South Carolina General Assembly
124th Session, 2021-2022

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A207, R235, S236

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Young
Document Path: l:\s-jud\bills\young\jud0004.pb.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 3771

Introduced in the Senate on January 12, 2021
Introduced in the House on April 6, 2021
Last Amended on May 12, 2022
Currently residing in the Senate
Governor's Action: May 23, 2022, Signed

Summary: Pooling precincts

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/9/2020  Senate  Prefiled
   12/9/2020  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/12/2021  Senate  Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 230)
   1/12/2021  Senate  Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 230)
   3/11/2021  Senate  Referred to Subcommittee:  Campsen (ch), Hutto, Young, 
                        McLeod, Garrett
   3/24/2021  Senate  Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary 
                        (Senate Journal-page 8)
   3/30/2021  Senate  Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 12)
   3/31/2021  Senate  Read second time (Senate Journal-page 54)
   3/31/2021  Senate  Roll call Ayes-44  Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 54)
    4/6/2021  Senate  Read third time and sent to House 
                        (Senate Journal-page 47)
    4/6/2021  House   Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 125)
    4/6/2021  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 125)
   4/27/2022  House   Recalled from Committee on Judiciary 
                        (House Journal-page 29)
    5/3/2022  House   Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 75)
    5/4/2022  House   Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 109)
    5/5/2022  House   Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 89)
   5/10/2022  House   Amended (House Journal-page 512)
   5/10/2022  House   Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 512)
   5/11/2022  House   Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 12)
   5/11/2022  House   Amended (House Journal-page 243)
   5/11/2022  House   Read second time (House Journal-page 243)
   5/11/2022  House   Roll call Yeas-108  Nays-1 (House Journal-page 280)
   5/12/2022  House   Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments 
                        (House Journal-page 6)
   5/12/2022  Senate  Non-concurrence in House amendment 
                        (Senate Journal-page 48)
   5/12/2022  House   House recedes from amendment(s) (House Journal-page 123)
   5/18/2022          Ratified R  235
   5/23/2022          Signed By Governor
    6/1/2022          Effective date  05/23/22
    6/1/2022          Act No.  207

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/9/2020
3/24/2021
3/30/2021
4/27/2022
4/27/2022-A
5/10/2022
5/11/2022
5/12/2022


(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)

(A207, R235, S236)

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-1000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POOLING PRECINCTS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT FOR PURPOSES OF MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS, ANY PRECINCT CONTAINING THREE THOUSAND OR MORE VOTERS SHALL HAVE ITS OWN POLLING PLACE, THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE MUNICIPAL POOLED PRECINCTS MAY NOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND, AND THAT POOLED MUNICIPAL POLLING PLACES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN THREE MILES FROM THE NEAREST PART OF ANY POOLED PRECINCT.

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

Pooling precincts in municipal elections

SECTION    1.    Section 7-7-1000 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:

"Section 7-7-1000.    (A)    For purposes of municipal general elections only, a municipality may pool one or more precincts with other precincts and have one voting place for all of these pooled precincts upon the following conditions:

(1)    Any precinct which contains five hundred or more registered voters within the municipality must have its own voting place.

(2)    The total number of registered voters within the municipality in each group of pooled precincts cannot exceed one thousand five hundred.

(3)    The voting place of any precinct pooled with others cannot be more than three miles from the nearest part of any pooled precinct.

(4)    The notice requirements of Section 7-7-15 must be complied with and in addition to this requirement, the location of voting places for all precincts including those pooled must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality on the day of the election. If the newspaper is not published daily, then on the date of publication nearest and prior to the date of election.

(5)    Whenever precincts are pooled in a municipal general election, the voter registration lists, poll lists, and ballots for each precinct represented must be used by the managers of election. Results of the election must also be reported and certified by individual precinct.

(B)    For purposes of municipal primary elections only, a municipality may pool one or more precincts with other precincts and have one voting place for all of these pooled precincts upon the following conditions:

(1)    Any precinct which contains three thousand or more registered voters within the municipality must have its own voting place.

(2)    The total number of registered voters within the municipality in each group of pooled precincts cannot exceed three thousand.

(3)    The voting place of any precinct pooled with others cannot be more than three miles from the nearest part of any pooled precinct.

(4)    The notice requirements of Section 7-7-15 must be complied with and in addition to this requirement, the location of voting places for all precincts including those pooled must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality on the day of the election. If the newspaper is not published daily, then on the date of publication nearest and prior to the date of election.

(5)    Whenever precincts are pooled in a municipal primary election, the voter registration lists, poll lists, and ballots for each precinct represented must be used by the managers of election. Results of the election must also be reported and certified by individual precinct."

Time effective

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

Ratified the 18th day of May, 2022.

Approved the 23rd day of May, 2022.

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