South Carolina General Assembly
115th Session, 2003-2004

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H. 3039

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Rep. Altman
Document Path: l:\council\bills\dka\3067dw03.doc

Introduced in the House on January 14, 2003
Currently residing in the House Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Polling precincts required to have minimum of 750 registered voters

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 

     Date      Body   Action Description with journal page number
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   12/4/2002  House   Prefiled
   12/4/2002  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary
   1/14/2003  House   Introduced and read first time HJ-23
   1/14/2003  House   Referred to Committee on Judiciary HJ-24

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/4/2002

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A BILL

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.

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