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Bill 4051

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                      4051
Type of Legislation:              House Resolution HR
Introducing Body:                 House
Introduced Date:                  19990505
Primary Sponsor:                  Inabinett
All Sponsors:                     Inabinett, Bailey, Battle, Beck, Bowers, 
                                  Breeland, T. Brown, Campsen, Chellis, Clyburn, 
                                  Dantzler, Gilham, Gourdine, Harrison, Harvin, 
                                  Hayes, J. Hines, M. Hines, Howard, Kennedy, 
                                  Koon, Lee, Lloyd, Mason, McCraw, Miller, 
                                  J.H. Neal, Parks, Phillips, Rhoad, Riser, 
                                  Rutherford, Scott, Seithel, F. Smith, Stuart, 
                                  Townsend, Whipper and Witherspoon
Drafted Document Number:          l:\council\bills\bbm\9312som99.doc
Residing Body:                    House
Current Committee:                Rules Committee 29 HR
Subject:                          General Assembly, Rules, House of 
                                  Representatives, Absentee voting by member 
                                  excused from session, R-7.8


                        History

Body    Date      Action Description                     Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  ______________________________________ _______ ____________
House   19990505  Introduced, referred to Committee      29 HR


                             Versions of This Bill

TO AMEND THE RULES OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES BY ADDING RULE 7.8 SO AS TO PROVIDE A PROCEDURE FOR A REPRESENTATIVE, WHO IS GRANTED AN EXCUSED ABSENCE FOR THE LEGISLATIVE DAY WHEN ELECTIONS FOR OFFICES ELECTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY IN JOINT SESSION ARE CONDUCTED, TO CAST HIS VOTE IN THOSE SCHEDULED ELECTIONS BY ABSENTEE BALLOT BEFORE THE ELECTION DAY.

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the Rules of the House of Representatives are amended by adding:

"Rule 7.8 A representative who must be absent on a legislative day when elections for offices elected by the General Assembly in joint session are scheduled, and who is granted an excused absence by the Speaker at least one day before the scheduled election, is permitted to cast an absentee ballot in each of the listed elections by following the procedure established here:

1. on the last legislative day before the scheduled election that the member is present, he obtains the ballot from the Clerk of the House of Representatives;

2. the member indicates his choice for each office in pen on the ballot;

3. the member seals the envelope and returns the ballot to the Clerk;

4. at the time of the first election conducted in the joint assembly, the ballot is opened by the Reading Clerk in the presence of another witness;

5. the Clerk includes the absentee vote in the tally for each election; and

6. the Clerk includes the vote of the absentee member in the House Journal duly noted as an absentee vote cast under the provisions of this Rule."

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