South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

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S. 694

STATUS INFORMATION

General Bill
Sponsors: Senator Young
Document Path: SJ-0013PB26.docx

Prefiled in the Senate on December 10, 2025
Currently residing in the Senate Committee on Judiciary

Summary: Polling Places in Aiken County

HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS

Date Body Action Description with journal page number
12/10/2025 Senate Prefiled
12/10/2025 Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary

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VERSIONS OF THIS BILL

12/10/2025



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-40, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS DETERMINES THAT A PRECINCT CONTAINS NO SUITABLE LOCATION FOR A POLLING PLACE, THE BOARD, UPON APPROVAL OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, MAY LOCATE THE POLLING PLACE INSIDE THE COUNTY AND WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE PRECINCT'S BOUNDARIES.

 

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

 

SECTION 1.  Section 7-7-40 of the S.C. Code is amended by adding a subsection to read:

 

    (D) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-7-920, if the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Aiken County determines that a precinct contains no suitable location for a polling place, the board, upon approval by a majority of the county legislative delegation, may locate the polling place inside the county and within five miles of the precinct's boundaries.

 

SECTION 2.  This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.

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