South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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H. 3972

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Reps. Forrester, Erickson, Patrick, Allison, Ballentine, Brannon, Chumley, Long and Tallon
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7150ahb13.docx

Introduced in the House on April 17, 2013
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Campaign literature

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   4/17/2013  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 13)
   4/17/2013  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 13)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

4/17/2013

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-25-180, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE UNLAWFUL DISTRIBUTION OF CAMPAIGN LITERATURE AT A POLLING PLACE, SO AS TO CLARIFY THE RESTRICTION APPLIES TO THE EXTERIOR ENTRANCE AND TO INCLUDE BUTTONS, STICKERS, OR OTHER ITEMS THAT DISPLAY THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE IN THOSE TYPES OF CAMPAIGN LITERATURE THAT MAY NOT BE DISTRIBUTED OR DISPLAYED.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 7-25-180(A) of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 393 of 1990, is further amended to read:

"(A)    It is unlawful on an election day, within two hundred feet of any exterior entrance used by the voters to enter the building where the polling place is, for a any person to distribute any type of campaign literature or place any political posters, buttons, stickers, or other items that display the name of a candidate. The poll manager shall use every reasonable means to keep the area within two hundred feet of any such entrance clear of political literature and displays, and the county and municipal law enforcement officers, upon request of a poll manager, shall remove or cause to be removed any material within two hundred feet of any such entrance distributed or displayed in violation of this section."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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