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S 0236 - Requires any municipal election precinct with 3,000 or more voters to have its own polling place

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: Thomas Young (R)
Last Action: 6/1/2022 - Act No. 207
Senate Committee: Judy
House Committee: Judy
Assigned To:
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation
03.23.2021 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment applies the bill only to partisan primary elections, not general elections.
03.16.2021 A Senate Judiciary subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report as amended. The amendment changes the distance between pooled precincts from 5 miles back to 3 miles.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires any municipal precinct with 3,000 or more voters to have its own polling place, an increase from the previous cap of 1,500.

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S*0236 (Rat #0235, Act #0207 of 2022) General Bill, By Young
Similar (H 3771)
Summary: Pooling precincts
    AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-1000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POOLING PRECINCTS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT FOR PURPOSES OF MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTIONS, ANY PRECINCT CONTAINING THREE THOUSAND OR MORE VOTERS SHALL HAVE ITS OWN POLLING PLACE, THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE MUNICIPAL POOLED PRECINCTS MAY NOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND, AND THAT POOLED MUNICIPAL POLLING PLACES MUST NOT BE MORE THAN THREE MILES FROM THE NEAREST PART OF ANY POOLED PRECINCT. - ratified title
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12/09/20Senate Prefiled
12/09/20Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary
01/12/21Senate Introduced and read first time (Senate Journal-page 230)
01/12/21Senate Referred to Committee on Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 230)
03/11/21Senate Referred to Subcommittee: Campsen (ch), Hutto, Young, McLeod, Garrett
03/24/21Senate Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary (Senate Journal-page 8)
03/30/21Senate Committee Amendment Adopted (Senate Journal-page 12)
03/31/21Senate Read second time (Senate Journal-page 54)
03/31/21Senate Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0 (Senate Journal-page 54)
04/06/21Senate Read third time and sent to House (Senate Journal-page 47)
04/06/21House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 125)
04/06/21House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 125)
04/27/22House Recalled from Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 29)
05/03/22House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 75)
05/04/22House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 109)
05/05/22House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 89)
05/10/22House Amended (House Journal-page 512)
05/10/22House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 512)
05/11/22House Debate adjourned (House Journal-page 12)
05/11/22House Amended (House Journal-page 243)
05/11/22House Read second time (House Journal-page 243)
05/11/22House Roll call Yeas-108 Nays-1 (House Journal-page 280)
05/12/22House Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments (House Journal-page 6)
05/12/22Senate Non-concurrence in House amendment (Senate Journal-page 48)
05/12/22House House recedes from amendment(s) (House Journal-page 123)
05/18/22 Ratified R 235
05/23/22 Signed By Governor
06/01/22 Effective date 05/23/22
06/01/22 Act No. 207


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