S. 5271

In plain English

The bill would require voters in federal elections to show valid physical photo ID when voting in person. Voters without ID could cast a provisional ballot, but would have three days to provide ID or a sworn statement explaining a religious objection to being photographed. Voting by other methods would require an ID copy, or the last four Social Security digits plus a sworn statement that reasonable efforts to get a copy failed. Overseas military voters and certain disabled or elderly voters would be exempt from that last rule.

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Sponsor and status

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How South Carolina voted

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Who lobbied

Lobbying reports name the bills a client worked on. They don't say which side anyone took.

4 reports from 4 clients reporting $1,380,000 in fees and expenses. Fees cover each report's whole lobbying effort, not just this bill.

Groupings are our label from each organization's name and industry, not its legal or tax status.

The connection table

Organizations that lobbied this bill, and money each gave South Carolina's delegates this cycle: its PAC's contributions (FEC) plus its lobbyists' reported contributions and event payments (LD‑203, group events excluded). Exact name matches only. An empty cell means no matching money was found. Under each name is that delegate’s final vote on the bill (passage or last substantive vote). Delegates who didn’t vote on it, for example because they weren’t serving, are grayed out and left out of the Total column.

None of the organizations that lobbied this bill gave money we could match to a South Carolina delegate.