Bill 76

                    Current Status

Bill Number:                    76
Ratification Number:            39
Act Number:                     15
Type of Legislation:            General Bill GB
Introducing Body:               Senate
Introduced Date:                19970114
Primary Sponsor:                Holland 
All Sponsors:                   Holland 
Drafted Document Number:        council\legis\bills\pt\2743dw.97
Companion Bill Number:          3282
Date Bill Passed both Bodies:   19970321
Governor's Action:              U Signature of Governor not
                                required
Date of Governor's Action:      19970417
Subject:                        Voter qualifications, elector
                                moved prior to date of election,
                                provisions; elections, registration,
                                constitution

Body    Date      Action Description                       Com     Leg Involved
______  ________  _______________________________________  _______ ____________

------  19970509  Act No. A15
------  19970417  Signature of Governor not required
------  19970417  Ratified R39
House   19970321  Read third time, enrolled for
                  ratification
House   19970320  Read second time, unanimous
                  consent for third reading on
                  the next Legislative day
House   19970319  Committee report: Favorable              25 HJ
House   19970205  Introduced, read first time,             25 HJ
                  referred to Committee
Senate  19970205  Read third time, sent to House
Senate  19970204  Read second time
Senate  19970130  Committee report: Favorable              11 SJ
Senate  19970114  Introduced, read first time,             11 SJ
                  referred to Committee

(A15, R39, S76)

AN ACT RATIFYING AN AMENDMENT TO SECTION 4, ARTICLE II OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895, RELATING TO VOTER QUALIFICATIONS, SO AS TO DELETE THE REQUIREMENT THAT A CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES AND OF THIS STATE IS ENTITLED TO VOTE ONLY IN THE PRECINCT OF HIS RESIDENCE AND THAT ANY REGISTERED ELECTOR WHO HAS MOVED HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE DURING THE THIRTY DAYS IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO THE DATE OF AN ELECTION IS ENTITLED TO VOTE IN HIS PREVIOUS PRECINCT OF RESIDENCE.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

Constitutional amendment ratified

SECTION 1. The amendment to Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, prepared under the terms of Joint Resolution 470 of 1996, having been submitted to the qualified electors at the general election of 1996 as prescribed in Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, and a favorable vote having been received on the amendment, is ratified and declared to be a part of the Constitution so that Section 4 of Article II is amended to read:

"Section 4. Every citizen of the United States and of this State of the age of eighteen and upwards who is properly registered is entitled to vote as provided by law."

Ratified the 17th day of April, 1997.