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TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-1640, AS AMENDED, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO VOTING MACHINE REQUIREMENTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT BEGINNING WITH THE 2012 GENERAL ELECTION, ALL ELECTRONIC VOTING MACHINES MUST PRINT OUT A RECEIPT SHOWING HOW THE VOTER CAST HIS VOTE THAT MUST BE DEPOSITED IN A RECEPTACLE BY THE VOTER TO VERIFY THE VOTE TALLEY IF THERE IS A RECOUNT.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-13-1640 of the 1976 Code, as last amended by Act 103 of 1999, is further amended by adding at the end:
"(D) Beginning with the 2012 general election, an electronic voting machine must print out a receipt showing how the voter cast his vote that must be deposited in a receptacle by the voter, which only must be used to verify the vote at the polling place if there is a recount."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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