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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Martin
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\martin\jud0082.lam.doc
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3831
Introduced in the Senate on April 5, 2005
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Elections
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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4/5/2005 Senate Introduced and read first time SJ-8
4/5/2005 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-8
4/11/2005 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Martin (ch), Malloy, Campsen,
Williams
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-910, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PLACES WHERE ELECTORS SHALL BE REGISTERED AND VOTE, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IN EMERGENCY SITUATIONS, ELECTORS MAY VOTE IN A LOCATION OR AT A POLLING PLACE THAT IS NOT WITHIN THE PRECINCT WHERE THE ELECTOR IS REGISTERED TO VOTE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-7-910 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 7-7-910. (A) Subject to the provisions of Section 7-7-920 and Section 7-5-440 and except as provided in subsection (B), every elector must be registered and, unless otherwise specified on his voting certificate, shall must vote at the designated polling place within the precinct of his residence, but in incorporated municipalities in which officers are elected by wards or other municipal subdivisions, electors must be registered and shall must vote at their designated polling places.
(B) In emergency situations when the designated polling place is unavailable for use during an election, the county election commission must determine that an alternative location or polling place must be used for the electors in a precinct for any election occurring during the emergency situation. The alternative location or polling place need not be within the precinct of the elector's residence; however, an alternative location or polling place must be selected with consideration of the distance an elector must travel to vote, and every attempt must be made to notify electors of the alternative location or polling place prior to the election and on the day of the election through the media and by posted notice at or near the designated polling place."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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