South Carolina · 2025-2026 Regular Session
Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Adding Section 7-11-5 So As To Require Primary Elections For County, State, And Federal Offices, Except For President And Vice President, To Be Conducted As Nonpartisan Open Primary Elections In Which The Two Candidates Receiving The Highest Number Of Votes Advance To The General Election; By Amending Section 7-11-10, Relating To Methods Of Nominating Candidates, So As To Replace References To Political Party Primaries And Conventions With The Conducting Of A Nonpartisan Open Primary; By Amending Section 7-11-15, Relating To Qualifications To Run As A Candidate In General Elections, So As To Allow All Persons Seeking Nomination Via Nonpartisan Open Primary To File A Statement Of Intention Of Candidacy Accompanied By Either A Filing Fee Or A Nominating Petition, And To Provide That Write-in Candidacies Are Permitted For Any Office On The Nonpartisan Open Primary Ballot, But Not On The General Election Ballot; By Amending Section 7-13-40, Relating To The Conduct Of Party Primaries, So As To Replace References To Political Party Primaries With Nonpartisan Open Primary, To Provide That All Candidates For An Office To Be Voted On In The…
Referred to Committee on Judiciary (2025-01-14)