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type: "Bill"
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title: "Polling Places in Aiken County"
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description: "AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-40, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS DETERMINES THAT A PRECINCT CONTAINS NO SUITABLE LOCATION FOR A POLLING PLACE, THE BOARD, UPON APPROVAL OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, MAY LOCATE THE POLLING PLACE INSIDE THE COUNTY AND WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE PRECINCT'S BOUNDARIES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 5-15-60, RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES ADOPTING METHODS OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR AND DETERMINING RESULTS OF NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY WHICH ELECTS TO HOLD PARTISAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MUST PAY ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDUCT OF A MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE"
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jurisdiction: "us/states/sc"
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legislature: "South Carolina General Assembly"
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session: "2025-2026"
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identifier: "S 694"
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citation: "South Carolina S 694 (2025-2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: []
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Young"]
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version_count: 7
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action_count: 24
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-12-10"
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last_action: "2026-04-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7ae023a1-14d4-42e8-b67c-fc1256731f01"
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source_url: "https://www.scstatehouse.gov/billsearch.php?billnumbers=694&session=126&summary=B"
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source_hash: "6fe9bd362f4394e3c5493c450f5f89406fc67974eb1a5dfa344e4e5e6e9d41e1"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-sc"]
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---
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# South Carolina S 694 (2025-2026) — Polling Places in Aiken County
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AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOUTH CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-7-40, RELATING TO DESIGNATION OF VOTING PRECINCTS IN AIKEN COUNTY, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT IF THE BOARD OF VOTER REGISTRATION AND ELECTIONS DETERMINES THAT A PRECINCT CONTAINS NO SUITABLE LOCATION FOR A POLLING PLACE, THE BOARD, UPON APPROVAL OF A MAJORITY OF THE COUNTY LEGISLATIVE DELEGATION, MAY LOCATE THE POLLING PLACE INSIDE THE COUNTY AND WITHIN FIVE MILES OF THE PRECINCT'S BOUNDARIES; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 5-15-60, RELATING TO MUNICIPALITIES ADOPTING METHODS OF NOMINATING CANDIDATES FOR AND DETERMINING RESULTS OF NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ANY MUNICIPALITY WHICH ELECTS TO HOLD PARTISAN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS MUST PAY ALL COSTS AND EXPENSES ASSOCIATED WITH THE CONDUCT OF A MUNICIPAL PRIMARY ELECTION. - RATIFIED TITLE
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Filed** (filed) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/bills/694.htm)
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2. **02/18/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/694_20260218.htm)
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3. **03/03/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/694_20260303.htm)
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4. **03/25/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/694_20260325.htm)
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5. **03/26/2026** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/694_20260326.htm)
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6. **03/26/2026-A** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/694_20260326a.htm)
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7. **12/10/2025** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess126_2025-2026/prever/694_20251210.htm)
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## Votes
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- Passage of Bill — **105–1** (pass) · lower
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- 2nd Reading — **43–0** (pass) · upper
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- to concur — **41–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Young — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-10** Prefiled `filing`
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- **2025-12-10** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-13** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2026-01-13** Referred to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-18** Committee report: Favorable Judiciary `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2026-03-03** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-03** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-03** Roll call Ayes-43 Nays-0
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- **2026-03-04** Read third time and sent to House `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-03-05** Introduced and read first time `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2026-03-05** Referred to Aiken Delegation
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- **2026-03-25** Delegation report: Favorable Aiken Delegation
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- **2026-03-26** Scrivener's error corrected
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- **2026-03-26** Amended `amendment-passage`
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- **2026-03-26** Read second time `reading-2`
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- **2026-03-26** Roll call Yeas-105 Nays-1
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- **2026-03-26** Unanimous consent for third reading on next legislative day
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- **2026-03-27** Read third time and returned to Senate with amendments `passage, reading-3`
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- **2026-04-01** Concurred in House amendment and enrolled
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- **2026-04-01** Roll call Ayes-41 Nays-0
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- **2026-04-01** Ratified R 121
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- **2026-04-06** Signed By Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-23** Effective date 04/06/26
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- **2026-04-23** Act No. 113
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7ae023a1-14d4-42e8-b67c-fc1256731f01`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official South Carolina legislature records).
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