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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Lawmakers in the South Carolina House are getting their first chance to prefile legislation for the upcoming session.

The prefiling period gives voters an early look at what legislators will focus on when they return in January. Tuesday is the first day House members can file. They get another chance in a week.

Senators began filing last week. The first of 210 measures filed last Wednesday would require voters to show photo identification at the polls. Republicans have argued for the past two years that it's an issue of voter integrity.

The bill died in June as Senate Democrats pushed to allow more days of early voting. They argued the version Republicans wanted limited voters' ability to cast ballots.

Prefiling wraps up Dec. 15. The Legislature returns Jan. 11.

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