Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:88 Primary Sponsor:McConnell Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:County conventions, delegates Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Computer Document Number:OLDVS/LIBX/2400 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 Wilson Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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88 Senate Jan 08, 1991 Introduced and read first 11
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88 Senate Sep 17, 1990 Prefiled, referred to 11
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TO AMEND SECTION 7-9-70, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE TIME COUNTY CONVENTIONS ARE HELD AND THE COMPOSITION OF DELEGATES ATTENDING THE CONVENTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT DELEGATES MUST BE ELECTED BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VOTES CAST FOR THE PARTY'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS AT THE LAST PRECEDING GENERAL ELECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-9-70 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 7-9-70. County conventions must be held during a twelve-month period ending March thirty-first of every general election year during a month determined by the state committee as provided in Section 7-9-100. The county committee shall set the date, time, and location during the month designated by the state committee for the county convention to be held; however, the date set by the county committee for the county convention must be at least two weeks prior to before the state convention. When a month in a nongeneral election year is chosen for the county convention, it must be held for the purpose of reorganization only. The date, time, and location that the county convention must be reconvened during the general election year to nominate candidates for public office to be filled in the general election must be set by county committee. Notices, both for the convention to be held for reorganization and for the reconvened convention to nominate candidates, must be published by the county committee, once a week for two consecutive weeks, not more than three nor less than two weeks, before the day in a newspaper having general circulation in the county. The convention must be composed of delegates elected from the clubs in the county, one delegate for every twenty-five members and major fraction thereof of twenty-five members, based upon the number of votes polled in the first primary of the preceding general election year or based upon the number of votes for the party's presidential electors at the last preceding general election therefor for president from the precinct as determined by the state committee. The same basis must be used in all precincts; or if the last preceding nominations were by convention, the representation must be based upon the number of votes for the party's presidential electors at the last preceding general election therefor for president from the precinct. The list of delegates certified to by the president and secretary of each club shall constitute constitutes the temporary roll of the county convention. Where new precincts have been created or where the areas of precincts have been redefined, the party executive committee of the affected counties shall apportion delegates from the clubs representing the precincts."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.