H 4047 Session 123 (2019-2020)
H 4047 General Bill, By Fry, Yow, West, Caskey, McCravy, Crawford, McGinnis,
B.Newton, McCoy, Bennett, Clemmons, Hardee, Davis, Johnson, Finlay, Gagnon,
Hiott, Long, Martin, D.C.Moss, Sottile, Mace, Forrest, Huggins, Hixon, Hyde,
Blackwell, Willis, Taylor, Bailey , Hewitt, Felder, Cogswell, B.Cox, Elliott,
Morgan, Wooten, Ligon, Bryant, Burns, Chumley, Trantham, Thayer, Simrill,
Pope, Chellis, G.M.Smith and Erickson
A BILL TO AMEND SECTION 7-11-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976,
RELATING TO METHODS OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE
FROM FILING MORE THAN ONE STATEMENT OF INTENTION OF CANDIDACY FOR A SINGLE
ELECTION, AND TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FROM BEING NOMINATED BY MORE THAN ONE
POLITICAL PARTY FOR A SINGLE OFFICE IN AN ELECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION
7-13-320, RELATING TO BALLOTS AND SPECIFICATIONS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A
CANDIDATE'S NAME FROM APPEARING ON THE BALLOT MORE THAN ONCE. View full text
02/21/19 House Introduced and read first time (House Journal-page 128)
02/21/19 House Referred to Committee on Judiciary
(House Journal-page 128)
03/11/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: D.C.Moss
03/12/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Sottile
03/20/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Mace,
Forrest, Huggins, Hixon, Hyde, Blackwell,
Willis, Taylor
03/21/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bailey,
Hewitt, Felder, Cogswell, B.Cox, Elliott
03/26/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Morgan,
Wooten, Ligon
03/27/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bryant,
Burns, Chumley, Trantham
03/28/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Thayer
04/02/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Simrill,
Pope, Chellis
04/09/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: G.M.Smith
04/23/19 House Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Erickson
H. 4047
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 7-11-10, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO METHODS OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FROM FILING MORE THAN ONE STATEMENT OF INTENTION OF CANDIDACY FOR A SINGLE ELECTION, AND TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE FROM BEING NOMINATED BY MORE THAN ONE POLITICAL PARTY FOR A SINGLE OFFICE IN AN ELECTION; AND TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-320, RELATING TO BALLOTS AND SPECIFICATIONS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT A CANDIDATE'S NAME FROM APPEARING ON THE BALLOT MORE THAN ONCE.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 7-11-10 of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"Section 7-11-10. (A) Nominations for candidates for the offices to be voted on in a general or special election may be by political party primary, by political party convention, or by petition; however, a person who was defeated as a candidate for nomination to an office in a party primary or party convention shall may not have his name placed on the ballot for the ensuing general or special election, except that this section does not prevent a defeated candidate from later becoming his party's nominee for that office in that election if the candidate first selected as the party's nominee dies, resigns, is disqualified, or otherwise ceases to become the party's nominee for that office before the election is held.
(B) A candidate may not file more than one statement of intention of candidacy for a single election.
(C) A candidate may not be nominated by more than one political party for a single office for the same election."
SECTION 2. Section 7-13-320(D) of the 1976 Code is amended to read:
"(D) The names of candidates offering for any other another office shall must be placed in the proper place on the appropriate ballot, stating whether it is a state, congressional, legislative, county, or other office. A candidate's name may not appear on the ballot more than once for any single office for the same election."
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.
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