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type: "Bill"
title: "Poll managers and assistants"
description: "AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-72, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MANAGERS OF ELECTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CLERK APPOINTED FROM AMONG THE MANAGERS FOR EACH POLLING PLACE MUST BE A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED ELECTOR OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY IN WHICH HE IS APPOINTED TO WORK OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY; TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-80, RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF BOARDS OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS AND MANAGERS AND CLERKS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CHAIRMAN OF A BOARD OF MANAGERS MUST BE A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED ELECTOR OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY IN WHICH HE IS APPOINTED TO WORK OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-110, RELATING TO POLL MANAGERS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CHAIRMAN OR CLERK APPOINTED FROM AMONG THE MANAGERS FOR THE VARIOUS POLLING PLACES MUST BE A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED ELECTOR OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY IN WHICH HE IS APPOINTED TO WORK OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY, TO PROVIDE THAT A MANAGER WHO IS NOT APPOINTED TO SERVE AS A CHAIRMAN OR CLERK MUST BE A RESIDENT AND A REGISTERED ELECTOR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS A MANAGER WHO REQUESTS TO WORK IN HIS RESIDENT COUNTY OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER QUALIFIED PERSONS FROM OTHER COUNTIES FOR APPOINTMENT TO WORK IN THE RESIDENT COUNTY OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY. - ratified title"
jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2019-2020"
identifier: "H 3035"
citation: "South Carolina H 3035 (2019-2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Funderburk", "R. Williams", "Thigpen", "W. Newton", "Wheeler"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-12-18"
last_action: "2019-06-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f1c08d67-d069-4fd7-87b2-658a4728c4bf"
source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=3035&session=123&summary=B"
source_hash: "e833990692398ffe8f25c1b777007a48e15265ef76f35d84d915ca15d9833a2a"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
---
# South Carolina H 3035 (2019-2020) — Poll managers and assistants
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-72, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO MANAGERS OF ELECTION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CLERK APPOINTED FROM AMONG THE MANAGERS FOR EACH POLLING PLACE MUST BE A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED ELECTOR OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY IN WHICH HE IS APPOINTED TO WORK OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY; TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-80, RELATING TO THE ORGANIZATION OF BOARDS OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS AND MANAGERS AND CLERKS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CHAIRMAN OF A BOARD OF MANAGERS MUST BE A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED ELECTOR OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY IN WHICH HE IS APPOINTED TO WORK OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY; AND TO AMEND SECTION 7-13-110, RELATING TO POLL MANAGERS AND THEIR ASSISTANTS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT A CHAIRMAN OR CLERK APPOINTED FROM AMONG THE MANAGERS FOR THE VARIOUS POLLING PLACES MUST BE A RESIDENT AND REGISTERED ELECTOR OF THE RESPECTIVE COUNTY IN WHICH HE IS APPOINTED TO WORK OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY, TO PROVIDE THAT A MANAGER WHO IS NOT APPOINTED TO SERVE AS A CHAIRMAN OR CLERK MUST BE A RESIDENT AND A REGISTERED ELECTOR OF THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AND TO REQUIRE THAT ANY PERSON QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS A MANAGER WHO REQUESTS TO WORK IN HIS RESIDENT COUNTY OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY MUST BE GIVEN PRIORITY OVER QUALIFIED PERSONS FROM OTHER COUNTIES FOR APPOINTMENT TO WORK IN THE RESIDENT COUNTY OR IN AN ADJOINING COUNTY. - ratified title
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/bills/3035.htm)
2. **1/30/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3035_20190130.htm)
3. **12/18/2018** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3035_20181218.htm)
4. **4/24/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3035_20190424.htm)
5. **4/25/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3035_20190425.htm)
6. **5/8/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3035_20190508.htm)
7. **5/9/2019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess123_2019-2020/prever/3035_20190509.htm)
## Votes
- Adopt Amendment 1A — **1030** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading — **440** (pass) · upper
- Passage of Bill — **1125** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Funderburk — primary (person)
- R. Williams — primary (person)
- Thigpen — primary (person)
- W. Newton — primary (person)
- Wheeler — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-12-18** Prefiled `filing`
- **2018-12-18** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-01-08** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-10** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: W.Newton
- **2019-01-29** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: R.Williams
- **2019-01-30** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-01-31** Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wheeler
- **2019-02-05** Objection by Rep. Weeks
- **2019-02-05** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-02-05** Roll call Yeas-112 Nays-5
- **2019-02-06** Read third time and sent to Senate `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
- **2019-02-06** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-24** Committee report: Favorable with amendment Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Scrivener's error corrected
- **2019-05-07** Read second time `reading-2`
- **2019-05-08** Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted `amendment-amendment, amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Amended `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-08** Read third time and returned to House with amendments `passage, reading-3`
- **2019-05-08** Roll call Ayes-44 Nays-0
- **2019-05-09** Senate amendment amended `amendment-amendment`
- **2019-05-09** Returned to Senate with amendments
- **2019-05-09** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
- **2019-05-13** Ratified R 74
- **2019-05-16** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-31** Effective date 05/16/19
- **2019-06-05** Act No. 54
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f1c08d67-d069-4fd7-87b2-658a4728c4bf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).