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House GOP to Senate: ‘Take the Vote!’

COLUMBIA – House Majority Leader Kenny Bingham issued the following statement today – ahead of next Tuesday’s extended legislative session:

“The very simple issue of Voter ID legislation should have been settled by now, but unfortunately, the top priority for the Republican Party is still unresolved.  As we prepare to come back in to session next week, there are a few facts I want our Republican Party activists to keep in mind:

• The House Republicans have approved the Voter ID bill three times in the 15 months.
• The House and Senate appointed a conference committee and that conference committee worked hard to compromise and write a bill acceptable to everyone.
• The House Republicans approved that conference report, leaving the final approval to the Senate.
• The Senate Republicans are allowing a single Democrat to stop this bill in an unbelievable display of deference to personal privilege over the best interests of our state.
• There are 28 Republican members of the Senate. They only need 24 members to stop the filibuster and 24 members to approve the conference report, which would immediately send the Voter ID legislation to the governor’s desk.
• The Senate has not taken an up-or-down vote on the Voter ID conference report.

“It is time for the Senate Republicans to stop choosing personal privilege over the best interests of South Carolina and time for the Senate Republicans, and it is time for them to remember the top priority of the party.  Requiring voters to prove who they are when they vote is the least we can do to secure the integrity of our elections.  The only action the Senate Republicans need to take is a very simple one: Take the Vote!

“I urge Republican activists across South Carolina to call their Senators this weekend and tell them to:

“Take the Vote!”

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