💥💥💥💥IMPORTANT ACTION ALERT!!!! 💥💥💥💥
Bill 150 passed last year moved the needle in some instances but also took a few steps back especially by instituting two weeks of early voting. The 3 bills below focus on further enhancing SC election law so that the citizens of SC can trust elections again.
Here are the election bills that we want to support that Rob Harris and our group worked on.
H.4259 Hand Count Audit Act
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4259
This bill calls for a hand count audit of at least 5 races within 3 precincts of each county and should include one statewide office or question; one federal office; and one countywide or less than countywide office or question
It also allows a county or county chair of a political party to call for an audit up to 22 months after an election (hand count or forensic).
H.4260 Voter Access and Transparency Act https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4260
H 4260 calls for a return to paper poll books and gives full observation rights to every citizen to observe all phases of the election process and establishes chain of custody documentation to be recorded for all components of the election systems at all times.
It also removes the 65 and older provision for absentee voting thereby reducing the amount of mail in voting.
Most importantly, it establishes a pilot program for 2024 for at least 3 counties to cast votes on hand-marked paper ballots counted by hand.
H.4261 Clean Voter Roll Act https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=4261
This bill makes the counties responsible for maintenance of the voter registration lists and ensures that SC qualified electors are able to receive and inspect at no charge essential voter registration and election reports such as voter registration lists, cast vote records, ballot review and reconciliation reports, chain of custody documents, incident reports, proof of citizenship verification, and signature verification.
Please read these bills and call the members of the Judiciary committee if they are your representatives. This is important. They pay attention to the people who live in their district.
Here is a list of the members of the judiciary committee.
https://www.scstatehouse.gov/CommitteeInfo/housejudiciary.php
Wm. Weston J. Newton, Chairman
Wallace H. “Jay” Jordan, Jr., 1st V.C.
John Richard C. King, 2nd V.C.
William H. Bailey
Justin T. Bamberg
Beth E. Bernstein
Thomas C. “Case” Brittain, Jr.
J. Benjamin “Ben” Connell
Jason Elliott
Thomas Duval “Val” Guest, Jr.
Brandon Guffey
Rosalyn D. Henderson-Myers
Patricia Moore “Pat” Henegan
Jeffrey E. “Jeff” Johnson
Matthew W. “Matt” Leber
John R. McCravy, III
Cody T. Mitchell
Travis A. Moore
Robby Robbins
Seth Rose
Carla Schuessler