H 3023 General Bill, By Hayes
    A Bill to amend Article 5, Chapter 13, Title 7, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, relating to ballots for primary elections, by adding Section 7-13-611 so as to provide for the arrangement of each "official county ballot" and "official state ballot"; to provide that nothing in this Act or any other provision of law may be construed as prohibiting political parties from conducting Presidential preference primaries; to provide that if a county operates its elections through an election and registration commission composed of seven members, the structure and composition are not affected or changed by the provisions of this Act; to amend Sections 7-13-40, 7-13-50, 7-13-70, 7-13-830, all as amended, 7-13-60, 7-13-610, 7-15-450, 7-17-510, 7-17-520, 7-17-530, 7-17-540, 7-17-550, 7-17-560, 7-17-570, and 7-25-140, relating to elections, so as to provide for primaries, except municipal primaries, to be conducted by the State Election Commission and the respective county election commissions; to repeal Sections 7-9-110, relating to permitting county political party committees to establish a county party election commission for certain purposes, and 7-13-90, relating to the appointment of managers of primaries; and to provide that certain primaries, except municipal primaries, must be conducted by the State Election Commission and the county election commissions on the second Tuesday in June of each general election year.

12/08/88	House	Prefiled
12/08/88	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/10/89	House	Introduced and read first time HJ-25
01/10/89	House	Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-25
02/14/89	House	Tabled in committee