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S. 968
STATUS INFORMATION
Joint Resolution
Sponsors: Senator Peeler
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Introduced in the Senate on February 6, 2018
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Lieutenant Governor
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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2/6/2018 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 6)
2/6/2018 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 6)
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO PROVIDE THAT FOR THE 2018 GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION AND ELECTION CYCLE, THE STATE ELECTION COMMISSION SHALL ESTABLISH THE PROCEDURES, TO INCLUDE NECESSARY DEADLINES, BY WHICH A PERSON NOMINATED FOR THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR SELECTS A LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR AS A JOINT-TICKET RUNNING MATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 8, ARTICLE IV OF THE CONSTITUTION OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1895.
Whereas, Joint Resolution 289 of 2012 proposed an amendment to Section 8, Article IV of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, relating to the election, qualifications, and term of the Lieutenant Governor, so as to provide that the Lieutenant Governor must be elected jointly with the Governor in a manner prescribed by law; and
Whereas, pursuant to Section 1, Article XVI of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895, the proposed amendment was submitted to the qualified electors at the General Election of 2012; and
Whereas, a favorable vote having been received on the amendment at the General Election of 2012, the amendment was then ratified pursuant to Joint Resolution 214 of 2014 and declared to be a part of the Constitution. Now, therefore,
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Notwithstanding another provision of law, for the 2018 Gubernatorial Election and election cycle, the State Election Commission shall establish the procedures, to include necessary deadlines, by which a person nominated for the office of Governor selects a Lieutenant Governor as a joint-ticket running mate pursuant to Section 8, Article IV of the Constitution of South Carolina, 1895. The provisions of this joint resolution apply only to the 2018 Gubernatorial Election.
SECTION 2. This joint resolution takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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