Senator MALLOY proposed the following amendment (4919GM3):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking 7-13-25(F) as contained in SECTION 1.A and inserting the following:

/ F) The county board of voter registration and elections shall provide the hours of operation for the early voting center or centers in accordance with the following:

(1) for statewide general elections, the early voting centers must be open for the Saturdays within the early voting period and the early voting centers must be open at least 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on each date of the early voting period. However, the county board of voter registration and elections may choose to extend hours for any of those dates;

(2) for any election that is not a general election, the early voting centers must be open from at least 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on each date of the early voting period. The county board of voter registration and elections shall determine whether to open the early voting centers on Saturday during the early voting period;

(3) for a primary run-off for which timing would not permit an early voting period as prescribed in subsection (E), the Executive Director of the State Election Commission may establish a period of time for an early voting period. However, the early voting centers must be open from at least 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.; and

(4) for any election, the early voting centers must not be open on Sundays. /