Senator MALLOY proposed the following amendment (JUD5305.017):

Amend the amendment bearing document number JUD5305.002, as and if amended, by adding an appropriately numbered SECTION before SECTION 10 to read:

/ SECTION ___. A. Notwithstanding the provisions of Chapter 13 or Chapter 5 of Title 7 of the Code of Laws of South Carolina, for the November 3, 2020, General Election, each county board of voter registration and elections shall establish a procedure by which a qualified elector may cast his ballot, without excuse, during an early voting period for that election. The qualified elector may cast a ballot during an early voting period pursuant to this section.

B.Early voting centers must be established and maintained to ensure that voters may cast only one ballot.

C. If a qualified elector casts his ballot at an early voting center, he must do so in the county in which he resides.

D. Each county board of registration and elections must establish at least one early voting center and may establish up to three early voting centers. The county board of registration and elections shall determine the location of each early voting center or centers. Each early voting center must be supervised by county board of registration and elections employees.

E.The early voting period begins ten days before the election and ends three days prior to the election.

F.The county board of registration and elections shall determine the hours of operation for the early voting center or centers; however:

(1)the early voting centers shall not open on Sundays; and

(2) the early voting centers must be open for two Saturdays within the early voting period.

G. In addition to the early voting centers established pursuant to this section, a county board of registration and elections may authorize up to two additional early voting centers if the county board of registration and elections finds there is a need for additional early voting centers after holding a public hearing on the matter. The county board of registration and elections must determine the location of any additional early voting center or centers.

H. A sign must be posted prominently in each early voting center and shall have printed on it: VOTING MORE THAN ONCE IS A MISDEMEANOR AND, UPON CONVICTION, A PERSON MUST BE FINED IN THE DISCRETION OF THE COURT OR IMPRISONED NOT MORE THAN THREE YEARS.

I . The Executive Director of the State Election Commission must enter into the master file a separate designation for each voter casting an absentee ballot or an early ballot for the November 3, 2020, General Election. /