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 South Carolina General Assembly
 126th Session, 2025-2026
 
-Download This Bill in Microsoft Word Format
+Bill 3588
 
 Indicates Matter Stricken
 Indicates New Matter
 
-H. 3588
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-STATUS INFORMATION
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-General Bill
-Sponsors: Reps. Bowers, Hiott, Taylor and Sanders
-Document Path: LC-0105HDB25.docx
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-Introduced in the House on January 14, 2025
- Judiciary
-Summary: Uncontested municipal primary elections
-HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS
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-      Date      Body      Action Description with journal page number
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-    12/12/2024    House    Prefiled
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-    12/12/2024    House    Referred to Committee on Judiciary
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-    1/14/2025    House    Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 256)
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-    1/14/2025    House    Referred to Committee on Judiciary  (House Journal-page 256)
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-View the latest legislative information at the website
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-VERSIONS OF THIS BILL
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-12/12/2024
+(Text matches printed bills. Document has been reformatted to meet World Wide Web specifications.)
 
 A bill
 
-TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION 5-15-112 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SEEKING ELECTION FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL
+TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY ADDING SECTION
+5-15-112 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A PERSON SEEKING ELECTION FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL
 OFFICES BY WRITE-IN VOTES MUST TIMELY FILE A DECLARATION OF WRITE-IN CANDIDACY
-IN ORDER FOR WRITE-IN VOTES TO BE COUNTED IN HIS FAVOR; AND BY ADDING SECTION 5-15-115 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN UNCONTESTED CANDIDATE FOR A MUNICIPAL OFFICE
+IN ORDER FOR WRITE-IN VOTES TO BE COUNTED IN HIS FAVOR; AND BY ADDING SECTION
+5-15-115 SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT AN UNCONTESTED CANDIDATE FOR A MUNICIPAL OFFICE
 IS DEEMED ELECTED, AND SUCH OFFICE IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR ON THE GENERAL OR
 SPECIAL ELECTION BALLOT, AS APPLICABLE.
 
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 SECTION 1.  Chapter 15, Title 5 of the S.C. Code is amended by
 adding:
 
-    Section 5-15-112.  (A) A person seeking
+    Section
+5-15-112.  (A) A person seeking
 election by write-in votes to any municipal office under this chapter must, no
 later than fourteen days after the closing of the candidate filing period for
 that office, file a declaration with the appropriate authority which includes the
@@ -75,7 +51,8 @@
 SECTION 2.  Chapter 15, Title 5 of the S.C. Code is amended by
 adding:
 
-    Section 5-15-115.  (A) A municipal office is
+    Section
+5-15-115.  (A) A municipal office is
 not required to appear on any general or special election ballot if fourteen
 days have elapsed since the candidate filing period for that office closed and:
 
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-This web page was last updated on January 14, 2025 at 1:49 PM
+This web page was last updated on December 12, 2024 at 04:38 PM