Senators MARTIN and CLIMER proposes the following amendment (SR-3556.KM0002S):

Amend the bill, as and if amended, by striking SECTIONS 1, 2, 3, and 4 and inserting:

SECTION X. Section 7-17-560 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 7-17-560. (A) The state executive committee must meet in Columbia at such place as may be designated by the chairman to hear and decide protests and contests that may arise in the case of federal officers, state officers, State Senate, State House of Representatives, and officers involving more than one county. Any protest or contest must be filed in writing with the chairman of the committee, together with a copy for each candidate in the race, not later than noon on Monday following the canvassing of the votes for these officers by the committee. However, service upon the chairman may be perfected by depositing at the office of the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division a copy of the protest, together with a copy for each candidate in the race. The chief must take immediate steps to deliver these copies to the chairman. The protest must contain each ground thereof stated separately and concisely. The chairman of the committee must forthwith serve upon each candidate in the protested race a copy of the protest and serve a notice of the time and place of the meeting of the committee for the purposes of hearing the protest.
 (B) A candidate that challenges or protests his election shall, for the purposes of an independent election audit, be provided for each precinct, voting center, and tabulator where in-person or absentee votes were tabulated, or where both in-person or absentee votes were tabulated, in an electronic form, free of charge:
  (1) cast vote records;
  (2) ballot summary reports;
  (3) precinct detail reports and poll tapes for each of the precincts within the district that the challenger or protester is seeking election;
  (4) poll lists of registrants who voted in each precinct or voter location;
  (5) a list of provisional and challenged ballots;
  (6) a list of absentee voters; and
  (7) logic and accuracy reports for each precinct to ensure that each machine properly tested candidate selection.

Renumber sections to conform.

Amend title to conform.