South Carolina General Assembly
120th Session, 2013-2014

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S. 683

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Campsen
Document Path: l:\council\bills\ms\7194ahb13.docx

Introduced in the Senate on May 7, 2013
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Candidates

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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    5/7/2013  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 4)
    5/7/2013  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 4)

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

5/7/2013

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A BILL

TO AMEND SECTION 7-1-60, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE REQUIREMENT THAT EACH MULTIPLE OFFICE IN THIS STATE CONSTITUTES A SEPARATE AND DISTINCT OFFICE, THE PROHIBITION ON CANDIDATES QUALIFYING FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICE IN ANY ONE ELECTION, AND REQUIREMENTS FOR ELECTION BALLOTS FOR MULTIPLE OFFICES, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CANDIDATE'S NAME MAY APPEAR ON THE BALLOT ONLY ONCE FOR A SPECIFIC OFFICE.

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

SECTION    1.    Section 7-1-60 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-1-60.    (A)    Each multiple office in this State shall constitute constitutes a separate and distinct office to which a separate number shall must be assigned within each election district for such an office. A candidate for such an office shall be is required to qualify for a specific office and shall is not be permitted to qualify for more than one such office in any one election.

(B)    The election ballots for multiple offices shall must reflect the number assigned to each office and the names of the candidates.

(C)    A candidate's name may appear on the ballot only once for a specific office. If a candidate is nominated for a specific office by more than one party, the candidate must decline all but one of the nominations. A candidate's decline of a nomination pursuant to this subsection has the same effect for purposes of substituting a candidate as if the candidate had resigned for a legitimate nonpolitical reason."

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

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