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H 3771 - Makes changes to the process of pooling precincts in municipal elections

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: William Hixon (R)
Last Action: 1/28/2021 - House - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
House Committee: Judy
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Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows a municipality to pool election precincts with another precinct in certain cases with certain conditions.

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Session 124 - (2021-2022)Printer Friendly
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H 3771 General Bill, By Hixon, Blackwell, Clyburn, Oremus and Taylor
Similar (S 0236)
Summary: Pooling precincts
    A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7-7-1000, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO POOLING PRECINCTS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY PRECINCT CONTAINING THREE THOUSAND OR MORE VOTERS, AN INCREASE FROM FIVE HUNDRED OR MORE VOTERS, HAS ITS OWN POLLING PLACE; THAT THE TOTAL NUMBER OF REGISTERED VOTERS IN THE MUNICIPALLY POOLED PRECINCTS CANNOT EXCEED THREE THOUSAND, AN INCREASE FROM ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED; AND THAT POOLED MUNICIPAL POLLING PLACES CANNOT BE MORE THAN FIVE MILES, AN INCREASE FROM THREE MILES, FROM THE NEAREST PART OF ANY POOLED PRECINCT.
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01/28/21House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 33)
01/28/21House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 33)


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