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H*2161 (Rat #0460, Act #0422 of 1988) General Bill, By T.W. Edwards and D.E. Martin
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A Bill to amend Section 7-5-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the appointment by the Governor of the Board of Registration in each county, so as to require the Governor to notify the State Election Commission in writing of the appointments; Section 7-13-35, relating to the requirement that the Election Commission in each county publish notices of elections held in the county, so as to change the reference from Election Commission to authority charged by law with conducting an election and include references to primary and municipal elections, and require notification of the date, time, and location of the hearing on challenged ballots, list of precincts involved in the election, and the location of polling places in each of the precincts, and delete language exempting the provisions of this Section from extending to any special election held to fill a vacancy created by death, resignation, or removal from office; Section 7-13-70, relating to the appointment of Commissioners of Election in each county, so as to require the Governor to notify the State Election Commission in writing of the appointments, to require the appointment of managers of election only for the general election held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, and to add a provision requiring the authority charged by law with conducting the primaries, special, or municipal elections, to appoint three managers of election for the first five hundred electors registered to vote in each precinct; Section 7-13-90, relating to the meeting of the county committee, so as to delete language appointing a clerk for each voting place, and managers for any polling place in which five hundred or more registered electors are entitled to vote; Section 7-15-110, relating to persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot, so as to change a reference in the qualification to vote of allowing a citizen of the United States residing outside the United States from the Federal Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-203) to the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 9-410); and Section 7-15-330, relating to the time of submitting applications for absentee ballots, so as to authorize that a request for an application to vote by absentee ballot may be made any time during the calendar year in which the election in which the qualified electors desire to vote by absentee ballot is being held rather than sixty days prior to the election in which the qualified electors desire to vote by absentee ballot.-amended title
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Similar (S 0242)
A Bill to amend Section 7-5-10, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to the appointment by the Governor of the Board of Registration in each county, so as to require the Governor to notify the State Election Commission in writing of the appointments; Section 7-13-35, relating to the requirement that the Election Commission in each county publish notices of elections held in the county, so as to change the reference from Election Commission to authority charged by law with conducting an election and include references to primary and municipal elections, and require notification of the date, time, and location of the hearing on challenged ballots, list of precincts involved in the election, and the location of polling places in each of the precincts, and delete language exempting the provisions of this Section from extending to any special election held to fill a vacancy created by death, resignation, or removal from office; Section 7-13-70, relating to the appointment of Commissioners of Election in each county, so as to require the Governor to notify the State Election Commission in writing of the appointments, to require the appointment of managers of election only for the general election held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, and to add a provision requiring the authority charged by law with conducting the primaries, special, or municipal elections, to appoint three managers of election for the first five hundred electors registered to vote in each precinct; Section 7-13-90, relating to the meeting of the county committee, so as to delete language appointing a clerk for each voting place, and managers for any polling place in which five hundred or more registered electors are entitled to vote; Section 7-15-110, relating to persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot, so as to change a reference in the qualification to vote of allowing a citizen of the United States residing outside the United States from the Federal Overseas Citizens Voting Rights Act of 1975 (Public Law 94-203) to the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 9-410); and Section 7-15-330, relating to the time of submitting applications for absentee ballots, so as to authorize that a request for an application to vote by absentee ballot may be made any time during the calendar year in which the election in which the qualified electors desire to vote by absentee ballot is being held rather than sixty days prior to the election in which the qualified electors desire to vote by absentee ballot.-amended title
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01/13/87 | House | Introduced and read first time HJ-75 |
01/13/87 | House | Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-75 |
02/11/87 | House | Committee report: Favorable Judiciary HJ-478 |
02/17/87 | House | Debate adjourned HJ-562 |
02/18/87 | House | Read second time HJ-602 |
02/19/87 | House | Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-639 |
02/19/87 | Senate | Introduced and read first time SJ-603 |
02/19/87 | Senate | Referred to Committee on Judiciary SJ-603 |
03/18/87 | Senate | Committee report: Majority favorable, minority unfavorable Judiciary SJ-966 |
04/02/87 | Senate | Read second time SJ-1152 |
04/02/87 | Senate | Ordered to third reading with notice of amendments SJ-1152 |
03/09/88 | Senate | Amended SJ-1328 |
03/09/88 | Senate | Read third time |
03/09/88 | Senate | Returned SJ-28 |
03/17/88 | House | Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-2174 |
03/22/88 | Ratified R 460 | |
03/28/88 | Signed By Governor | |
03/28/88 | Effective date 03/28/88 | |
03/28/88 | Act No. 422 | |
04/05/88 | Copies available |