May 8 2012
s.1512 dead, but there’s more than one way to skin a cat
S. 1512 is a bill I introduced to rectify the inequity of nearly 200 candidates being removed from the ballots on last week’s Supreme Court Ruling. Even though s.1512 was amendment and passed out of the Judiciary Committee it received a minority report by Sen. Jake Knotts of Lexington. A minority report in essence kills the bill unless the Senate puts the bill on special order. Senate rules dictate 
that a motion for special order cannot be made until the bill is on the calendar for 6 days. That means s.1512 could not be taken up until May 23, far too late for any effect.
However, there are more than one way to skin a cat. Today, the Senate put h.3392, which is a bill that deals with election law and can be amended with s.1512’s Judiciary Amendment. H. 3392 is on third reading, so it is possible to amend it and pass it out of the Senate Wednesday afternoon. If the House votes to concur, it would avoid a conference committee and go straight downstairs for the signature of the Governor.
May 10, 2012 @ 08:52:28
Humphrey B., Get me The contact info of 3 people without IDs who plan on voting. I’ll make it my personal life mission to get them proper ID.
May 09, 2012 @ 15:59:57
I am watching the Senate debate on this issue and am moved by your comments arguing for ensuring that people are not disenfranchised. I surely assume that you will make these same arguments when you argue to repeal those laws that unnecessarily require picture IDs for voting when we know that there are those who don’t have such IDs and will be unfairly disenfranchised by that law. I also assume that you will make these same arguments when you champion early voting to make sure that more and more people can participate in the electoral process.
May 09, 2012 @ 13:42:07
Senator Bryant: Thank you so very much for taking this cause up. If this passes and we are allowed to be back on the ballot-you would have restored my faith in the Republican Party. Something like this should never happen in this day and age. That People can pick and choose who they want on the ballot and do it so blatantly is beyond me. I hope the folks who did this will be at least censored.
May 08, 2012 @ 16:19:55
Thank you for fighting so hard for this! The Republican Liberty Caucus of SC is even more proud for having endorsed you after all of this.