(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – House Speaker Jay Lucas (District 65-Darlington) issued the following statement after the Senate amended and passed House Bill 4919 today.
“The Senate’s passed version of House Bill 4919 ended any real opportunity for election reform this year. After two years of extremely hard work by many in both chambers, it is a shame that the Senate Majority Leader chose to unnecessarily increase his own power rather than take concrete steps to make South Carolina’s elections the most secure in the United States. Voters need to know that the Senate, urged by their majority leader, killed voter integrity legislation because they wanted to take control of the Election Commission for themselves.”

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