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STATUS INFORMATION
General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Davis
Document Path: l:\s-res\td\007ball.sp.td.docx
Companion/Similar bill(s): 4722
Introduced in the Senate on January 8, 2019
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary
Summary: Absentee voting; prohibit person from collecting voted or unvoted absentee ballots and provide penalty
HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
Date Body Action Description with journal page number
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1/8/2019 Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 185)
1/8/2019 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(Senate Journal-page 185)
2/27/2019 Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Massey,
McElveen, M.B.Matthews, Gambrell
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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
TO AMEND ARTICLE 5, CHAPTER 15, TITLE 7 OF THE 1976 CODE, RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING, BY ADDING SECTION 7-15-387, TO PROHIBIT A PERSON FROM KNOWINGLY COLLECTING VOTED OR UNVOTED ABSENTEE BALLOTS, AND TO PROVIDE A PENALTY.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Article 5, Chapter 15, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:
"Section 7-15-387. A person who is not authorized to return an absentee ballot as prescribed in Section 7-15-385 and who knowingly collects an absentee voter's ballot is guilty of election misconduct pursuant to Section 7-25-190. For the purposes of this section, 'collect' means to gain possession or control of an absentee ballot that is either blank or has been completed by an absentee voter."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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