Bill 7

                    Current Status

Introducing Body:               Senate
Bill Number:                    7
Primary Sponsor:                Wilson
Committee Number:               11
Type of Legislation:            GB
Subject:                        Party primary elections,
                                second
Residing Body:                  Senate
Current Committee:              Judiciary
Computer Document Number:       OLDVS/LIBX/22942
Introduced Date:                Jan 08, 1991
Last History Body:              Senate
Last History Date:              Sep 10, 1990
Last History Type:              Prefiled, referred to
                                Committee
Scope of Legislation:           Statewide
All Sponsors:                   Wilson
                                Courson
                                Giese
                                Rose
Type of Legislation:            General Bill

 Bill  Body    Date          Action Description              CMN
 ----  ------  ------------  ------------------------------  ---
 7     Senate  Jan 08, 1991  Introduced and read first       11
                             time, referred to Committee
 7     Senate  Sep 10, 1990  Prefiled, referred to           11
                             Committee

A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-40, AS AMENDED, AND SECTION 7-17-600, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT SECOND PRIMARIES MUST BE HELD WHEN NO CANDIDATE RECEIVES THIRTY PERCENT OR MORE OF THE VOTE; AND TO REPEAL SECTION 7-17-610 RELATING TO ESTABLISHING MAJORITY VOTES.

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

SECTION 1. Section 7-13-40 of 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 363 of 1988, is further amended to read:

"Section 7-13-40. In the event that If a party shall nominate nominates candidates by party primary election, a party primary election must be held by the party on the second Tuesday in June of each general election year and a second and third primary election each two weeks successively thereafter, if necessary. A second primary must be held if no candidate receives thirty percent or more of the votes in the first primary as required by Section 7-17-600."

SECTION 2. Section 7-17-600 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-17-600. No candidate shall may be declared nominated in a first primary election unless he received a majority thirty percent or more of the votes cast for the office for which he was a candidate. The question of a majority percentage vote shall must be determined by the number of votes cast for any a particular office and not by the whole number of votes cast in the primary."

SECTION 3. Section 7-17-610 of the 1976 Code is repealed.

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