Current Status Bill Number:3531 Type of Legislation:General Bill GB Introducing Body:House Introduced Date:19970225 Primary Sponsor:Altman All Sponsors:Altman, Campsen and Harrell Drafted Document Number:pt\2964dw.97 Residing Body:House Current Committee:Judiciary Committee 25 HJ Subject:Polling precincts required to have minimum of seven hundred fifty electors, Elections, voting precincts
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House 19970225 Introduced, read first time, 25 HJ
referred to Committee
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TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-710, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO THE ALTERATION OF POLLING PRECINCTS HAVING MORE THAN ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED REGISTERED ELECTORS, SO AS TO REQUIRE A POLLING PRECINCT TO HAVE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY REGISTERED ELECTORS.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-7-710 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 7-7-710. The State Election Commission shall report the names of all polling precincts by county that have less than seven hundred fifty or more than one thousand five hundred registered electors as of January first to the General Assembly not later than the fourth Tuesday of each odd-numbered year. If, by April first of the same year, the General Assembly has failed to alter the precincts so that no precinct shall have has less than seven hundred fifty or more than one thousand five hundred qualified electors the State Election Commission shall notify the respective county registration boards which shall make such these alterations as necessary to conform all precincts to such these limitations minimum and maximum requirements. Provided, that precincts isolated by water shall are not be required to meet minimum requirements."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.