{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-1-1560","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 1-1-1560","heading":"Article V convention commissioners; delegation officers; media communications; quorum; voting","body":"(A) The commissioners within the delegation, including any interim commissioners filling a vacancy, shall choose from among them a person who shall chair the delegation, a person who shall cast the state's vote on the convention floor, and a person to speak to the media on behalf of the delegation. If the delegation so decides, the same person may exercise any two or all three functions. The delegation may designate a different commissioner to perform any function at any time.\n(B) Each commissioner shall take care to avoid communicating the impression to any person outside the delegation that the delegation is divided on a question on which the delegation has taken a formal position including, but not limited to, casting a vote.\n(C) No commissioner other than the one designated to communicate with the media on behalf of the delegation shall communicate with the media about convention business during the convention or during any temporary recess or temporary adjournment.\n(D) A commissioner violating subsection (B) or (C) may be suspended or recalled by the advisory committee or by the General Assembly.\n(E) Subsections (B) and (C) shall not be construed to prevent a commissioner from presenting his or her opinions to the convention or debating a matter at the convention on which his or her delegation has not formally taken a position.\n(F) The quorum for decision by the delegation, including the designation of commissioners for particular duties and the determination of how the state's vote shall be cast, shall be a majority present and voting at the time the delegation is polled. No decisions shall be made and no vote shall be cast if less than a majority of the delegation votes in the poll.\n(G) The rule of decision for the delegation, a quorum being present, shall be a majority of those present and voting at the time of polling.","path":["Title 1 - ADMINISTRATION OF THE GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 1 General Provisions","ARTICLE 23 Calls for Constitutional Amending Convention"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t01c001.php","current_through":"2026 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-10-25T02:48:10Z","sha256":"1b7b68d505ce3de70dbc28b528a97486269ff37e1cb74d8b97d5fd7e02a1c4ad","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-1-1555","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-1-1-1565"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}