EVCIElection Voter-Confidence Index

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section § 7-13-1740 addresses sample or instruction ballots for voting machines only, requiring their provision and public inspection at polling places on election day. This is a narrowly-scoped procedural requirement for precinct-level materials at voting locations. The criterion requires a broader statutory framework for a voter pamphlet (or analog) with defined content requirements for candidate and ballot-question information and distribution specifications. The statute does not establish content requirements for candidate information, ballot-question information, or a systematic statewide distribution mechanism. A diagram of the voting machine interface does not constitute a comprehensive candidate and ballot-question information pamphlet.

No matching sections in corpus.

This section establishes filing deadlines and requirements for candidates to file economic interest statements and references filing procedures in other sections (7-11-70, 7-11-71, 8-13-1308). However, it does not directly codify a requirement for candidate-filing documents to be publicly accessible within a defined timeframe. The statute establishes that filings must be made electronically and specifies deadlines, which partially addresses procedural clarity of candidate-filing processes. It does not explicitly mandate public accessibility or specify a timeframe for disclosure. The criterion requires both public accessibility AND a defined time for such access, neither of which is explicitly required in this section.

“A person who becomes a candidate by filing a statement of intention of candidacy seeking nomination by political party primary or political party convention must electronically file a statement of economic interests for the preceding calendar year pursuant to Section 8-13-365 prior to the close of filing for the particular office.”

No section in the FTS-surfaced candidates satisfies this criterion. Best signal: Section 7-11-210 addresses candidate filing requirements, party pledges, and enforcement mechanisms for primary election candidates who violate their pledges by campaigning in general elections. However, the statute does not codify any public-notice procedure for situations where a candidate is disqualified or withdraws after the ballot is printed. The section establishes filing deadlines (March 30th at noon) and signature requirements, but contains no language addressing post-ballot-printing disqualification, withdrawal, or the procedures for notifying the public of such events. The criterion specifically requires codification of public-notice procedures for candidate disqualification or withdrawal after ballot printing, which is absent from this section.

S.C. Code § 7-13-35 establishes a statutory requirement for pre-election notices with clearly defined timing and content. The statute mandates two notices in newspapers of general circulation, specifies timing (first notice within 60 days, second notice within 2 weeks of first), and enumerates required content including: registration deadline reminder, election date/time/location, polling place locations by precinct, and absentee ballot processing information. This directly satisfies the criterion's requirement that notification rules and timing be codified in statute with content defined.

“The authority charged by law with conducting an election must publish two notices of general, municipal, special, and primary elections held in the county in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality, as appropriate. Included in each notice must be a reminder of the last day persons may register to be eligible to vote in the election for which notice is given, notification of the date, time, and location of the hearing on ballots challenged in the election, a list of the precincts involved in the election, the location of the polling places in each of the precincts, and notification that the process of examining the return-addressed envelopes containing absentee ballots may begin at 7:00 a.m. on the second day immediately preceding election day at a place designated in the notice by the authority charged with conducting the election. The first notice must appear not later than sixty days before the election and the second notice must appear not later than two weeks after the first notice.”

The statute requires notice of polling place changes and specifies timing ('at the time of the first election held after the change') and clear content standards (location, address, phone number, legible from 20 feet). However, the criterion requires 'individual notice within a defined timeframe.' This statute mandates only posted notice at the previous polling place location, not individual voter notification (e.g., by mail, email, or direct contact). The notice is reactive (posted at the new location on election day) rather than proactive advance notification. It relies on voters happening to visit the old polling place to receive notice, which may not reach all affected voters. The timeframe is tied to the election rather than specified in advance of it. This satisfies the spirit of notification requirements but does not fully satisfy the specific criterion requiring individual notice.

“When a polling place established by statute or ordinance or by an entity allowed by law to establish polling places is changed the entity charged with conducting elections at the polling place shall post at the time of the first election held after the change a notice on or next to the door of the entrance of the previous polling place stating in printing with letters large enough to be read easily by a person with normal vision from a distance of at least twenty feet the location of the new polling place and the address and telephone number of the entity in charge of the conduct of the election.”