Bill Text: SC S1204 | 2019-2020 | 123rd General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Absentee ballot
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 15-6)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-05-12 - Introduced, read first time, placed on calendar without reference [S1204 Detail]
Download: South_Carolina-2019-S1204-Amended.html
INTRODUCED
May 12, 2020
S. 1204
Introduced by Senators Campsen, Kimpson, Setzler, Bennett, Turner, Grooms, Davis, Rice, Campbell, Gambrell, Goldfinch, Climer, Sabb, Talley, Young, Williams, Hembree, Johnson, Fanning and Verdin
S. Printed 5/12/20--S.
Read the first time May 12, 2020.
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 7-15-320, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO PERSONS QUALIFIED TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A QUALIFIED ELECTOR MUST BE PERMITTED TO VOTE BY ABSENTEE BALLOT IN AN ELECTION IF THE QUALIFIED ELECTOR'S PLACE OF RESIDENCE OR POLLING PLACE IS LOCATED IN AN AREA SUBJECT TO A STATE OF EMERGENCY DECLARED BY THE GOVERNOR AND THERE ARE FEWER THAN FORTY-SIX DAYS REMAINING UNTIL THE DATE OF THE ELECTION.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-15-320 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding an appropriately lettered subsection at the end to read:
"( ) A qualified elector must be permitted to vote by absentee ballot in an election if the qualified elector's place of residence or polling place is located in an area subject to a state of emergency declared by the Governor and there are fewer than forty-six days remaining until the date of the election."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
