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Current Status Bill Number:View additional legislative information at the LPITS web site.3276 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:20010116 Primary Sponsor:Klauber All Sponsors:Klauber, Harrison, Fleming and J. Young Drafted Document Number:l:\council\bills\skb\18103dw01.doc Residing Body:Senate Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 11 SJ Date of Last Amendment:20010207 Subject:Candidates certification when nominee by petition by more than one party, procedure to count votes received; Elections History Body Date Action Description Com Leg Involved ______ ________ ______________________________________ _______ ____________ Senate 20010213 Introduced, read first time, 11 SJ referred to Committee House 20010208 Read third time, sent to Senate House 20010207 Amended, read second time House 20010206 Debate adjourned until Wednesday, 20010207 House 20010131 Committee report: Favorable with 25 HJ amendment House 20010116 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ referred to Committee Versions of This Bill Revised on January 31, 2001 - Word format Revised on February 7, 2001 - Word format
AMENDED
February 7, 2001
H. 3276
S. Printed 2/7/01--H.
Read the first time January 16, 2001.
TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-350, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO CERTIFIED CANDIDATES NOMINATED BY PETITION, PRIMARY, OR CONVENTION SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CANDIDATE NOMINATED BY MORE THAN ONE PARTY MAY NOT HAVE THE AGGREGATE OF ALL VOTES RECEIVED COUNTED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER IN AN ELECTION AND TO PROVIDE THAT THE ONLY VOTES RECEIVED AS A CANDIDATE FOR EACH PARTY NOMINEE MAY BE USED TO DETERMINE THE WINNER IN AN ELECTION.
Amend Title To Conform
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-13-350 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 392 of 2000, is amended by adding:
"(C)(1) A candidate may not be nominated by more than one party and, a candidate nominated by a party may not also be a candidate by petition.
(2) The authority charged by law with printing the ballot shall print the name of a candidate with the one political party which nominates him and may not print his name as nominated by more than one party or method."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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