Bill Text: SC H3404 | 2021-2022 | 124th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Candidate, prohibit name of for President or Vice President to be printed on ballot unless evidence of being a natural born citizen

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-02-03 - Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Dillard [H3404 Detail]

Download: South_Carolina-2021-H3404-Introduced.html

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A BILL

TO AMEND THE CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH CAROLINA, 1976, BY ADDING SECTION 7-13-345 SO AS TO PROHIBIT THE NAME OF A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT OR VICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BE PRINTED ON A BALLOT IN SOUTH CAROLINA UNLESS THERE IS SHOWN CONCLUSIVE EVIDENCE THAT THE CANDIDATE IS A NATURAL BORN CITIZEN OF THE UNITED STATES.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION    1.    Article 3, Chapter 13, Title 7 of the 1976 Code is amended by adding:

    "Section 7-13-345.    (A)    A candidate for President or Vice President of the United States may not have his name printed on a ballot in this State unless there is conclusive evidence that the candidate is a natural born citizen of the United States.

    (B)    This section applies to a person, petitioner, or party placing the names of electors on the ballot."

SECTION    2.    This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor.