S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-490 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-490
SECTION 7-7-490. Designation of voting precincts in Spartanburg County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Spartanburg County there are the following voting precincts: Abner Creek Baptist Airport Anderson Mill Baptist Anderson Mill Elementary Apalache Baptist Arcadia Elementary Beacon Beech Springs Intermediate Ben Avon Methodist Bethany Wesleyan Blackstock Boiling Springs Elementary Boiling Springs High School Boiling Springs Jr. High Boiling Springs 9th Grade Broome High School Canaan Cannons Elementary Carlisle Fosters Grove Carlisle Wesleyan Cavins Hobbysville C.C. Woodson Recreation Chapman High School Cherokee Springs Precinct Chesnee Elementary Chestnut Lake Clifton Glendale Converse Fire Station Cooley Springs Baptist Converse Cornerstone Baptist Cowpens Croft Baptist Cross Anchor Fire Station Cudd Memorial D.R. Hill Middle School Daniel Morgan Technology Center Drayton Duncan United Methodist Eastside Baptist Enoree First Baptist Enoree River E.P. Todd Elementary Fairforest Elementary Fairgrounds Gable Middle School Gramling Methodist Greater St. James Hanging Rock Hayne Hearon Circle Hendrix Elementary Holly Springs Baptist Holly Springs-Motlow Hope Inman Jesse Bobo Elementary Jesse Boyd Elementary Lake Bowen Baptist Lake Cooley Landrum Landrum High School Landrum United Methodist Lyman Lyman Elementary Mayo Elementary McCracken Middle School Middle Tyger Moore-Duncan Morningside Baptist Motlow Creek Baptist Mt. Calvary Presbyterian Mt. Moriah Baptist New Prospect Oakland Elementary Old Bridge Pacolet Elementary School Palmetto Pauline Glenn Springs Elementary Peach Blossom Pelham Fire Station Poplar Springs Fire Station Powell Saxon Una Rainbow R.D. Anderson Vocational Reidville Elementary Reidville Fire Station River Ridge Elementary Roebuck Bethlehem Roebuck Elementary Shoally Silverhill Memorial UMC Southport Spartangreen Startex Fire Station St. John's Lutheran Swofford Career Center Travelers Rest Baptist Trinity Methodist Trinity Presbyterian Two Mile Creek Tyger River Valley Falls Victor Mill Methodist Wade Hampton Wellford Fire Station Holy Communion West View Elementary Whitlock Jr. High Willow Creek Woodland Heights Recreation Center Woodruff Leisure Center (B) Precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Spartanburg County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-83-23A. (C) Polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Spartanburg County with the approval of a majority of the Spartanburg County Legislative Delegation. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 130, SECTION 1, in (A) inserted "Apalache Baptist" following "Anderson Mill Elementary" and "Broome High School" following "Boiling Springs 9th Grade" and deleted "Clifdale Elementary" following "Cleveland Elementary" and "Rebirth Missionary Baptist" following "R.D. Anderson Vocational"; and in (B), substituted "document P-83-20A" for "document P-83-17". 2021 Act No. 92, SECTION 1, in (A), substituted "Cherokee Springs Precinct" for "Cherokee Springs Fire Station", inserted "McCracken Middle School" following "Mayo Elementary", deleted "Park Hills Elementary" following "Pacolet Elementary School", inserted "Silverhill Memorial UMC" following "Roebuck Elementary", and deleted "Spartanburg High School" following "Southside Baptist"; and in (B), substituted "document P-83-21" for "document P-83-20A". 2023 Act No. 48, SECTION 1, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-390 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-390
SECTION 7-7-390. Designation of voting precincts in McCormick County.
Status: in_force

In McCormick County there are the following voting precincts: Mt. Carmel Willington Savannah McCormick No. 1 Bethany McCormick No. 2 Plum Branch Parksville Modoc Clarks Hill Monticello The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on official maps on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-65-13 and as shown on certified copies provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of McCormick County. Polling places must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of McCormick County with the approval of the McCormick County Legislative Delegation. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Editor's Note For a local law authorizing the board of registration in McCormick County to define boundaries, see Local Law Index.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-290 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-290
SECTION 7-17-290. Certificate of determination delivered to Secretary of State.
Status: in_force

The Board shall make and subscribe, on the proper statement, a certificate of their determination and shall deliver the same to the Secretary of State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-90 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-90
SECTION 7-11-90. Unopposed candidates.
Status: in_force

After the closing of entries if any candidates shall be unopposed, the state committee in the case of state offices and the county committees in the case of county offices shall declare such unopposed candidates as party nominees, and the names of unopposed candidates shall not be placed upon the primary election ballots but shall be certified for the general election ballots.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1830 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1830
SECTION 7-13-1830. Instruction after voter has entered machine.
Status: in_force

In case any voter, after entering the voting machine, shall ask for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, two of the managers shall give such instructions to him, but no manager or other election officer shall in any manner request or seek to persuade or induce any such voter to vote any particular ticket or for or against any particular candidate or for or against any particular amendment, question or proposition. After giving such instructions the managers shall, before the voter has voted, retire and such voter shall cast his ballot in secret.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-240 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-240
SECTION 7-17-240. Board shall make certified statement of all votes cast.
Status: in_force

The Board when thus formed shall, upon the certified copies of the statements made by the boards of county canvassers, proceed to make a statement of the whole number of votes given at such election for and against constitutional amendments and other questions and issues and for the various officers, including electors for President and Vice-President and for each of them voted for, distinguishing the several counties in which they were given. They shall certify such statements to be correct and subscribe the same with their proper names.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1160 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 7-13-1160
SECTION 7-13-1160. Reporting of election results to State Election Commission.
Status: in_force

Within twenty-four hours of the completion of the canvassing and counting of ballots, the persons in charge of each such election in each county shall notify the State Election Commission of the unofficial results of such election in each such county; provided, however, that failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not invalidate the votes cast therein.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-280 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-280
SECTION 7-17-280. Mandatory recounts.
Status: in_force

Whenever the difference between the number of votes received by a candidate who has been declared nominated for an office in a primary election or who has been declared elected to an office in a general election and the number of votes received by any other candidate or candidate not declared so nominated or elected or whenever the difference between the number of votes received by a candidate who received the least number of votes to qualify for a runoff election and a candidate or candidates who did not so qualify shall be not more than one percent of the total votes which were cast for such office therein, the committee or board charged by law with canvassing such votes shall order a recount of such votes to be made forthwith unless such other candidate or candidates shall waive a recount in writing. Whenever the difference between the number of votes cast in favor of and opposed to any constitutional amendment, question or other issue is not more than one percent of the total cast thereon, the Board of State Canvassers shall order a recount of such votes to be made forthwith.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1900 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1900
SECTION 7-13-1900. Use of voting machines for primary elections.
Status: in_force

If in any county, city or town voting machines shall have been provided under the provisions of this article for use at general and special elections, such machines shall be used at primary elections in such county, city or town. When so used all provisions of this article applying to their use at general or special elections shall apply, so far as applicable, to the use of such voting machines at such primary elections.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-740 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-740
SECTION 7-13-740. Number and construction of booths; only one voter in booth at a time; speaking to voter prohibited.
Status: in_force

There must be provided at each polling precinct at least one booth. At least one booth must be provided for each two hundred and fifty registered electors or a major fraction thereof of the precinct. The booths must be made of wood, sheet metal, or other suitable substance; must not be less than thirty-two inches wide, thirty-two inches deep, and six feet six inches high; must have a curtain hanging from the top in front to within three feet of the floor; and must have a suitable shelf on which the voter can prepare his ballot. In primary, general, and special elections, the booths must be provided by the board of voter registration and elections. Only one voter shall be allowed to enter a booth at a time, and no one except as provided herein is allowed to speak to a voter while in the booth preparing his ballot.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-120 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-120
SECTION 7-19-120. Duties of state officials.
Status: in_force

The Governor, Secretary of State and other State officers shall perform such duties and functions in respect to the election of electors, the election of the President and Vice-President of the United States and certification of electors and results of such election as provided by the acts of Congress in relation thereto.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1880 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1880
SECTION 7-13-1880. Canvass and return of vote; return of provisional and failsafe ballots.
Status: in_force

As soon as the polls of election are closed, the managers shall immediately lock or seal the voting machine against further voting and open the counter compartment in the presence of all persons who may be lawfully present at the time giving full view to the results, and they shall canvass and announce the results, including the votes recorded for each office on the independent ballots. They shall also announce the vote upon every amendment, proposition, or question voted upon, as provided by Section 7-13-110. The vote as registered shall be duly certified and sworn to and returned and filed as provided in this title for returning and filing election returns. No tally sheets or return blanks, as required by law for use in voting precincts in which paper ballots are used, need be furnished or used when voting machines are used, and no ballots need to be returned with the machine results except the provisional and failsafe ballots.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-410 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 7-5-410
SECTION 7-5-410. Maintenance and inspection of official registration records.
Status: in_force

Each county board of voter registration and elections shall deposit the official records of registration for safekeeping in the board's office or in the office of the clerk of court of common pleas for its county, who shall keep them with the other records in his office. The official registration records shall be public records open to the inspection of any citizen at all times and shall not be removed from the office by any person except the county board of voter registration and elections which may take and keep them as long as may be necessary to enable it to perform its duties. The official records of registration shall not be kept anywhere else except when their use is required elsewhere by the provisions of this Title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-70 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-70
SECTION 7-11-70. Nomination by petition.
Status: in_force

A candidate's nominating petition for any office in this State shall contain the signatures of at least five percent of the qualified registered electors of the geographical area of the office for which he offers as a candidate; provided, that no petition candidate is required to furnish the signatures of more than ten thousand qualified registered electors for any office. The official number of qualified registered electors of the geographical area of any office must be the number of registered electors of such area registered one hundred twenty days prior to the date of the election for which the nomination petition is being submitted. The petition must be certified to the State Election Commission in the case of national, state, circuit, and multicounty district offices; with the county board of voter registration and elections in the case of countywide or less than countywide offices with the exception of municipal offices; with the clerk of a municipality in case of a municipal office, and the certified petition shall constitute and be kept as a public record.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-310 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 7-15-310
SECTION 7-15-310. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Members of the Armed Forces of the United States" means members of the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or any of their respective components. (2) "Members of the Merchant Marine of the United States" means all officers and men engaged in maritime service on board ships. (3) "Students" means all persons residing outside of the counties of their respective residences, enrolled in an institution of learning. (4) "Physically disabled person" means a person who, because of injury or illness, cannot be present in person at his voting place on election day. (5) "Registration form" means Standard Form 76, or a subsequent form replacing it, authorized by the federal government or the state form described in Section 7-15-120. (6) "Persons in employment" means those persons who by virtue of their employment obligations are unable to vote in person. (7) "Authorized representative" means a registered elector who, with the voter's permission, acts on behalf of a voter unable to go to the polls because of illness or disability resulting in his confinement in a hospital, sanatorium, nursing home, or place of residence, or a voter unable because of a physical handicap to go to his polling place or because of a handicap is unable to vote at his polling place due to existing architectural barriers that deny him physical access to the polling place, voting booth, or voting apparatus or machinery. Under no circumstance shall a candidate, a member of a candidate's paid campaign staff, or a campaign volunteer be considered an "authorized representative" of an elector desiring to vote by absentee ballot. (8) "Immediate family" means a person's spouse, parents, children, brothers, sisters, grandparents, grandchildren, and mothers-in-law, fathers-in-law, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, sons-in-law, and daughters-in-law. (9) "Overseas citizen" means a citizen of the United States residing outside of the United States as specified by Section 7-15-110. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 36, in (7), in the second sentence, substituted ", a member of a candidate's paid campaign staff, or a campaign volunteer" for "or a member of a candidate's paid campaign staff or volunteers reimbursed for the time they expend on campaign activity".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-20
SECTION 7-13-20. Time of general election for certain county officers.
Status: in_force

There shall be a general election for county supervisors, county superintendents of education, sheriffs, coroners and clerks of the courts of common pleas held in each county at every alternate general election, reckoning from the year 1960, except in those counties in which the term of office of any such officers may be for a period other than four years. In such cases elections to fill such offices shall be held at the general election next preceding the expiration of any such term of office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-30
SECTION 7-11-30. Convention nomination of candidates.
Status: in_force

(A) A party may choose to change from nomination of candidates by primary to a method to nominate candidates by convention for all offices including, but not limited to, Governor, United States Senator, United States House of Representatives, Circuit Solicitor, State Senator, and members of the State House of Representatives if: (1) there is a three-fourths vote of the total membership of the convention to use the convention nomination process; and (2) a majority of voters in that party's next primary election approve the use of the convention nomination process. (B) A party may not choose to nominate by party convention for an election cycle in which the filing period for candidates has begun. (C) A political party nominating candidates by party convention shall nominate the party candidates and make the nominations public not later than the time for certifying candidates to the authority charged by law with preparing ballots for the general or special election. (D) Nothing in this section requires a political party that has nominated candidates by convention in the previous election cycle to hold a primary in order to continue using the convention method to nominate candidates. Editor's Note 2013 Act No. 61, SECTION 14, provides as follows: "SECTION 14. This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first." The amendment by 2013 Act No. 61 became effective June 25, 2013, see South Carolina Libertarian Party v. South Carolina State Election Com'n, 407 S.C. 612, 757 S.E.2d 707 (2014). Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 1, SECTION 86, in (A), deleted "Lieutenant Governor," following "Governor,".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1320 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1320
SECTION 7-13-1320. Use of vote recorders in certain precincts; use of vote recorders of different kinds; number and capacity of vote records.
Status: in_force

(a) The use of an optical scan voting system may be authorized for use in absentee precincts in a county. (b) The county board of voter registration and elections shall provide an optical voting system in such numbers as it considers necessary in good working order and of sufficient capacity to accommodate the names of all candidates for all party offices and nominations and public offices that, under the provisions of existing laws and party rules, are to be voted for at any primary or other election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1030 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 9 / Section 7-13-1030
SECTION 7-13-1030. Voting by National Guard when on duty.
Status: in_force

In case the National Guard of South Carolina is called to active duty, is mobilized or is participated in field training, the State committee shall provide for the voting of all members of the National Guard qualified to vote, whether such members are within the State or elsewhere.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-140 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-140
SECTION 7-5-140. Additional days and hours for registration; notice of time and place.
Status: in_force

Boards of voter registration and elections shall remain open as provided by law and, in addition thereto, shall remain open and available for registration on any additional days, during such hours and at such various places throughout the county as the boards may determine. Such boards also shall remain open and available for absentee registration and absentee voting responsibilities during such additional hours as the boards may deem necessary. Notice of the time and place shall be given by prior publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-70 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-70
SECTION 7-17-70. Hearing of appeals.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided in Section 7-3-10(c), the state board must meet in Columbia not later than noon on Monday fourteen days following the filing of any notice perfected under Section 7-17-60 for the purpose of hearing appeals. The appellant and each other candidate in the protested race have the right to be present at the hearing, to be represented by counsel, and to be heard on the merits of the appeal. The state board is bound by the facts as determined by the county board. However, if in the opinion of at least two members of the state board the facts should be reviewed, then a hearing de novo must be held by the state board. In the event of a review of the facts, the state board may receive any new evidence or exhibits as it in its discretion considers necessary to determine the appeal. The state board must remain in session until all appeals have been disposed of.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1690 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1690
SECTION 7-13-1690. Employment and qualifications of custodians of voting machines.
Status: in_force

For the purpose of placing ballots in the frames of a machine, putting it in order and setting, testing, adjusting and delivering the machine, the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board may employ one or more competent persons, to be known as the custodians of voting machines, who shall be fully competent, thoroughly instructed and sworn to perform their duties honestly and faithfully. For such purpose such persons shall be appointed and instructed at least thirty days before the election and shall be considered as election officers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-320 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 7-15-320
SECTION 7-15-320. Persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot.
Status: in_force

(A) Qualified electors in the following categories who are unable to vote during early voting hours for the duration of the early voting period, and during the hours the polls are open on election day, must be permitted to vote by absentee ballot in an election: (1) persons with employment obligations who present written certification of the obligations to the county board of voter registration and elections; (2) persons who will be attending sick or physically disabled persons; (3) persons confined to a jail or pretrial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial; or (4) persons who are going to be absent from their county of residence. (B) Qualified electors in the following categories must be permitted to vote by absentee ballot in an election, regardless of whether the elector is able to vote during early voting hours for the duration of the early voting period, and during the hours the polls are open on election day: (1) physically disabled persons; (2) persons sixty-five years of age or older; (3) members of the Armed Forces and Merchant Marines of the United States, their spouses, and dependents residing with them; or (4) persons admitted to hospitals as emergency patients on the day of an election or within a four-day period before the election, as provided in Section 7-15-330. Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 43, SECTIONS 1 and 10, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act'." "SECTION 10. This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first." [Preclearance approval received August 22, 2011.] 2020 Act No. 133, SECTIONS 2.A., 2.B., provide as follows: "SECTION 2.A. A qualified elector must be permitted to vote by absentee ballot in an election if the qualified elector's place of residence or polling place is located in an area subject to a state of emergency declared by the Governor and there are fewer than forty-six days remaining until the date of the election. "B. This SECTION takes effect upon approval by the Governor [May 13, 2020] and expires on July 1, 2020." 2020 Act No. 143, SECTION 2, provides as follows: "SECTION 2. A qualified elector must be permitted to vote by absentee ballot in an election if the qualified elector's place of residence or polling place is located in an area subject to a state of emergency declared by the Governor and there are fewer than forty-six days remaining until the date of the General Election to be held on November 3, 2020." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 4, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-2120 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 17 / Section 7-13-2120
SECTION 7-13-2120. Constitutional Ballot Commission.
Status: in_force

To establish an agency to determine whether or not a proposed constitutional amendment requires a simplified or more detailed explanation as provided for in Section 7-13-2110, there is hereby created the Constitutional Ballot Commission composed of the Attorney General, the Director of the State Election Commission and the Director of the Legislative Council. Prior to the printing of ballots in each general election year in which proposed constitutional amendments are voted upon, the Commission shall meet at the call of the Attorney General and: (1) Consider each proposed amendment and make a determination as to whether or not a simplified or more detailed explanation is necessary or appropriate; and (2) In those cases where it is determined that an explanation is deemed necessary or appropriate, phrase such explanation and submit it to the State Election Commission under the signatures of at least a majority of the ballot commissioners. The Election Commission shall arrange for the placement of amendment explanations on ballots and make them available to the news media, upon request, at least ten days prior to the general election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-3-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3-10
SECTION 7-3-10. State Election Commission created; appointment; term; composition; vacancies; chairman; meetings; powers and duties; eligibility.
Status: in_force

(A) There is hereby created the State Election Commission composed of five members, at least one of whom shall be a member of the majority political party represented in the General Assembly and at least one of whom shall be a member of the largest minority political party represented in the General Assembly, to be appointed by the Governor to serve terms of four years and until their successors have been appointed and qualify. Any vacancy on the commission shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original appointment. (B) The Governor shall appoint one of the members to serve as chairman and one of the members to serve as vice chairman. The terms of chairman and vice chairman shall be for two years and until their successors are appointed and qualify. The commission shall select such other officers from among its members as it may deem necessary. (C) The commission shall meet at its offices in Columbia at least once each month or at such times as considered necessary by the commission. However, the commission may change the location of the meeting if the change is more convenient for the commission or any parties scheduled to appear before the commission. (D) The commission shall have the powers and duties as enumerated in this title. (E)(1) No person shall be eligible to be appointed to the commission who: (a) has not been a registered voter in this State for the five years immediately preceding the term of appointment; (b) is a member of a candidate's paid campaign staff, or a campaign volunteer; (c) held an elective public office, was a candidate for an elective public office, or was a lobbyist within the year preceding the start of the term of appointment; or (d) was an officer of a local or national committee of a political party or an officer in a partisan political club or organization within the year preceding the start of the term of appointment. (2) No person shall be eligible to continue to serve on the commission who, during the person's term of appointment: (a) is a candidate for an elective public office, a member of a candidate's paid campaign staff, or a campaign volunteer; (b) is an officer of a local or national committee of a political party or an officer in a partisan political club or organization; (c) is a lobbyist; (d) makes a contribution to a candidate or knowingly attends a fundraiser held for the benefit of a candidate; (e) takes an official action that contravenes a state election law; (f) makes a written or oral statement intended for general distribution or dissemination to the public at large discrediting the merit of a state election law; or (g) fails to supervise and instruct the executive director regarding the execution of the executive director's duties. (3) A person serving on the commission who was not eligible to be appointed pursuant to item (1), or a person serving on the commission who is no longer eligible to continue to serve pursuant to item (2), is subject to removal: (a) by the Governor; or (b) through an action filed in the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court by the President of the Senate, on behalf of the Senate, or by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, on behalf of the House of Representatives, for a determination of the right of the person to continue to serve on the commission. (F) The commission shall promulgate regulations to establish standardized processes for the administration of elections and voter registration that must be followed by the county boards of voter registration and elections. The regulations must take into account unique circumstances around the State including, but not limited to, population and geographic disparities among the various counties. The commission is prohibited from promulgating emergency regulations pursuant to Section 1-23-130. (G) The commission shall provide for the supervision of the executive director to ensure that the State Election Commission and the county boards of voter registration and elections comply with applicable state and federal election law. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 150, SECTIONS 27.B to 27.D, and 35, provide as follows: "[SECTION 27.]B. Notwithstanding Section 7-3-10(A), as amended by this act, the expiration dates for the terms of the current members of the commission shall be staggered as follows: "(1) for members with terms expiring on September 15, 2022, the terms will now expire on June 30, 2023; and "(2) for members with terms expiring on September 15, 2024, the terms will now expire on June 30, 2025. "C. Notwithstanding Section 7-3-10(B), as amended by this act, the initial term of the vice chairman must run concurrently with the existing term of the chairman. "D. The provisions of Section 7-3-10(E)(1), as added by the act, applies to a candidate for appointment to the State Election Commission on and after the effective date of this act." "SECTION 35. The State Election Commission must establish a voter education program concerning the provisions contained in this legislation. The State Elections Commission must educate the public as follows: "(1) post information concerning changes contained in this legislation in a conspicuous location at each county board of registration and elections, each satellite office, the State Elections Commission office, and their respective websites; "(2) train poll managers and poll workers at their mandatory training sessions to answer questions by electors concerning the changes in this legislation; "(3) require documentation describing the changes in this legislation to be disseminated by poll managers and poll workers at every election held from the effective date of this act until October 21, 2022; "(4) coordinate with each county board of voter registration and elections so that at least one seminar is conducted with each county's election officials prior to September 16, 2022; "(5) coordinate with local and service organizations to provide for additional informational seminars at a local or statewide level; "(6) send a media release describing the changes in this legislation in South Carolina newspapers of general circulation by no later than June 20, 2022; "(7) coordinate with local media outlets to disseminate information concerning the changes in this legislation. "In addition to the items above, the State Election Commission may implement additional educational programs in its discretion." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 27.A, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-3-40 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3-40
SECTION 7-3-40. Reports to be furnished by Bureau of Vital Statistics.
Status: in_force

The Bureau of Vital Statistics must furnish the executive director a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who have died in the State and all individuals eighteen years of age or older who have died out-of-state. All reports must contain the name of the deceased, county of residence, his social security or other identification number, and his date and place of birth. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 265, SECTION 9, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first." Preclearance approval for 2012 Act No. 265 was received on October 1, 2012. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 18, in the first sentence, substituted "and all individuals eighteen years of age or older who have died out-of-state" for "since making the previous report", and deleted the third sentence, which related to the bureau providing this information at no charge.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-260 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 7-15-260
SECTION 7-15-260. Responsibilities of political parties conducting municipal primary; expenses.
Status: in_force

Any political party conducting a municipal primary in this State is responsible for carrying out the provisions of this article by making ballots and election material available so that the persons named in Section 7-15-320 may be enabled to vote in these primary elections subject to the rules and regulations of the political party. All expenses incurred by any political party in conducting elections subject to the provisions of this article must be borne by the political party.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1020 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 9 / Section 7-13-1020
SECTION 7-13-1020. Absentee voting not permitted in primaries; exceptions.
Status: in_force

Absentee enrollment and absentee voting may not be provided for by party rules or permitted in any primary election, except as provided in Section 7-13-1030 or in Chapter 15 of this Title.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-320 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-320
SECTION 7-13-320. Ballot standards and specifications.
Status: in_force

General election ballots shall conform to the following standards and specifications: (A) Other than ballots delivered electronically to qualified electors who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot under the federal Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 52 U.S.C. Section 20301, et seq., the ballots shall incorporate features which can be used to authenticate the ballot as an official ballot but which do not make the ballot identifiable to a particular elector. The ballot shall be printed on paper of such thickness that the printing cannot be distinguished from the back and shall be of such size and color as directed by the State Election Commission. If more than one ballot is to be used in any election, each such ballot shall be printed upon different colored paper; (B) Across the top of the ballot shall be printed "Official Ballot, General Election," beneath which shall be printed the date of the election, the county and the precinct. Above the caption of each ballot shall be one stub, with a perforated line between the stub and the top of the ballot. The stub shall have printed thereon "Official Ballot, General Election" and then shall appear the name of the county, the precinct and the date of the election. On the right side there shall be a blank line under which there shall be "Initials of Issuing Officer." Stubs on ballots for each precinct shall be prenumbered consecutively, beginning with No. 1; (C) On the ballot for presidential electors there shall be printed, under the titles of the offices, the names of the candidates for President and Vice President of the United States nominated by each political party qualified under the provisions of Section 7-9-10 and those nominated by petition. A separate column shall be assigned to each political party with candidates and to each separate petition slate of candidates on the ballot and each party and each petition candidate's columns shall be separated by distinct black lines. At the head of each column the party or petition name shall be printed in large type and below it a circle, one-half inch in diameter, and below the circle the names of the party's and petition candidates for President and Vice President in that order. On the face of the ballot above the party and petition candidate's column division the following instruction shall be printed in heavy black type: a. To vote this ballot make a cross (X) mark in the circle below the name of the political party or petition column for whose candidates you wish to vote. b. A vote for the names of a political party's candidates or petition candidates for President and Vice President is a vote for the electors of that party or petition candidates, the names of whom are on file with the Secretary of State. On the bottom of the ballot shall be printed an identified facsimile of the signature of the Executive Director of the State Election Commission. (D) The names of candidates offering for another office must be placed in the proper place on the appropriate ballot, stating whether it is a state, congressional, legislative, county, or other office. A candidate's name must not appear on the ballot more than once for any single office for the same election. (E) The names of the several officers to be voted for and the tickets of the parties and petition candidates shall be placed on the ballots in an order as arranged by the State Election Commission as to those ballots for which it is responsible for distribution and by the board of voter registration and elections members for the respective counties as to the ballots for which they are responsible for distribution, including those for State Senator and member of the House of Representatives. If the State Senator or member of the House of Representatives or any other officer is to be elected from more than one county, the board of voter registration and elections members from the various counties from which they are to be elected shall assure that there shall be uniformity of placement on the ballots of their respective counties and should the board members fail to agree within sixty days prior to the general election, and upon receipt of written certification by at least one commissioner, that they have failed to act, the State Election Commission shall determine the order of placing the names on the ballots. (F) Each county board of voter registration and elections must provide a copy of each ballot style to be used for primary, general, and special elections in the absentee precinct in the county to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission not later than September fifteenth in the case of general elections, and not later than forty days prior to the date of the election in the case of special and primary elections. If the ballot styles are not available by these deadlines, the executive director must determine when absentee ballots for that county will be available. If a determination is made that absentee ballots will not be available in sufficient time to adequately effectuate absentee voting, the executive director is empowered to direct the county board of voter registration and elections to provide the blank ballots provided by Section 7-15-360 until the regular ballots are available. The executive director must also notify the chairman of the county's legislative delegation of his findings and the action taken. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 45.B, provides as follows: "[SECTION 45.]B. SECTION 2 shall take effect on January 1, 2023." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 2.B, in (D), in the first sentence, substituted "offering for another office must" for "offering for any other office shall". 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 11, in (A), inserted the first sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1850 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1850
SECTION 7-13-1850. Write-in ballots.
Status: in_force

Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear on the machine as a nominated candidate for office are herein referred to as "write-in ballots." All write-in ballots voted shall be deposited, written or affixed in a single receptacle or device, and the elector may vote in or by such receptacle or device for one or more persons whose names do not appear upon the machine with or without the names of one or more persons whose names do so appear. A write-in ballot must be cast in its appropriate place on the machine or it shall be void and not counted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-1-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-1-20
SECTION 7-1-20. Definitions.
Status: in_force

The following words and phrases, unless the same be plainly inconsistent with the context, shall be construed as follows: (1) "General election" means the election to be held for the election of officers to the regular terms of office provided by law, whether State, United States, county, municipal, or of any other political subdivision of the State, and for voting on constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly. (2) "Special election" means any other election including any referendum provided by law to be held under the provisions of law applicable to general elections. (3) "Primary" means a party primary election held by a political party under the provisions of this title. (4) "Inhabitants" means the number of inhabitants according to the federal census last taken. (5) "Electoral board" means the board or other authority empowered to hold a general or special election. (6) A "voting or polling precinct" means an area created by the legislature for convenient localization of polling places and which administers and counts votes therein as a local unit in all elections. A "voting place" is a place within a voting or polling precinct where ballots may be cast. (7) "Political party" means a political party, organization, or association certified by the State Election Commission as provided for in this title. (8) "State committee" means the state executive committee of a political party. (9) "State chairman" means the chairman of the state executive committee of a political party. (10) "County committee" means the county executive committee of a political party. (11) "County chairman" means the chairman of the county executive committee of a political party. (12) "Booth" includes a voting machine booth, curtain, or enclosure. (13) "Legal holiday" means a holiday recognized by state or federal law. (14) "Voter", "registered voter", "elector", "registered elector", "qualified elector", or "qualified registered elector" means a person whose name is contained on the active roster of voters maintained by the State Election Commission and whose name has not been removed from the roster for any of the reasons named in Section 7-3-20(D)(5) and who possesses a valid registration certificate. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference in (14) to "Section 7-3-20(C)(2) and (3)" was corrected to read "Section 7-3-20(D)(5)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-220 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-220
SECTION 7-5-220. Certificates invalid at election within thirty days of issuance.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 7-5-150, registration made thirty days or less before any election is not valid for that election or any second race or runoff resulting from that election but such registration shall be valid in any other election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-760 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 9 / Section 7-15-760
SECTION 7-15-760. Equitable relief.
Status: in_force

A court may issue an injunction or grant other equitable relief appropriate to ensure substantial compliance with, or enforce, this article on application by: (1) a covered voter alleging a grievance under this article; or (2) an election official in this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-610 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-610
SECTION 7-17-610. What constitutes majority vote.
Status: in_force

It is the intent of the South Carolina General Assembly that the following method be used in determining what candidates have received a majority vote for a particular office and are thereby entitled to be nominated on the first ballot according to the terms of Sections 7-17-600 and 7-13-50. (1) If a candidate for a single office is to be selected, and there is more than one person seeking nomination, the majority shall be ascertained by dividing the total vote cast for all candidates by two. Any excess of the sum so ascertained shall be a majority, and the candidate who obtains a majority shall be declared the nominee. (2) If nominees for two or more offices (constituting a group) are to be selected, and there are more persons seeking nomination than there are offices, the majority shall be ascertained by dividing the total vote cast for all candidates by the number of positions to be filled, and by dividing the result by two. Any excess of the sum so ascertained shall be a majority, and the candidates who obtain a majority shall be declared the nominees in the first primary. If more candidates obtain a majority than there are positions to be filled, those having the highest vote (equal to the number of positions to be filled) shall be declared the nominees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-395 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 7-15-395
SECTION 7-15-395. Responsibilities of political parties; expenses.
Status: in_force

Any political party conducting a primary in this State is responsible for carrying out the provisions of this article by making ballots and election material available so that the persons named in Section 7-15-320 may be enabled to vote in primary elections. All expenses incurred by any political party in conducting elections subject to the provisions of this article shall be borne by such political party.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-350 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-350
SECTION 7-13-350. Certification of candidates; verification of qualifications.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the nominees in a party primary or party convention held under the provisions of this title by any political party certified by the commission for one or more of the offices, national, state, circuit, multi-county district, countywide, less than countywide, or municipal to be voted on in the general election, held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, must be placed upon the appropriate ballot for the election as candidates nominated by the party by the authority charged by law with preparing the ballot if the names of the nominees are certified, in writing, by the political party chairman, vice-chairman, or secretary to the authority, for general elections held under Section 7-13-10, not later than twelve o'clock noon on August fifteenth or, if August fifteenth falls on Saturday or Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday; and for a special or municipal general election, by at least twelve o'clock noon on the sixtieth day prior to the date of holding the election, or if the sixtieth day falls on Sunday, by twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. Political parties nominating candidates by primary or convention must verify the qualifications of those candidates prior to certification to the authority charged by law with preparing the ballot. The written certification required by this section must contain a statement that each candidate certified meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office for which he has filed. Any candidate who does not, or will not by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, meet the qualifications for the office for which he has filed shall not be nominated and certified, and such candidate's name shall not be placed on a general, special, or municipal election ballot. (B) Candidates for President and Vice President must be certified not later than twelve o'clock noon on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in September to the State Election Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-160 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-160
SECTION 7-5-160. Voter registration; permanent registration.
Status: in_force

Effective July 1, 1976, any person who is registered to vote according to law shall remain permanently registered and entitled to all rights and privileges of such registration unless his name is removed from the registration list for cause. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to modify or repeal any of the provisions of this title or acts of the General Assembly which establish registration procedures and prescribe the causes for termination of registration or purging of registration rolls except those which require re-registration at ten-year intervals.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-780 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-780
SECTION 7-13-780. Designation of voters who may receive assistance.
Status: in_force

Only those persons who are unable to read or write or who are physically unable or incapacitated from preparing a ballot or voting shall be entitled to receive assistance of any kind in voting.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-510 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-510
SECTION 7-7-510. Designation of voting precincts in Union County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Union County there are the following voting precincts: Adamsburg Black Rock Bonham Buffalo, Box 1 Carlisle Cross Keys Excelsior Jonesville, Box 1 Jonesville, Box 2 Kelton Lockhart Monarch Putnam Santuck Union, Ward 1, Box 1 Union, Ward 1, Box 2 Union, Ward 2 Union, Ward 3 Union, Ward 4, Box 1 Union, Ward 4, Box 2 West Springs (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the clerk of court of the county and also on file with the State Election Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-87-21. (C) The polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Union County with the approval of a majority of the Union County Legislative Delegation. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 129, SECTION 1, in (A), deleted "East Buffalo" following "Cross Keys" and substituted "Monarch" for "Monarch, Box 1" and "Monarch, Box 2"; and in (B), substituted "document P-87-21" for "document P-87-03".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-620 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-620
SECTION 7-17-620. Unopposed candidates declared nominees.
Status: in_force

All unopposed candidates in primary elections shall be declared the nominees of the party by the respective State or county committees.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-610 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 9 / Section 7-15-610
SECTION 7-15-610. Definitions.
Status: in_force

As used in this article: (1) "Members of the Armed Forces of the United States" means members of the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or any of their respective components. (2) "Members of the Merchant Marine of the United States" means all officers and men engaged in maritime service on board ships. (3) "Registration form" means Standard Form 76, or a subsequent form replacing it, authorized by the federal government or the state form described in Section 7-15-120. (4) "Overseas citizen" means a citizen of the United States residing outside of the United States who is a: (a) member of the Armed Forces of the United States; (b) member of the Merchant Marine of the United States; (c) person serving with the American Red Cross or the United Service Organizations (USO) attached to and serving with the Armed Forces of the United States outside of the county of his residence in South Carolina; (d) members or employees of any department of the United States Government serving overseas; (e) citizen of the United States residing outside the United States: (i) if he last resided in South Carolina immediately before his departure from the United States; (ii) if he could have met all qualifications to vote in federal elections in South Carolina even though while residing outside the United States he does not have a place of abode or other address in South Carolina; even if his intent to return to South Carolina may be uncertain, as long as he has complied with all applicable South Carolina qualifications and requirements which are consistent with the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 99-410). (5) "Covered voter" means: (a) a uniformed-service voter or an overseas voter who is registered to vote in this State; (b) a uniformed-service voter whose voting residence is in this State and who otherwise satisfies this state's voter eligibility requirements; (c) an overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in this State and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state's voter eligibility requirements; (d) an overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, would have been last eligible to vote in this State had the voter then been of voting age and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state's voter eligibility requirements; or (e) an overseas voter who was born outside the United States, is not described in subitem (c) or (d), and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state's voter eligibility requirements, if: (i) the last place where a parent or legal guardian of the voter was, or under this article would have been, eligible to vote before leaving the United States is within this State; and (ii) the voter has not previously registered to vote in any other state. (6) "Dependent" means an individual recognized as a dependent by a uniformed service. (7) "Federal postcard application" means the application prescribed under Section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff(b)(2), or its successor. (8) "Federal write-in absentee ballot" means the ballot described in Section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff-2, or its successor. (9) "Military-overseas ballot" means: (a) a federal write-in absentee ballot; (b) a ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this article; or (c) a ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this article. (10) "Overseas voter" means a United States citizen who resides outside the United States. (11) "Uniformed service" means: (a) active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States; (b) the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States; or (c) the National Guard or organized militia. (12) "Uniformed-service voter" means an individual who is qualified to vote and is: (a) a member of the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States who is on active duty; (b) a member of the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States; (c) a member on activated status of the National Guard or organized militia; or (d) a spouse or dependent of a member referred to in this item.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-20
SECTION 7-11-20. Conduct of party conventions or party primary elections generally; presidential preference primaries.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), party conventions or party primary elections held by political parties certified as such by the State Election Commission pursuant to the provisions of this title to nominate candidates for any of the offices to be filled in a general or special election must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this title and with party rules not in conflict with the provisions of this title or of the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States. (B)(1) Except as provided in item (2), a certified political party wishing to hold a presidential preference primary election may do so in accordance with the provisions of this title and party rules. However, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the state committee of the party shall set the date and the hours that the polls will be open for the presidential primary election and the filing requirements. If a party holds a presidential preference primary election on a Saturday, an absentee ballot must be provided to a person who signs an affirmation stating that for religious reasons he does not wish to take part in the electoral process on a Saturday. (2) If the state committee of a certified political party which received at least five percent of the popular vote in South Carolina for the party's candidate for President of the United States decides to hold a presidential preference primary election, the State Election Commission must conduct the presidential preference primary in accordance with the provisions of this title and party rules provided that a registered elector may cast a ballot in only one presidential preference primary. However, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, (a) the State Election Commission and the authorities responsible for conducting the elections in each county shall provide for cost-effective measures in conducting the presidential preference primaries including, but not limited to, combining polling places, while ensuring that voters have adequate notice and access to the polling places; and (b) the state committee of the party shall set the date and the filing requirements, including a certification fee. Political parties must verify the qualifications of candidates prior to certifying to the State Election Commission the names of candidates to be placed on primary ballots. The written certification required by this section must contain a statement that each certified candidate meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications in the United States Constitution, statutory law, and party rules to participate in the presidential preference primary for which he has filed. Political parties must not certify any candidate who does not or will not by the time of the general election meet the qualifications in the United States Constitution, statutory law, and party rules for the presidential preference primary for which the candidate desires to file, and such candidate's name must not be placed on a primary ballot. Political parties may charge a certification fee to persons seeking to be candidates in the presidential preference primary for the political party. A filing fee not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, as determined by the State Election Commission, for each candidate certified by a political party must be transmitted by the respective political party to the State Election Commission and must be used for conducting the presidential preference primaries. (3) The political party shall give written notice to the State Election Commission of the date set for the party's presidential preference primary no later than ninety days before the date of the primary. (4) Nothing in this section prevents a political party from conducting a presidential preference primary pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-11-25.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-160 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-160
SECTION 7-7-160. Designation of voting precincts in Cherokee County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Cherokee County there are voting precincts as follows: Allens Alma Mill Antioch and King's Creek Ashworth Blacksburg Ward No. 1 Blacksburg Ward No. 2 Draytonville Ezells and Butler Gaffney Ward No. 1 Gaffney Ward No. 2 Gaffney Ward No. 3 Gaffney Ward No. 4 Gaffney Ward No. 5 Gaffney Ward No. 6 Goucher and Thicketty Grassy Pond Holly Grove and Buffalo Limestone Mill Littlejohn's and Sarratt's Macedonia Morgan Musgrove Mill Ninety Nine and Cherokee Falls Pleasant Grove Pleasant Meadows Timber Ridge White Plains Wilkinsville and Metcalf; and Wood's. (B) The polling places of the various voting precincts in Cherokee County must be designated by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Cherokee County. The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on the official map designated as P-21-23 on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Cherokee County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 131, SECTION 1, in (B), in the second sentence, substituted "P-21-22" for "P-21-12" and "by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "by the Office of Research and Statistics". 2023 Act No. 50, SECTION 1, in (B), in the second sentence, substituted "P-21-23" for "P-21-22".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-430 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-430
SECTION 7-7-430. Designation of voting precincts in Oconee County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Oconee County there are the following voting precincts: Bounty Land Earles Grove Fair Play Friendship Holly Springs Keowee Long Creek Madison Mountain Rest New Hope Newry-Corinth Oakway Ravenel Return Richland Salem Seneca No. 1 Seneca No. 2 Seneca No. 3 Seneca No. 4 Shiloh South Union Stamp Creek Tamassee Tokeena/Providence Utica Walhalla No. 1 Walhalla No. 2 Westminster No. 1 Westminster No. 2 West Union (B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts in Oconee County are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-73-23 and as shown on certified copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Oconee County. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Oconee County. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 39, SECTION 1, in (B), substituted "document P-73-19" for "document P-73-13". 2022 Act No. 140, SECTION 1, in (B), substituted "document P-73-22" for "document P-73-19". 2024 Act No. 115, SECTION 1, in (B), substituted "document P-73-23" for "document P-73-22".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1410 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1410
SECTION 7-13-1410. Duties of officials after closing of polls; review of ballots; duplicate ballots.
Status: in_force

Immediately following the closing of the polls, the manager shall: (a) Count the number of electors who voted, as shown in the poll list. (b) Count the unused ballots without removing stubs. (c) Count the soiled and defaced ballots. (d) Insert the totals of (a), (b) and (c) of this section on the report forms provided therefor. (e) Count and secure or inactivate all marking devices in the polling place so that no device may be used or operated by any unauthorized person in the polling place. (f) Remove the voted ballots from the containers and sort them according to types or parts of ballots if more than one type or part has been used. If the number of voted ballots exceeds the number of voters whose names appear upon the poll list, the managers shall enter on the poll list an explanation of such discrepancy. Any manager having a different explanation shall enter it on the poll list and subscribe to it. Before leaving the precinct, each ballot shall be reviewed and, if there appear markings other than by the marking device or there are names of candidates in spaces authorized for write-in votes, such write-in votes shall be tabulated by the precinct officials and the results certified to the counting station. In such instance, the precinct officials shall first determine, for the contest in which a write-in vote has been cast, that the voter on such ballot has not, for such contest, voted contrary to the voting instructions for such contest. If it is determined that the voter has not violated such instructions, write-in votes shall be tabulated and the ballot shall be reinserted with the remainder of the ballots. If it is determined that the voter has violated the instruction for marking the ballot, then the entire ballot shall be tabulated by the precinct officials and the results certified to the counting station, or the county board of voter registration and elections may cause a duplicate to be made of that part of the ballot marked according to such instructions. Provided, that if it appears that a ballot is so torn, bent, or otherwise defaced or has been marked by other than the marking device, so that it cannot be counted by the automatic tabulating equipment, the county board of voter registration and elections may cause a duplicate of each such ballot to be marked so that it can be so counted. Such duplicate ballots, when so authorized by the board of voter registration and elections, shall be prepared at the counting station in the presence of witnesses and substituted for the original ballots, which duplicate ballots shall be counted by the automatic tabulating equipment. The original ballots shall be preserved and all such duplicate ballots shall be clearly labeled with the word "duplicate" and shall bear a serial number which shall also be recorded on the original. At the counting station, write-in votes tabulated by the precinct officials shall be added to the results from ballots tabulated with the automatic tabulating equipment and the totals certified as the precinct count on the summary sheet. (g) Put the unused ballots with the stubs attached, and soiled and defaced ballots with the stubs attached, in the envelopes or containers provided and certify the number. The voted ballots shall be placed in designated containers provided by the county board of voter registration and elections for use with automatic tabulating equipment, sealed, and the containers shall be sealed. Officials duly authorized by the county board of voter registration and elections shall then transport all of the ballots, precinct election supplies and records to the location designated by the board of voter registration and elections for the processing or counting, or both, of such ballots.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-15 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-15
SECTION 7-11-15. Qualifications to run as a candidate in general elections.
Status: in_force

(A) In order to qualify as a candidate to run in the general election, all candidates seeking nomination by political party primary or political party convention must file a statement of intention of candidacy and party pledge and submit any filing fees between noon on March sixteenth and noon on March thirtieth as provided in this section. If March thirtieth is on a Saturday or Sunday, the time for filing extends to the next regular business day. For purposes of this section and Section 7-13-45, "next regular business day" means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, candidates seeking nomination for a statewide, congressional, or district office that includes more than one county must file their statements of intention of candidacy, and party pledge and submit any filing fees with the State Election Commission. (2) Candidates seeking nomination for the State Senate or House of Representatives must file their statements of intention of candidacy and party pledge and submit any filing fees with the State Election Commission or county board of voter registration and elections in the county of their residence. The state executive committees must certify candidates pursuant to Section 7-13-40. (3) Candidates seeking nomination for a countywide or less than countywide office shall file their statements of intention of candidacy and party pledge and submit any filing fees with the county board of voter registration and elections in the county of their residence. (B) Except as provided in this section, the board of voter registration and elections with whom the documents in subsection (A) are filed must provide a copy of all statements of intention of candidacy, the party pledge, receipt and filing fees, to the appropriate political party executive committee within two days following the deadline for filing. If the second day falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the statement of intention of candidacy, party pledge, and filing fee must be filed by noon the following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. A candidate's name may not appear on a primary election ballot, convention slate of candidates, general election ballot, or special election ballot, except as otherwise provided by law, if (1) the candidate's statement of intention of candidacy and party pledge has not been filed with the county board of voter registration and elections or State Election Commission, as the case may be, as well as any filing fee, by the deadline and (2) the candidate has not been certified by the appropriate political party as required by Sections 7-13-40 and 7-13-350, as applicable. The candidate's name must appear if the candidate produces the signed and dated copy of his timely filed statement of intention of candidacy. An error or omission by a person seeking to qualify as a candidate pursuant to this section who is not directly related to a constitutional or statutory qualification for that office must be construed in a manner that favors the person's access to the ballot. (C) The statement of intention of candidacy required in this section and in Section 7-13-190(B) must be on a form designed and provided by the State Election Commission. This form, in addition to all other information, must contain an affirmation that the candidate meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office sought. The candidate or his agent must file a signed statement of intention of candidacy and the election commission with whom it is filed must stamp the statement with the date and time received, keep the original statement, provide a copy to the candidate, and provide a copy to the appropriate political party executive committee. (D) The candidate or his agent must file a signed party pledge, as required pursuant to Section 7-11-210, and the election commission with which it is filed must stamp the party pledge with the date and time received, provide a copy to the candidate, and provide a copy to the appropriate political party executive committee. (E) The election commission with which the filing fee is filed must issue a receipt for the filing fee, stamp the receipt with the date and time the filing fee was received, provide a copy to the candidate or his agent, and provide a copy to the appropriate political executive party. The filing fee must be made payable to the appropriate political party. (F) If, after the closing of the time for filing the documents required pursuant to this section, there are not more than two candidates for any one office and one or more of the candidates dies, or withdraws, the state or county committee, as the case may be, if the nomination is by political party primary or political party convention only may, in its discretion, afford opportunity for the entry of other candidates for the office involved; however, for the office of State House of Representatives or State Senator, the discretion must be exercised by the state committee. (G) The county chairman of a political party and the chairman of the state executive committee of a political party may designate a person to observe the filings made at the election commission pursuant to this section. (H) The provisions of this section do not apply to nonpartisan school trustee elections in a school district where local law provisions provide for other dates and procedures for filing statements of candidacy or petitions, and to the extent the provisions of this section and the local law provisions conflict, the local law provisions control. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 142, SECTION 6, in (A), added the second and third sentences, and in (A)(2), inserted "State Election Commission or" preceding "county board" in the first sentence; in (B), substituted "Except as provided in this section, the board of voter registration and elections" for "Except as provided herein, the election commission"; in (C), substituted "candidate or his agent must file a signed statement of intention of candidacy and the election commission with whom it is filed must stamp the statement with the date and time received, keep the original statement, provide a copy to the candidate, and provide a copy" for "candidate must file three signed copies and the election commission with whom it is filed must stamp each copy with the date and time received, keep one copy, return one copy to the candidate, and send one copy" in the third sentence; in (D), substituted "or his agent must file a signed party pledge, as required pursuant to Section 7-11-210, and the election commission with which it is filed must stamp the party pledge with the date and time received, provide a copy to the candidate, and provide a copy" for "must file three signed copies of the party pledge, as required pursuant to Section 7-11-210, and the election commission with whom it is filed must stamp each copy with the date and time received, return one copy to the candidate, and send one copy"; in (E), substituted "election commission with which the filing fee is filed must issue a receipt for the filing fee," for "candidate must sign a receipt for the filing fee, and the election commission with whom it is filed must", and inserted "or his agent," in the first sentence; and made nonsubstantive changes throughout.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-570 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-570
SECTION 7-17-570. Procedure for hearing protest or contest; notice of decision.
Status: in_force

The executive committee shall hear the protest or contest on Thursday following the deadline for filing the same. Testimony at the hearing shall be limited to the grounds stated in the written protest. The protestant and each other candidate in the protested race shall have the right to be present at the hearing, to be represented by counsel, to examine and cross-examine witnesses and to produce evidence relevant to the grounds of the protest. The chairman of the committee shall provide for and conduct the hearing as nearly as possible in accordance with the procedures and rules of evidence observed by the circuit courts of this State. The chairman shall have authority to administer oaths and subpoena witnesses. Upon the conclusion of the hearing of the protest the committee shall determine all issues by majority vote and forthwith certify the results of the election. The State Election Commission shall pay for the costs of the court reporter and the transcript of the hearing. The committee shall remain in session until a conclusion has been reached. All candidates in the protested or contested race shall be immediately notified of the committee's decision.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1680 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1680
SECTION 7-13-1680. Number of voting machines; type and use; repair; custody.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county or municipality providing voting machines at polling places for use at elections shall provide for each polling place at least one voting machine for each two hundred fifty registered voters or portion thereof or as near thereto as may be practicable. The machines shall be of the type approved as provided for in this title and shall be kept in complete and accurate working order and in proper repair. The machines may be used in such election districts or precincts in the county or municipality as the officials holding the election or conducting the primary may determine. The governing body of the county or municipality owning the machines shall have custody of such machines and other furniture or equipment of the polling places when not in use at an election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-100 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-100
SECTION 7-13-100. Managers shall take oath before opening polls.
Status: in_force

The managers before opening the polls, shall take and sign the following oath: "We do solemnly swear that we will conduct this election according to law and will allow no person to vote who is not entitled by law to vote in this election, and we will not unlawfully assist any voter to prepare his ballot and will not advise any voter as to how he should vote at this election."
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-250 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-250
SECTION 7-17-250. Board shall declare persons elected and decide contested or protested cases; appeals.
Status: in_force

Upon such statements the Board shall then proceed to determine and declare what persons have been duly elected to such offices. The Board shall act in an appellate judicial capacity in all cases contested or protested that come before it on appeals from county boards of canvassers. Appeals from decisions of the State Board shall be taken directly to the Supreme Court on petition for a writ of certiorari only based on the record of the State Board hearing and shall be granted first priority of consideration by the Court. Notice of appeals shall be served within ten days of the Board's decision. Provided, however, that when a contest or protest concerns the election of a State Senator, appeals from decisions of the State Board shall be only to the Senate and when the election of a member of the House of Representatives is concerned, the appeal shall be only to the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-40 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-40
SECTION 7-13-40. Time of party primary; certification of names; verification of candidates' qualifications; filing fee.
Status: in_force

In the event that a party nominates candidates by party primary, a party primary must be held by the party and conducted by the State Election Commission and the respective county boards of voter registration and elections on the second Tuesday in June of each general election year, and a second and third primary each two weeks successively thereafter, if necessary. Written certification of the names of all candidates to be placed on primary ballots must be made by the political party chairman, vice chairman, or secretary to the State Election Commission or the county board of voter registration and elections whichever is responsible under law for preparing the ballot, not later than twelve o'clock noon on April fifth, or if April fifth falls on a Saturday or Sunday, not later than twelve o'clock noon on the following Monday. Political parties nominating candidates by party primary must verify the qualifications of those candidates prior to certification to the appropriate election commission of the names of candidates to be placed on primary ballots. The written verification required by this section must contain a statement that each candidate certified meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for office for which he has filed. A political party must not certify any candidate who does not or will not by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, meet the qualifications for the office for which the candidate has filed, and such candidate's name shall not be placed on a primary ballot. The filing fees for all candidates filing to run in all primaries, except municipal primaries, must be transmitted by the respective political parties to the State Election Commission and placed by the executive director of the commission in a special account designated for use in conducting primary elections and must be used for that purpose. The filing fee for each office is one percent of the total salary for the term of that office or one hundred dollars, whichever amount is greater. Editor's Note 2013 Act No. 61, SECTION 14, provides as follows: "SECTION 14. This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first." The amendment by 2013 Act No. 61 became effective June 25, 2013, see South Carolina Libertarian Party v. South Carolina State Election Com'n, 407 S.C. 612, 757 S.E.2d 707 (2014).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-720 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-720
SECTION 7-13-720. Oath of voter.
Status: in_force

In the event the oath is not printed at the top of the poll list as provided for in Section 7-13-710, the managers of election shall administer to each person offering to vote an oath that he is qualified to vote at this election, according to the laws and Constitution of this State, and that he has not voted during this election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1750 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1750
SECTION 7-13-1750. Preparation of machines for elections; party representatives may examine machines.
Status: in_force

Before preparing a voting machine for an election at which candidates for more than one political party or candidates nominated by petition are to be voted for, written notice must be mailed to the chairman of the local committee of each of the political parties that have certified candidates, stating the time and place where the machines will be prepared. At this time, one representative of each of these political parties must be afforded an opportunity to see that the machines are in proper condition for use at the election. When a machine has been examined by these representatives, it must be locked or sealed with a numbered seal in their presence. The representatives must certify as to the numbers of the machines, that all counters are set at zero (000), as to the number registered on the protective counter, and the number on the seal. When a voting machine has been properly prepared for an election, it must be locked or sealed against voting, and any necessary seals or keys to the machine retained in the custody of the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board and delivered to the managers of election as provided in this chapter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-280 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-280
SECTION 7-7-280. Designation of voting precincts in Greenville County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Greenville County there are the following voting precincts: Aiken Altamont Forest Asheton Lakes Avon Baker Creek Belle Meade Bells Crossing Belmont Berea Boiling Springs Botany Woods Bridge Fork Brookglenn Canebrake Carolina Castle Rock Chestnut Hills Circle Creek Clear Creek Conestee Darby Ridge Del Norte Devenger Donaldson Dove Tree Dunklin Eastside Ebenezer Edwards Forest Enoree Feaster Fork Shoals Fountain Inn 1 Fountain Inn 2 Fox Chase Frohawk Furman Gowensville Granite Creek Graze Branch Greenbriar Greenville 1 Greenville 3 Greenville 4 Greenville 5 Greenville 6 Greenville 7 Greenville 8 Greenville 10 Greenville 14 Greenville 16 Greenville 17 Greenville 18 Greenville 19 Greenville 20 Greenville 21 Greenville 22 Greenville 23 Greenville 24 Greenville 25 Greenville 26 Greenville 27 Greenville 28 Greenville 29 Grove Hillcrest Holly Tree Jennings Mill Kilgore Farms Lakeview Laurel Ridge Leawood Locust Hill Long Creek Maple Creek Maridell Mauldin 1 Mauldin 2 Mauldin 3 Mauldin 4 Mauldin 5 Mauldin 6 Mauldin 7 Mission Monaview Moore Creek Mountain Creek Mountain View Mt. Pleasant Neely Farms Northwood Oakview Oneal Palmetto Paris Mountain Pebble Creek Pelham Falls Piedmont Pineview Poinsett Raintree Ranch Creek Reedy Fork Riverside Riverwalk Rock Hill Rocky Creek Rolling Green Royal Oaks Saluda Sandy Flat Sevier Silverleaf Simpsonville 1 Simpsonville 2 Simpsonville 3 Simpsonville 4 Simpsonville 5 Simpsonville 6 Skyland Slater Marietta Southside Sparrows Point Spring Forest Standing Springs Stonehaven Stone Valley Suber Mill Sugar Creek Sulphur Springs Sycamore Tanglewood Taylors Thornblade Tigerville Timberlake Trade Travelers Rest 1 Travelers Rest 2 Tubbs Mountain Tyger River Verdmont Wade Hampton Walnut Springs Ware Place Welcome Wellington Westcliffe Westside Woodmont Woodruff Lakes. (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenville County as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-45-21. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided in subsection (A) must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenville County with the approval of a majority of the members of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Effect of Amendment 2021 Act No. 88, SECTION 1, in (B), substituted "document P-45-21" for "document P-45-09".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-380 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-380
SECTION 7-7-380. Designation of voting precincts in Lexington County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Lexington County there are the following voting precincts: Amicks Ferry Barr Road 1 Barr Road 2 Batesburg Beulah Church Boiling Springs Boiling Springs South Bush River Carolina Springs Cayce No. 1 Cayce No. 2 Cayce No. 3 Cayce 2A Cedar Crest Chalk Hill Challedon Chapin Coldstream Congaree 1 Congaree 2 Cromer Dreher Island Dutchman Shores Edenwood Edmund 1 Edmund 2 Emmanuel Church Fairview Faith Church Gardendale Gaston 1 Gaston 2 Gilbert Grenadier Hollow Creek Hook's Store Irmo Kitti Wake Lake Murray 1 Lake Murray 2 Leaphart Road Leesville Lexington No. 1 Lexington No. 2 Lexington No. 3 Lexington No. 4 Lincreek Mack-Edisto Midway Mims Mt. Hebron Mount Horeb Murraywood Oakwood Old Barnwell Road Old Lexington Park Road 1 Park Road 2 Pelion 1 Pelion 2 Pilgrim Church Pine Ridge 1 Pine Ridge 2 Pineview Platt Springs 1 Platt Springs 2 Pond Branch Providence Church Quail Hollow Quail Valley Red Bank Red Bank South 1 Red Bank South 2 Ridge Road River Bluff Round Hill Saluda River Sand Hill Sandy Run Seven Oaks Sharpe's Hill Springdale Springdale South St. Davids St. Michael Summit Swansea 1 Swansea 2 West Columbia No. 1 West Columbia No. 2 West Columbia No. 3 West Columbia No. 4 Westover White Knoll Whitehall Woodland Hills (B) The polling places of the various voting precincts in Lexington County must be designated by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lexington County. The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-63-14 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lexington County. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-190 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-190
SECTION 7-25-190. Illegal conduct at elections generally.
Status: in_force

A person who votes at any general, special, or primary election who is not entitled to vote, or who by force, intimidation, deception, fraud, bribery, or undue influence obtains, procures, or controls the vote of any voter to be cast for any candidate or measure other than as intended or desired by such voter, or who violates any of the provisions of this title in regard to general, special, or primary elections is guilty of a felony. Upon conviction, the person must be fined not less than one hundred nor more than one thousand dollars or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-310 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-310
SECTION 7-7-310. Preparation of registration books for Estill precinct.
Status: in_force

The registration books for the Estill Precinct shall be prepared in such manner as to reflect the names of persons entitled to vote at the respective polling places.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-120 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 7-15-120
SECTION 7-15-120. Registration forms.
Status: in_force

Persons listed in Section 7-15-110, their spouses, and dependents residing with them, may register by using either federal Standard Form 76, or any subsequent form replacing it issued by the federal government. In order to be registered, either form must reach the county board of voter registration and elections not later than thirty days before the election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-710 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 7-7-710
SECTION 7-7-710. State Election Commission shall report certain precincts to General Assembly for alteration; alteration by county boards of voter registration and elections where General Assembly fails to act.
Status: in_force

The State Election Commission shall report the names of all polling precincts by county that have more than one thousand five hundred registered electors as of January first to the General Assembly not later than the fourth Tuesday of each odd-numbered year. If, by April first of the same year, the General Assembly has failed to alter the precincts so that no precinct shall have more than one thousand five hundred qualified electors the State Election Commission shall notify the respective county boards of voter registration and elections which shall make such alterations as necessary to conform all precincts to such limitations. Provided, that precincts isolated by water shall not be required to meet minimum requirements.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-360 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-360
SECTION 7-13-360. Place on ballot for write-in names.
Status: in_force

The ballots shall also contain a place for voters to write in the name of any other person for whom they wish to vote except on ballots for the election of the President and Vice President.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-60 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-60
SECTION 7-19-60. Writs of election in case State is given more representatives.
Status: in_force

In case the Congress of the United States shall by any new apportionment give to this State more than six members of the House of Representatives and the General Assembly shall not be in session, the Governor shall by proclamation issue writs of election for congressmen at large, one or more, as the case may be.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-9-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 7-9-20
SECTION 7-9-20. Qualifications for party membership and voting in primary election.
Status: in_force

The qualifications for membership in a certified party and for voting at a party primary election include the following: the applicant for membership, or voter, must be at least eighteen years of age or become so before the succeeding general election, and must be a registered elector and a citizen of the United States and of this State. A person may not vote in a primary unless he is a registered elector. The state convention of any political party, organization, or association in this State may add by party rules to the qualifications for membership in the party, organization, or association and for voting at the primary elections if the qualifications do not conflict with the provisions of this section or with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-3-60 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3-60
SECTION 7-3-60. Clerks and magistrates shall report persons convicted of certain offenses.
Status: in_force

The clerks of the courts of common pleas and general sessions and every magistrate in the State must, annually on or before June first, make out under their respective hands and seals and report to the executive director a complete list as shown by the records of their respective offices for the preceding calendar year of all persons convicted in that year of felonies or crimes against the election laws, together with the social security or identification numbers of these persons and the month of conviction. Where there is no person to be reported, the report shall so state. Any clerk of the court or magistrate who fails or neglects to make any report required by this section must forfeit and pay to the county in which he holds office the sum of fifty dollars for each failure or neglect to make the report.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1360 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1360
SECTION 7-13-1360. Form and contents of ballot labels; primary elections.
Status: in_force

(a) The ballot labels shall be printed in black ink, upon clear, white material, of such size and arrangement as will suit the construction of the vote recorder, and in plain, clear type so as to be easily readable by persons with normal vision. (b) The arrangement of offices, names of candidates and questions upon the ballot labels shall conform as nearly as practicable to the provisions of law for the arrangement of same on paper ballots. Provided, however, that such form may be varied in order to present a clear presentation of candidates and questions to the electors. In the event that there are more candidates for any office than can be placed upon one page, the label shall be clearly marked to indicate that the names of candidates for the office are continued on the following page. (c) The form and arrangement of ballot labels shall be prescribed and prepared by the State Election Commission. (d) In primaries, separate vote recorders may be used for each political party. If the same vote recorder is used for two or more political parties on the same day, the ballot cards of each party shall be clearly identified and so designed that only votes cast for candidates of that party will be counted by the tabulating machine.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-470 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 7-5-470
SECTION 7-5-470. Division of registration books into sections.
Status: in_force

The county board of voter registration and elections may divide the registration books into as many separate sections as shall be directed by the county committee of any political party, the cost of such additional separate section or sections to be borne by such county committee. The books constituting a separate section or sections shall first be approved by the State Election Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-340 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 7-15-340
SECTION 7-15-340. Form of application for absentee ballot.
Status: in_force

The application required in Section 7-15-330 to be submitted to these election officials must be in a form prescribed and distributed by the State Election Commission; except that persons listed in Section 7-15-320(2), (3), (6), and (10) may use Standard Form 76, or any subsequent form replacing it, provided by the federal government as a simultaneous request for registration and an absentee ballot or a request for an absentee ballot if already registered. The application must contain the following information: name, registration certificate number, address, absentee address, election of ballot request, election date, runoff preference, party preference, reason for request, oath of voter, and voter's signature. The oath must be as follows: "I do swear or affirm that I am a qualified elector, that I am entitled to vote in this election, and that I will not vote again during this election. The information above is true in all respects, and I hereby apply for an absentee ballot for the reason indicated above." Any person who fraudulently applies for an absentee ballot in violation of this section, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 7-25-20.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-440 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 7-5-440
SECTION 7-5-440. Failure to notify county board of voter registration and elections of change in address.
Status: in_force

(A) A qualified elector who has moved from an address in a precinct to an address in the same precinct shall, notwithstanding failure to notify the county board of voter registration and elections of the change of address prior to the date of an election, be permitted to vote at that precinct's polling place upon oral or written affirmation by the qualified elector of the change of address before an election official at that polling place. (B) A qualified elector who has moved from an address in one precinct to an address in another precinct within the same county, or has moved to another county within the thirty-day period before an election, and who has failed to notify the county board of voter registration and elections of the change of address before the date of an election, at the option of the elector: (1) must be permitted to correct the voting records and vote provisional ballots containing only the races for federal, statewide, countywide, and municipalwide offices pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-13-830 at the elector's former polling place, upon oral or written affirmation by the elector of the new address before an election official at that polling place; or (2) must be permitted to correct the voting records and vote at a central location located at the main office of the county board of voter registration and elections in his new county of residence where a list of eligible voters is maintained, upon written affirmation by the elector of the new address on a standard form provided at the central location. (C) If the registration records indicate inaccurately that a qualified elector has moved from an address in the precinct, the elector shall be permitted to vote at that polling place, upon oral or written affirmation by the elector before an election official at that polling place that the qualified elector continues to reside at his address. (D) For voting purposes, in the case of a change of address of a qualified elector to another address within the same county, the county board of voter registration and elections shall correct the voting registration list accordingly, and the elector's name may not be removed from the official list of eligible voters except as provided in Section 7-5-330(F). (E) At least one member of the county board of voter registration and elections, the clerk, or deputy registrar must be present in the board's office at all hours during which the polls are open on every election day for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-3-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3-30
SECTION 7-3-30. Notice of deletion of elector's name from roster of electors; appeal by elector; restoration of name.
Status: in_force

(a) The executive director shall notify by mail each elector at the address last filed in the office, whose name has been deleted for the reasons of conviction or a change in the residence of a qualified voter. The notice shall state the reason for the deletion and inform the elector of his right to appeal to the county board of voter registration and elections and the time in which to perfect his appeal. A copy of the notice must be forwarded to the appropriate county board of voter registration and elections. (b) Each elector whose name has been deleted has twenty days from the date the notice is mailed to appeal. The appeal must be to the county board of voter registration and elections from whose master file the deletion has been made. If the board determines that the elector's name should not have been deleted, it shall instruct the executive director to restore his name to the registration books; however, if the deletion is for conviction, the appeal must be to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission. Editor's Note 2012 Act No. 265, SECTION 9, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first." Preclearance approval for 2012 Act No. 265 was received on October 1, 2012.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-220 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 7-15-220
SECTION 7-15-220. Signing and witnessing of oath of absentee ballot applicant; exception.
Status: in_force

(A) The oath, a copy of which is required by Section 7-15-200(2) to be sent each absentee ballot applicant and which is required by Section 7-15-230 to be returned with the absentee ballot applicant's ballot, shall be signed by the absentee ballot applicant and witnessed by a person who is at least eighteen years of age. The oath shall be in the following form: "I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am duly qualified to vote at this election according to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, that I have not voted during this election, that the ballot or ballots with which this oath is enclosed is my ballot and that I have received no assistance in voting my ballot that I would not have been entitled to receive had I voted in person at my voting precinct." (B) Qualified voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act are exempt from witness requirements in subsection (A). Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 43, SECTIONS 1 and 10, provide as follows: "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act'." "SECTION 10. This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first." [Preclearance approval received August 22, 2011.] 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 45.C, provides as follows: "[SECTION 45.]C. SECTIONS 3 and 6 shall take effect on July 1, 2022." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 3, in (A), in the first sentence, inserted "by a person who is at least eighteen years of age" following "and witnessed", and, in the oath form, inserted the line for "Printed Name of Witness".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-55 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-55
SECTION 7-7-55. Establishment of polling places in Allendale County.
Status: in_force

The polling places for the precincts provided in Section 7-7-50 must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Allendale County subject to the approval of the majority of the Allendale County Legislative Delegation.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1820 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1820
SECTION 7-13-1820. Persons within guard rail; time permitted voters to vote.
Status: in_force

After the opening of the polls, the managers of election shall not permit any voter or other person to pass within the guard rail until they ascertain that he or she is entitled to vote, in the manner required by Section 7-13-710, as the case may be, and only one voter at a time for each voting machine at the voting place shall be permitted to pass within or be within the guard rail to vote. No voter shall remain within the voting machine booth longer than three minutes, and if he shall refuse to leave it after the lapse of three minutes, he may be removed by the managers.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1380 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1380
SECTION 7-13-1380. Write-in votes.
Status: in_force

Electors shall be permitted to cast write-in votes. The design of the ballot card shall permit the managers in counting the write-in votes to determine readily whether an elector has cast any write-in vote not authorized by law. The State Election Commission in specifying the form of the ballot shall provide for ballot secrecy in connection with write-in votes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-260 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-260
SECTION 7-17-260. Cases decided by state board; filing and service.
Status: in_force

The state board shall decide all cases under protest or contest that may arise in the case of federal officers, state officers, members of the State Senate and the State House of Representatives, and offices involving more than one county. Any such protest or contest shall be filed in writing with the chairman of the board, together with a copy for each candidate in the race, not later than noon five days following the canvassing of the votes for such offices by the board; provided, however, that service upon the board may be perfected by depositing at the office of the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division a copy of the protest, together with a copy for each candidate in the race. The chief shall take immediate steps to deliver such copies to the chairman. The protest shall contain each ground thereof concisely stated separately. The chairman of the board shall forthwith serve upon each candidate in the protested race a copy of the protest and serve a notice of the time and place of the meeting of the board for the purposes of hearing the protest. A protest or contested case heard by the state board pursuant to Chapter 17 of Title 7 shall be considered an "administrative action" pursuant to Section 15-36-10. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 284, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and must not be put into practice until it receives preclearance by the United States Department of Justice." [preclearance received September 5, 2006]
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-50 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 7-5-50
SECTION 7-5-50. Prohibition on private funds.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding another provision of law, the State Election Commission and the county boards of voter registration and elections may not receive, accept, or expend gifts, donations, or funding from private individuals, corporations, partnerships, trusts, or any third party not provided through ordinary state or county appropriations.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-160 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-160
SECTION 7-25-160. Wilful neglect or corrupt conduct on part of poll managers.
Status: in_force

A manager at any general, special, or primary election in this State who wilfully violates any of the duties devolved by law upon such position is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. A manager who commits fraud or corruption in the management of such election is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 26.D, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-210 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-210
SECTION 7-25-210. Vandalizing or removing political campaign sign; exceptions; penalty.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful to deface, vandalize, tamper with, or remove a lawfully placed political campaign sign prior to the election without the permission of the candidate or party. (B) This section does not apply to a governmental entity when a political campaign sign is removed because of noncompliance with applicable law, or because an employee of the governmental entity removing the sign is working within the course and scope of his employment. (C) A person who violates the provisions of subsection (A) is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than thirty days, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-23-40 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 23 / Section 7-23-40
SECTION 7-23-40. Expenses payable by counties.
Status: in_force

The governing bodies of the several counties shall audit and pay all accounts for necessary expenses incurred by the members of the board of voter registration and elections and managers of election for stationery, the making of election boxes, rents and similar expenses in elections held in this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-35 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-35
SECTION 7-13-35. Notice of general, municipal, special, and primary elections.
Status: repealed

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. Editor's Note 2020 Act No. 133, SECTION 1.H., provides as follows: "[1.]H. The amendments contained in subsections A., B., and C. of this SECTION are repealed on December 31, 2021, and the text of these code sections therefore shall revert back to the language as contained in the South Carolina Code of Laws as of January 23, 2020." Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 133, SECTION 1.A., in the second sentence, substituted "9:00 a.m. on the calendar day immediately preceding election day" for "2:00 p.m. on election day", and in the third sentence, substituted "no later than" for "not later than" in two places. 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 33, in the second sentence, substituted "7:00 a.m. on the second day immediately preceding election day" for "2:00 p.m. on election day".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1340 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1340
SECTION 7-13-1340. Requirements for vote recorders or optical scan voting devices.
Status: in_force

A vote recorder or optical scan voting device must not be adopted or used unless it: (a) provides facilities for voting for the candidates as may be nominated and upon the questions as may be submitted; (b) permits each elector, at other than primaries, to vote a straight party or body ticket, in one operation; and, in one operation, to vote for all the candidates of one party or body for every office to be voted for, except those offices as to which the elector votes for individual candidates; (c) permits each elector, at other than primaries, to vote a ticket selected from the nominees of any and all parties or bodies, from independent nominations, and from persons not in nomination; (d) permits each elector to vote, at any election, for any person and for any office for whom and for which the elector is lawfully entitled to vote, whether or not the name of the person or persons appears upon a ballot label as a candidate for election, and to vote for as many persons for an office as the elector is entitled to vote for, and to vote for or against any question upon which the elector is entitled to vote; (e) precludes, when used in conjunction with a tabulating machine, the counting of votes for any candidate, or upon any question, for whom or upon which an elector is not entitled to vote, and precludes the counting of votes for more persons for any office than the elector is entitled to vote for or for fewer than the elector is required to vote for, and precludes the counting of votes for any candidate for the same office or upon any question more than once; (f) permits voting in absolute secrecy, so that a person shall not see or know for whom any other elector has voted or is voting, except an elector whom the person has assisted or is assisting in voting, as prescribed by law; (g) is constructed of material of good quality, in a neat and workmanlike manner; (h) records, when properly operated, correctly and accurately every vote cast; (i) is constructed so that an elector may readily learn the method of operating it; (j) is safely transportable; and (k) disables, at all times while utilized in a current election, the following: (1) a connection to the Internet or an external network; (2) the capability to establish a wireless connection to an external network; (3) the establishment of a connection to an external network through a cable, a wireless modem or any other mechanism or process; and (4) automatic resolution functionality for ballots flagged for further review. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 14, rewrote (k).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1460 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1460
SECTION 7-13-1460. Use of paper ballots where use of vote recorders is not possible or practicable.
Status: in_force

If a method of election for any candidate or office or of voting on any question is prescribed by law in which the use of vote recorders is not possible or practicable, or in case at any election the number of candidates seeking nomination or nominated for any office renders the use of vote recorders for such office at such election impracticable, or if for any other reason at any election the use of vote recorders wholly or in part is not practicable, the county election officials may arrange to have the voting for such candidates or offices or for such questions conducted by paper ballots. In such cases, paper ballots shall be printed for such candidates, offices or questions, and the election conducted by the poll managers herein provided for, and the ballots counted and return thereof made in the manner required by law for such nominations, offices or questions, insofar as paper ballots are used.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1610 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1610
SECTION 7-13-1610. State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners.
Status: in_force

The Board of State Canvassers shall, ex officio, constitute the State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-80 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-80
SECTION 7-25-80. Threatening, intimidating, or abusing voters.
Status: in_force

A person who, at any of the elections, general, special, or primary, in any city, town, ward, or polling precinct, threatens, mistreats, or abuses a voter with a view to control or intimidate him in the free exercise of his right of suffrage, is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-200 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-200
SECTION 7-25-200. Unlawful inducement to file for or withdraw from candidacy for election.
Status: in_force

(A) It is unlawful to offer or accept, or attempt to offer or accept, either directly or indirectly, money, a loan of money, or any other thing of value which includes, but is not limited to, employment or the promise of employment to induce a person to file or withdraw as a candidate for any state or federal elected office. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit legitimate campaign contributions or the pledge to make a campaign contribution as otherwise allowed by law. Nor shall this section prevent a person from paying from his own funds, the filing fee of an immediate family member which means a spouse, child, grandchild, mother, father, sister, or brother. Any person convicted of violating the provisions of this section shall be fined not more than ten thousand dollars or imprisoned for not more than one year. (B) The Attorney General or the solicitor of the judicial circuit in which the violation occurred, shall prosecute immediately a person violating the provisions of this section. (C) Nothing in this section shall preclude appropriate civil remedies by an aggrieved party. The court shall, upon a finding that a person violated the provisions of this section, award reasonable attorney's fees and the costs of bringing such action as determined by the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-30
SECTION 7-13-30. Time of election of probate judges.
Status: in_force

The probate judge in every county shall be elected at every alternate general election, reckoning from the year 1958.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-10
SECTION 7-13-10. Time of general elections for federal, state, and county officers; conduct of general and special elections.
Status: in_force

General elections for Federal, State and county officers in this State shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year at such voting places as have been or may be established by law. All general or special elections held pursuant to the Constitution of this State shall be regulated and conducted according to the rules, principles and provisions herein prescribed.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-80 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-80
SECTION 7-19-80. Candidate for elector shall declare for which candidates he will vote; elector shall vote for candidates for whom he declared.
Status: in_force

Each candidate for presidential and vice-presidential elector shall declare which candidate for president and vice-president he will vote for if elected. Those elected shall vote for the president and vice-president candidates for whom they declared. Any person selected to fill a vacancy in the electoral college shall vote for the candidates the elector whose place he is taking had declared for. The declaration shall be made to the Secretary of State on such form as he may require not later than sixty days prior to the general election for electors. No candidate for president and vice-president elector shall have his name placed on the ballot who fails to make such declaration by the prescribed time. Any elector who votes contrary to the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of violating the election laws of this State and upon conviction shall be punished according to law. Any registered elector shall have the right to institute proper action to require compliance with the provisions of this section. The Attorney General shall institute criminal action for any violation of the provision of this section. Provided, the executive committee of the party from which an elector of the electoral college was elected may relieve the elector from the obligation to vote for a specific candidate when, in its judgment, circumstances shall have arisen which, in the opinion of the committee, it would not be in the best interest of the State for the elector to cast his ballot for such a candidate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-9-90 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 7-9-90
SECTION 7-9-90. State committee.
Status: in_force

The state committee is composed of one member from each county, elected by the county conventions, the state chairman and state vice-chairman, elected by the state convention; and for the Republican and Democratic party state committees, the president of the South Carolina Federation of Republican Women and the president of the South Carolina Federation of Democratic Women ex officio are members of their respective state committees. Those persons named as members of the national executive committee of a national party are ex officio members of the state committee. If the office of state chairman or state vice-chairman becomes vacant, the state committee may fill the vacancy by electing a chairman or vice-chairman to serve until the organization of the next regular state convention. The state committee shall choose its other officers, not necessarily from the membership. The state chairman may vote only in case of a tie. The state committee shall meet at the call of the state chairman or any five members and at a time and place as he may appoint. Vacancies on the state committee, other than in the offices of state chairman and state vice-chairman, and the presidents of the women's federations must be filled by the respective county committees. The members of the state committee shall continue in office for two years from the time of their election, and until their successors are elected. The state committee shall nominate presidential electors and a vacancy in the state ticket of electors or in the national committee of a party must be filled by the state committee by a majority of the whole committee.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1720 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1720
SECTION 7-13-1720. Unopposed candidates in primaries.
Status: in_force

In any party primary in which voting machines shall be used in one or more voting precincts, the name of any unopposed candidate for nomination for any office shall be omitted from the ballot used in any such voting machine, and such unopposed candidate shall be declared to have received the total number of votes cast in such voting precinct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-10
SECTION 7-25-10. False swearing in applying for registration.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to falsely swear in making an application for registration under this chapter. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-220 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-220
SECTION 7-7-220. Designation of voting precincts in Dillon County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Dillon County there are the following voting precincts: Bermuda; Carolina; East Dillon; South Dillon; West Dillon; Floydale; Fork; Hamer; Kemper; Lake View; Latta; Little Rock; Manning; Minturn; Mt. Calvary; New Holly; Oak Grove; Oakland; and Pleasant Hill. (B) The precinct lines defining these precincts are as shown on maps filed with the clerk of court of the county and also on file with the State Election Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document P-33-19. (C) Polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Dillon County with the approval of a majority of the Senators and a majority of the members of the House of Representatives representing Dillon County. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 80, SECTION 1, in (A), deleted "Gaddy's Mill;" following "Fork;"; and in (B), substituted "document P-33-19" for "document P-33-17".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-90 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-90
SECTION 7-17-90. Duplicate statements filed with clerk of county.
Status: in_force

Except in the case of the election for electors for President and Vice-President, duplicate statements shall be made and filed in the office of the clerk of the county or, if there be no such clerk duly qualified according to law, in the office of the State Election Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-15 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-15
SECTION 7-7-15. Notice of change in polling place.
Status: in_force

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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-180 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-180
SECTION 7-7-180. Designation of voting precincts in Chesterfield County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Chesterfield County there are the following voting precincts: Angelus-Catarrh Bay Springs Black Creek Brocks Mill Cash Center Grove-Winzo Cheraw No. 1 Cheraw No. 2 Cheraw No. 3 Cheraw No. 4 Courthouse Dudley-Mangum Grants Mill Jefferson Middendorf Mt. Croghan McBee Ousleydale Pageland No. 1 Pageland No. 2 Patrick Pee Dee Ruby Shiloh Snow Hill-Vaughn. (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in Chesterfield County pursuant to subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-25-08 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Chesterfield County by the office. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Chesterfield County subject to approval by a majority of the Chesterfield County Legislative Delegation. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-130 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-130
SECTION 7-13-130. Managers' table; guard rail; general arrangement; preservation of right to vote and secrecy of ballot.
Status: in_force

The polling places shall be provided with a table for the managers. The polls shall be provided with a guard rail, so that no one except as herein authorized shall approach nearer than five feet to the booths in which the voters are preparing their ballots. The managers at each voting place shall arrange the table, desk or other place upon which the ballot boxes shall be placed so that there shall be no crowding or confusion immediately around the boxes, and suitable means shall be provided to enable each voter to approach the boxes and deposit his ballot without interference or hindrance. The right to vote of each person so entitled and the secrecy of the ballot shall be preserved at all times.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-660 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 9 / Section 7-15-660
SECTION 7-15-660. Voting precinct assignment.
Status: in_force

An overseas voter who is registering to vote, and who is eligible to vote in this State shall use, and must be assigned to, the voting precinct of the address of the voter's last place of residence in this State, or in the case of a voter described by Section 7-15-610(5)(e), the address of the voter's parent's or legal guardian's place of last residence in this State. If that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the overseas voter must be assigned an address within the voting precinct of the last place of residence for voting purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-110 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-110
SECTION 7-19-110. Compensation and expenses of electors.
Status: in_force

Every elector for this State for the election of a president and vice-president of the United States who shall attend at any election of those officers and give his vote at the time and place appointed by law shall be entitled to receive for his attendance at such election and for traveling to and from his place of residence by the most usual route the regular mileage, subsistence and per diem allowance authorized for state boards, committees and commissions to be paid from appropriations to the office of the Secretary of State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-530 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-530
SECTION 7-7-530. Designation of voting precincts in York County.
Status: in_force

(A) In York County there are the following voting precincts: Adnah Airport Allison Creek Anderson Road Baxter Bethany Bethel Bethel School Bowling Green Bullocks Creek Cannon Mill Carolina Catawba Celanese Clover Cotton Belt Crescent Delphia Dobys Bridge Ebenezer Ebinport Edgewood Fairgrounds Ferry Branch Fewell Park Field Day Filbert Fort Mill No. 1 Fort Mill No. 2 Fort Mill No. 3 Fort Mill No. 4 Fort Mill No. 5 Fort Mill No. 6 Friendship Gold Hill Hampton Mill Hands Mill Harvest Hickory Grove Highland Park Hollis Lakes Hopewell Independence India Hook Kanawha Lakeshore Lakewood Larne Laurel Creek Lesslie Manchester McConnells Mill Creek Mountain View Mt. Holly Mt. Gallant Nation Ford Neelys Creek New Home Newport Northside Northwestern Oakridge Oakwood Old Pointe Ogden Orchard Park Palmetto Pleasant Road Pole Branch River's Edge River Hills Riverview Rock Creek Rock Hill No. 2 Rock Hill No. 3 Rock Hill No. 4 Rock Hill No. 5 Rock Hill No. 6 Rock Hill No. 7 Rock Hill No. 8 Roosevelt Rosewood Sharon Shoreline Six Mile Smyrna Springdale Springfield Stateline Steele Creek Tega Cay Tirzah Tools Fork University Waterstone Windjammer Wylie York No. 1 York No. 2 (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or its successor agency, designated as document P-91-23A and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of York County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (C) The polling places for the precincts in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of York County with the approval of a majority of the York County Legislative Delegation. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 151, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "Celanese", and in (B), deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" following "official map on file with the", substituted "P-91-18" for "P-91-14a", and substituted "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Office of Research and Statistics" at the end. 2021 Act No. 93, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "Crescent" following "Cotton Belt" and "Hands Mill" following "Hampton Mill"; and in (B), substituted "document P-91-21" for "document P-91-18". 2023 Act No. 53, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "Field Day" and "Mountain View". 2023 Act No. 53, SECTION 2, in (B), substituted "P-91-23A" for "P-91-21".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-340 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 7-5-340
SECTION 7-5-340. Duties of State Election Commission, removal of elector from official list.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Election Commission shall: (1) ensure that the name of a qualified elector is removed from the official list of eligible voters within seven days of receipt of information confirming: (a) the request of the qualified elector to be removed; (b) the elector is adjudicated mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction; (c) the death of the qualified elector; (d) the elector is not a citizen of the United States; or (e) a change in the residence to a place outside the county in which the qualified elector is registered when such confirmation is received from the qualified elector in writing; (2) inform applicants under Sections 7-5-155, 7-5-310, and 7-5-320 of: (a) voter eligibility requirements; and (b) penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter registration application; (3) complete, no later than ninety days before the date of a statewide primary or general election, a program to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible voters in compliance with the provisions of Section 7-5-330(F); this item may not be construed to preclude: (a) the removal of names from the official list of eligible voters on a basis described in item (1); or (b) correction of registration records pursuant to this article. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 21, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-230 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-230
SECTION 7-5-230. Legal qualifications; challenges; proof of residency or domicile; appeals.
Status: in_force

(A) The county boards of voter registration and elections to be appointed under Section 7-5-10 shall be the judges of the legal qualifications of all applicants for registration. The board is empowered to require proof of these qualifications as it considers necessary. Once a person is registered, challenges of the qualifications of any elector, except for challenges issued at the polls pursuant to Sections 7-13-810, 7-13-820, and 7-15-420 must be made in writing to the county board of voter registration and elections in the county of registration. The board must, within ten days following the challenge and after first giving notice to the elector and the challenger, hold a hearing, accept evidence, and rule upon whether the elector meets or fails to meet the qualifications set forth in Section 7-5-120. (B) When a challenge is made regarding the residence or domicile of an elector, the board must consider the provisions of Section 7-1-25(D). (C) Any person denied registration or restoration of his name on the registration books shall have the right of appeal from the decision of the county board of voter registration and elections denying him registration or such restoration to the court of common pleas of the county or any judge thereof and subsequently to the Supreme Court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-210 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-210
SECTION 7-7-210. Designation of voting precincts in Darlington County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Darlington County there are the following voting precincts: Antioch Auburn Bethel Burnt Branch Black Creek-Clyde Darlington No. 1 Darlington No. 2 Darlington No. 3 Darlington No. 4 Darlington No. 5 Darlington No. 6 Dovesville Hartsville No. 1 Hartsville No. 4 Hartsville No. 5 Hartsville No. 6 Hartsville No. 7 Hartsville No. 8 Hartsville No. 9 High Hill Indian Branch Kelleytown Lake Swamp Lamar No. 1 Lamar No. 2 Lydia Mechanicsville New Market Oates Palmetto Society Hill Swift Creek. (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided for in subsection (A) are as shown on map document P-31-07 on file with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Darlington County as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Darlington County with the approval of a majority of the Darlington County Legislative Delegation to include the member or members from that district. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-100 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-100
SECTION 7-19-100. Disposition of certificates of electors.
Status: in_force

(A) The electors shall immediately transmit at the same time and by the most expeditious method available the certificates of votes so made by them, together with the annexed certificates of ascertainment of appointment of electors, as follows: (1) One set shall be sent to the to the President of the Senate of the United States at the seat of government. (2) Two sets shall be sent to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate of the United States, the other to be preserved by the Executive Director of the State Election Commission for one year and shall be a part of the public records of the State Election Commission and shall be open to public inspection. (3) Two sets shall be sent to the Archivist of the United States at the seat of government. (4) One set shall be sent to the judge of the district in which the electors shall have assembled. Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 27, SECTION 3, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-365 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 7-15-365
SECTION 7-15-365. Ballots and instructions furnished by county board of voter registration and elections.
Status: in_force

The board of voter registration and elections of each county must be furnished by the municipal election commission of each municipality holding an election or the executive committee of a municipal party holding a primary, a sufficient number of ballots, envelopes, and instructions to the absentee voter not to exceed fifteen percent of the number of registered voters in the municipality and sufficient postage to enable the board of voter registration and elections to deliver materials to qualified electors desiring to vote by absentee ballot. The envelope required by item (4) of Section 7-15-370 must bear the return address of the county board of voter registration and elections. If an absentee ballot is not available at the time the voter requests it, the board of voter registration and elections must provide a blank ballot to allow the voter to write in his: (1) selections of candidates; (2) selection of party, if he wishes to vote a straight party ticket; and (3) support or opposition of any ballot measure.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-20
SECTION 7-17-20. Canvass of votes.
Status: in_force

The county board of canvassers, respectively, shall then proceed to canvass the votes of the county and make such statements of such votes as the nature of the election shall require no later than noon on the Saturday next following the election and at such time shall transmit to the State Board of Canvassers the results of their findings.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-220 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-220
SECTION 7-17-220. Meeting of board; telecommunication or electronic communication; public access.
Status: in_force

Unless otherwise provided in Section 7-3-10(c), the Board of State Canvassers shall convene a meeting scheduled through the office of the Election Commission within ten days after any general election for the purpose of canvassing the vote for all officers voted for at such election, including the vote for the electors for President and Vice President, and for the purpose of canvassing the vote on all Constitutional Amendments and questions and other issues. Nothing in this section prohibits the meeting from being conducted by using telephone conference or other means of telecommunication or electronic communication. Any meeting of the Board of Canvassers as provided in this section must be accessible and without cost to the public and must comply with the notice requirements of Chapter 4, Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-410 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-410
SECTION 7-13-410. Ballots where both statewide and local constitutional amendments are submitted.
Status: in_force

