EXPIRED.

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

SECTION 1. Section 7-13-1160 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-13-1160. Within twenty-four hours of the completion of the canvassing and counting of ballots, the persons in charge of each such election in each county shall notify the State Election Commission of the unofficial results of such the election in each such county; provided, however, that failure. Failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall does not invalidate the votes cast therein in the election.

After the unofficial results have been transmitted to the State Election Commission pursuant to this section but before the time to file protests has expired, the candidate and up to four of his representatives, upon written request to the commission and to the person in charge of the election in a particular county, must be given the opportunity to inspect the nonchallenged ballots, voter machine tabulation cards, and other election materials used in that county applicable to his election."

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