Absentee voting bill sponsor says heâs open to compromise at subcommittee hearing
Absentee voting bill sponsor says heâs open to compromise at Subcommittee hearing By Chris Joseph | April 21, 2021 at 7:31 PM EDT - Updated April 21 at 7:31 PM
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - On Wednesday, the Election Laws Subcommittee held a hearing for House Bill 4150, which if passed, would dramatically reshape
Sponsor Rep. Brandon Newton (R-Lancaster and York Counties) said at the beginning of the review he was open to dialogue.
âI am totally open to compromise, to testimony, to ideas, this is, I donât pretend to be an expert about election law. I offer this bill as a starting point,â he said.
Republican voting bill expands early voting, limits voting by mail.
The House bill could create a two-week no excuse early voting period for everyone but limits who is eligible to vote absentee by mail. Author: Julia Kauffman (WLTX) Updated: 7:40 PM EDT April 21, 2021
South Carolina lawmakers heard feedback from the public Wednesday on a Republican-backed voting bill. The bill would allow registered voters to vote early in-person two weeks before an election, but it limits mail-in voting.
“My goal is to not get rid of absentee voting. My goal is to simply make absentee voting what it’s namesake is, which is absentee, which is people who are unable to vote for reasons of not being able to be at a polling place for reasons they can’t control,” said author of House Bill 4150, Representative Brandon Newton.
SC s Black leaders react to Chauvin murder verdict: Justice served, more work remains Sarah Ellis and Maayan Schechter, The State (Columbia, S.C.)
Apr. 20 COLUMBIA, S.C. The guilty verdict in the Minneapolis murder trial of ex-police officer Derek Chauvin, charged with killing George Floyd, sent shock waves rippling through South Carolina on Tuesday.
Cheers and chants of Black lives matter erupted outside the Minneapolis court house the moment the verdict was read shortly after 5 p.m. Reactions from South Carolina leaders began pouring in online almost immediately. Thank you Lord. Guilty on all 3 counts will not bring George Floyd back but hopefully it will signal that police can no longer count on immunity when killing black people! tweeted state. Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter, D-Orangeburg, an outspoken African American leader in a state that only four years ago saw another white police officer held accountable for killing an unarmed Black man.