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H 4944 - Removes a municipality's authority not to conduct general elections

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: Laurie Funderburk
Last Action: 6/2/2016 - Senate - Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
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Assigned To:
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Staff Analysis of the Legislation

05.24.2016 The Senate Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report.
03.01.2016 The House Judiciary Committee gave this bill a favorable report.
02.24.2016 The House Judiciary Election Laws subcommittee gave this bill a favorable report.
Summary of the bill as introduced: Requires a municipality to conduct general elections even when only one person has filed for the office and no person has declared as a write-in candidate.

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Municipal Association of South Carolina
1411 Gervais St., PO Box 12109, Columbia, SC 29211
Phone: 803.799.9574, Fax: 803.933.1299, mail@masc.sc