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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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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