Current Status Introducing Body:Senate Bill Number:848 Committee Number:11 Type of Legislation:GB Subject:Election and filing dates revised Residing Body:Senate Computer Document Number:NO5/7418.BD Introduced Date:Apr 03, 1991 Last History Body:Senate Last History Date:Apr 03, 1991 Last History Type:Introduced, read first time, referred to Committee Scope of Legislation:Statewide Type of Legislation:General Bill
Bill Body Date Action Description CMN
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848 Senate Apr 03, 1991 Introduced, read first time, 11
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 7-11-15, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROINA, 1976, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS OF CANDIDATES IN GENERAL ELECTIONS, SECTION 7-11-210, RELATING TO NOTICE OF CANDIDACY, AND SECTION 7-13-40, RELATING TO THE DATE OF PARTY PRIMARY ELECTIONS, SO AS TO REVISE THE ELECTION DATE AND RELATED FILING DATES.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-11-15(1), (2), and (3) of the 1976 Code are amended to read:
"(1) Candidates seeking nomination by political party primary and political party convention for a statewide, congressional, or district office which includes more than one county, shall file their statement of candidacy with the State Executive Committee of their respective party between noon on April sixteenth July first and noon on April thirtieth and those July fifteenth. Candidates seeking nomination by political party primary and political party convention for the state Senate, or House of Representatives, or a countywide, or less than countywide office shall file their statement of candidacy with the county executive committee with their respective party between noon March sixteenth June first and noon March thirtieth; June fifteenth.
(2) Candidates seeking nomination by petition for a statewide, congressional, or district office which includes more than one county shall file their statement of candidacy with the State Election Commission between noon April sixteenth July first and noon April thirtieth; July fifteenth.
(3) those Candidates seeking nomination by petition for office of the state Senate, or House of Representatives, or a countywide, or less than countywide office shall file their statement of candidacy with the county election commission in the county of their residence between noon March sixteenth June first and noon March thirtieth June fifteenth."
SECTION 2. The first two paragraphs of Section 7-11-210 of the 1976 Code are amended to read:
"Every candidate for selection as a nominee of any a political party for any a state office, United States Senator, member of Congress, or solicitor, to be voted for in any a party primary election, shall file with and place in the possession of the treasurer of the state committee by twelve o'clock noon on April thirtieth July fifteenth a notice or pledge in the following form, the blanks being properly filled in and the notice or pledge signed by the candidate: `I hereby file my notice as a candidate for the nomination as _____________ in the primary election to be held on - _______________. I affiliate with the ____________ Party, and I hereby pledge myself to abide by the results of the primary. and I authorize the issuance of an injunction upon ex parte application by the party chairman, as provided by law, should if I violate this pledge by offering or campaigning in the ensuing general election for election to this office or any other another office for which a nominee has been elected in the party primary election, unless the nominee for any such the office has become deceased died or is otherwise disqualified for election in the ensuing General Election.'
Every candidate for selection in a primary election as the nominee of any a political party for members of the Senate, member of the and House of Representatives and all county and township offices shall file with and place in the possession of the county chairman or such other officer as may be named by the county committee of the county in which they reside by twelve o'clock noon on March thirtieth June fifteenth a like similar notice and pledge."
SECTION 3. Section 7-13-40 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 363 of 1988, is further amended to read:
"Section 7-13-40. In the event that If a party shall nominate nominates candidates by party primary election, a party primary election must be held by the party on the second fourth Tuesday in June August of each general election year and a second and third primary election each two weeks successively thereafter after that date, if necessary."
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.