Bill Text: SC S0464 | 2011-2012 | 119th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Electronic voter machines
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-07 - Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Cleary, Scott [S0464 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2011-S0464-Introduced.html
A BILL
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.
