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H 3898 - Allows emergency responders to vote in another county

Tracking Level: Of Interest
Sponsor: Laurie Funderburk
Last Action: 3/24/2015 - House - Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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Summary of the bill as introduced: Allows emergency responders including firefighters, public utility workers and law enforcement who are dispatched to assist with disaster relief outside their county to have the opportunity to receive and cast any ballot that would have been to able to cast in their resident county.

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Session 121 - (2015-2016)Printer Friendly
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H 3898 General Bill, By Funderburk, McCoy, Quinn, Stavrinakis, Robinson-Simpson, Anderson, Henegan, Kirby, Gambrell, Hardwick, Hardee, Yow, Govan, King, Jefferson, Williams, Douglas, Alexander, G.A. Brown, Mack, Hosey, Corley, McEachern, Norrell, Tinkler, Toole, Clary, Bedingfield, R.L. Brown, Dillard, Hamilton, Hayes, Hicks, Hodges, Pope, Ridgeway, G.R. Smith, Spires, Taylor, Wells and Whipper
Summary: Voting
    A BILL TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 7-15-465 SO AS TO ALLOW SOUTH CAROLINA EMERGENCY RESPONDERS, INCLUDING FIREFIGHTERS, PUBLIC UTILITY WORKERS, LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL, EMERGENCY MEDICAL PERSONNEL, INSURANCE COMPANY CATASTROPHE RESPONSE PERSONNEL, OR SKILLED VOLUNTEERS WHO ARE DISPATCHED TO ASSIST WITH DISASTER RELIEF OR RECOVERY EFFORTS OUTSIDE THEIR COUNTY OF RESIDENCE TO HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE AND CAST ANY BALLOT THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ELIGIBLE TO CAST HAD THEY REMAINED WITHIN THEIR COUNTY OF RESIDENCE.
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03/24/15House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 47)
03/24/15House Referred to Committee on Judiciary (House Journal-page 47)



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