Whenever at any general election proposed amendments to the Constitution of both statewide and local natures are submitted to the qualified electors of the State, the State officer charged with the duty of preparing the ballots shall arrange and classify the proposed amendments on such ballots as follows: At the top of one ballot shall be printed the words "Statewide Constitutional Amendments." Under this heading there shall be placed the various proposed amendments of a state-wide nature. At the top of a separate ballot shall be printed the words "Local Constitutional Amendments." Under this heading there shall be printed in alphabetical order the names of the various counties of the State affected by any proposed local amendments and under the name of each county the particular amendment affecting such county, or any particular subdivision thereof, or municipality situated therein, but when any proposed amendment relates to two or more counties such proposed amendment shall be listed under a joint heading combined of the names of such counties. The heading shall be printed in larger type than that used in printing the proposed amendment. Ballots for the state-wide constitutional amendments shall be printed on white paper and ballots for the local constitutional amendments shall be printed on a paper other than white.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1500 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1500
SECTION 7-13-1500. Oath of person preparing or operating tabulating devices.
Status: in_force

Any person who prepares or operates the tabulating devices in any election or preparatory thereto shall take an oath as a custodian and file in accordance with law.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-980 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 7-7-980
SECTION 7-7-980. Registration of officers and their spouses temporarily residing at capital or county seat.
Status: in_force

Federal, state and county officers and their spouses temporarily residing at or near the capital or county seat may register and vote in their former home precincts if they so desire.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-140 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-140
SECTION 7-7-140. Designation of voting precincts in Charleston County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Charleston County there are the following precincts: Awendaw Charleston 1 Charleston 2 Charleston 3 Charleston 4 Charleston 5 Charleston 6 Charleston 7 Charleston 8 Charleston 9 Charleston 10 Charleston 11 Charleston 12 Charleston 13 Charleston 14 Charleston 15 Charleston 16 Charleston 17 Charleston 18 Charleston 19 Charleston 20 Charleston 21 Christ Church Deer Park 1A Deer Park 1B Deer Park 2A Deer Park 2B Deer Park 2C Deer Park 3 Edisto Island Folly Beach 1 Folly Beach 2 Isle of Palms 1A Isle of Palms 1B Isle of Palms 1C James Island 1A James Island 1B James Island 3 James Island 5A James Island 5B James Island 6 James Island 7 James Island 8A James Island 8B James Island 9 James Island 10 James Island 11 James Island 12 James Island 13 James Island 14 James Island 15 James Island 17 James Island 19 James Island 20 James Island 22 Johns Island 1A Johns Island 1B Johns Island 2 Johns Island 3A Johns Island 3B Johns Island 4 Kiawah Island Ladson Lincolnville McClellanville Mt.Pleasant 1 Mt.Pleasant 2 Mt.Pleasant 3 Mt.Pleasant 4 Mt.Pleasant 5 Mt.Pleasant 6 Mt.Pleasant 7 Mt.Pleasant 8 Mt.Pleasant 9 Mt.Pleasant 10 Mt.Pleasant 11 Mt.Pleasant 12 Mt.Pleasant 13 Mt.Pleasant 14 Mt.Pleasant 15 Mt.Pleasant 16 Mt.Pleasant 17 Mt.Pleasant 18 Mt.Pleasant 19 Mt.Pleasant 20 Mt.Pleasant 21 Mt.Pleasant 22 Mt.Pleasant 23 Mt.Pleasant 24 Mt.Pleasant 25 Mt.Pleasant 26 Mt.Pleasant 27 Mt.Pleasant 28 Mt.Pleasant 29 Mt.Pleasant 30 Mt.Pleasant 31 Mt.Pleasant 32 Mt.Pleasant 33 Mt.Pleasant 34 Mt.Pleasant 35 Mt.Pleasant 36 Mt.Pleasant 37 Mt.Pleasant 38 Mt.Pleasant 39 North Charleston 1 North Charleston 2 North Charleston 3 North Charleston 4 North Charleston 5 North Charleston 6 North Charleston 7 North Charleston 8 North Charleston 9 North Charleston 10 North Charleston 11 North Charleston 12 North Charleston 13 North Charleston 14 North Charleston 15 North Charleston 16 North Charleston 17 North Charleston 18 North Charleston 19 North Charleston 20 North Charleston 21 North Charleston 22 North Charleston 23 North Charleston 24 North Charleston 25 North Charleston 26 North Charleston 27 North Charleston 28 North Charleston 29 North Charleston 30 Seabrook St.Andrews 1 St.Andrews 2 St.Andrews 3 St.Andrews 4 St.Andrews 5 St.Andrews 6 St.Andrews 7 St.Andrews 8 St.Andrews 9 St.Andrews 10 St.Andrews 11 St.Andrews 12 St.Andrews 13 St.Andrews 14 St.Andrews 15 St.Andrews 16 St.Andrews 17 St.Andrews 18 St.Andrews 19 St.Andrews 20 St.Andrews 21 St.Andrews 22 St.Andrews 23 St.Andrews 24 St.Andrews 25 St.Andrews 26 St.Andrews 27 St.Andrews 28 St.Andrews 29 St.Andrews 30 St.Andrews 31 St.Andrews 32 St.Andrews 33 St.Andrews 34 St.Andrews 35 St.Andrews 36 St.Andrews 37 St.Pauls 1 St.Pauls 2A St.Pauls 2B St.Pauls 3 St.Pauls 4 St.Pauls 5 St.Pauls 6 Sullivans Island Wadmalaw Island 1 Wadmalaw Island 2. (B) The precinct lines pursuant to subsection (A) defining the precincts in Charleston County are as shown on the official map of the United States Census Bureau designated as P-19-17 on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide revised copies of maps of the above precincts defining precinct changes incorporated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office pursuant to this section to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Charleston County. (C) The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Charleston County shall designate the polling place in each precinct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-70 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-70
SECTION 7-25-70. Procuring or offering to procure votes by threats.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person, by threats or any other form of intimidation, to procure, offer, or promise to endeavor to procure another to vote for or against any particular candidate in any election. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one hundred dollars nor more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-80 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-80
SECTION 7-11-80. Form of nominating petition.
Status: in_force

All nominating petitions for any political office or petition of any political party seeking certification as such in the State of South Carolina shall be standardized as follows: (1) Shall be on good quality original bond paper sized 8 1⁄2 '' X 14''. (2) Shall contain a concise statement of purpose; in the case of nomination of candidates, the name of the candidate, the office for which he offers and the date of the election for such office shall be contained in such petition. (3) Shall contain in separate columns from left to right the following: (a) Signature of voter and printed name of voter; (b) Address of residence where registered; and (c) Precinct of voter. (4) No single petition page shall contain the signatures of registered voters from different counties. (5) All signatures of registered voters shall be numbered consecutively. (6) Petitions with more than one page must have the pages consecutively numbered upon filing with the appropriate authority. The State Election Commission may furnish petition forms to the county election officials and to interested persons.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-590 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-590
SECTION 7-17-590. Board of State Canvassers for Municipal Primaries.
Status: in_force

The State executive committee of every political party in this State which may have such a committee shall immediately after its appointment elect from its body a committee of one from each congressional district which shall constitute the Board of State Canvassers for Municipal Primaries, each of whom, before hearing any appeal, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will fairly, impartially and honestly decide such an appeal. The board shall, upon collection by their chairman of the estimated amount of the expenses of such appeal from the person or persons making it, decide as judicial officers all cases under protest or contest that may come before them on appeal from any decision of such committees or canvassing officers from whose decisions appeal is made upon the papers transmitted to them by such committees or canvassing officers, and the person or persons declared by the board to be nominated at such election shall be the nominee or nominees of such political party in the respective elections for which such nominations were made. Any vacancies in said board shall be filled by the State executive committee or, in case it should not be in session, by the chairman of the State executive committee. The members of said board shall serve until the meeting of the next State executive committee. A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-810 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-810
SECTION 7-13-810. Prevention of illegal voting or taking too much time; challenging voters.
Status: in_force

The managers of election shall prevent any person from voting when they have good reason to believe the person has already voted. They shall refuse to allow a person to vote who is not a registered elector or who has become disqualified for any cause to vote in the voting precinct. They may also prevent any voter from consuming more than five minutes in voting, but no manager may examine, read, or handle the ballot being voted or about to be voted by a voter or interfere in any way with the voting of a voter otherwise than provided in this section. It is the duty of the managers of election to, and any elector or qualified watcher may, challenge the vote of a person who may be known or suspected not to be a qualified voter. However, the challenges by persons other than a manager must be addressed to the manager and not directly to the voter. The manager shall then present the challenge to the voter and act in accordance with the provisions provided for in this section. All challenges must be made before the time a voter deposits a paper ballot in a ballot box or casts his vote in a voting machine, and no challenge may be considered after that time. However, challenges may be made at any time before the opening of return-addressed envelopes and the removal of "Ballot Herein" envelopes from them as to absentee voters. Nothing contained from them affects the right of an elector or qualified watcher to challenge the vote of a person which is fraudulent or when the challenge is based on evidence discovered after the vote is cast. A candidate may protest an election in which he is a candidate pursuant to Section 7-17-30 when the protest is based in whole or in part on evidence discovered after the election. This evidence may include, but is not limited to, after-discovered evidence of voters who have voted in a precinct or for a district office other than the one in which they are entitled by law to vote.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 7-5-20
SECTION 7-5-20. Deputy members of boards.
Status: in_force

The board of voter registration and elections of each county may appoint deputy members of the board, in numbers as may be necessary, whose terms shall be for a period of time as determined by the boards. The deputy members shall have the same powers and duties as regular members of the board. The clerk to each board may be made a deputy member of the board for the purpose of taking applications.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-1000 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 7-7-1000
SECTION 7-7-1000. Pooling precincts in municipal elections.
Status: in_force

(A) For purposes of municipal general elections only, a municipality may pool one or more precincts with other precincts and have one voting place for all of these pooled precincts upon the following conditions: (1) Any precinct which contains five hundred or more registered voters within the municipality must have its own voting place. (2) The total number of registered voters within the municipality in each group of pooled precincts cannot exceed one thousand five hundred. (3) The voting place of any precinct pooled with others cannot be more than three miles from the nearest part of any pooled precinct. (4) The notice requirements of Section 7-7-15 must be complied with and in addition to this requirement, the location of voting places for all precincts including those pooled must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality on the day of the election. If the newspaper is not published daily, then on the date of publication nearest and prior to the date of election. (5) Whenever precincts are pooled in a municipal general election, the voter registration lists, poll lists, and ballots for each precinct represented must be used by the managers of election. Results of the election must also be reported and certified by individual precinct. (B) For purposes of municipal primary elections only, a municipality may pool one or more precincts with other precincts and have one voting place for all of these pooled precincts upon the following conditions: (1) Any precinct which contains three thousand or more registered voters within the municipality must have its own voting place. (2) The total number of registered voters within the municipality in each group of pooled precincts cannot exceed three thousand. (3) The voting place of any precinct pooled with others cannot be more than three miles from the nearest part of any pooled precinct. (4) The notice requirements of Section 7-7-15 must be complied with and in addition to this requirement, the location of voting places for all precincts including those pooled must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality on the day of the election. If the newspaper is not published daily, then on the date of publication nearest and prior to the date of election. (5) Whenever precincts are pooled in a municipal primary election, the voter registration lists, poll lists, and ballots for each precinct represented must be used by the managers of election. Results of the election must also be reported and certified by individual precinct. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 207, SECTION 1, in the first undesignated paragraph, inserted the (A) designator and substituted "municipal general elections" for "municipal elections", and in (5), substituted "municipal general election" for "municipal election"; and added (B).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-200 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 7-15-200
SECTION 7-15-200. Furnishing of election materials to persons requesting absentee ballots.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the list of names the county committee, the board of voter registration and elections or other persons responsible for the conduct of the election shall, as soon as the ballots to be used in the election are delivered to them, mail at his absentee address, in one envelope, the following items to each person qualified to receive an absentee ballot and who has requested an absentee ballot: (1) One of each ballot to be used in the election; (2) A copy of the oath set forth in Section 7-15-220; (3) Printed instructions as to the marking, folding and return of each ballot and as to the signing and return of the oath; (4) A return-addressed envelope for the return of the ballots and the oath to the board of voter registration and elections; (5) Any additional oath, instructions or information necessary to enable such absentee ballot applicant to execute and return a ballot legally acceptable by the officials charged with conducting such election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-110 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-110
SECTION 7-17-110. Election protest deadlines.
Status: in_force

If the deadline for filing an election protest provided in this chapter falls on a legal holiday, then the deadline extends to the next regular business day that is not a legal holiday. For purposes of this section, "next regular business day" means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-310 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-310
SECTION 7-13-310. Kinds of general election ballots; different colored paper to be used.
Status: in_force

In the general elections provided for in Section 7-13-10, there shall be four kinds of ballots called, respectively: "Official Ballot for Presidential Elector"; "Official Ballot for State Offices, United States Senator and Members of Congress"; "Official Ballot for State Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, County, Circuit and Other Offices" and "Official Ballot on Constitutional Amendments or other Propositions Submitted." Each such kind of ballot shall be printed upon different colored paper as shall be provided for by the executive director.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1710 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1710
SECTION 7-13-1710. Voting machine ballots; arrangement of nominations.
Status: in_force

In every county, city or town providing voting machines, the board of voter registration and elections shall furnish to the managers of election a sufficient number of ballots printed on clear white paper, of such form and size as will fit the ballot frames of the machines, the arrangement of the names of the candidates on such ballots to be prescribed by the board of voter registration and elections. Party nominations shall be arranged on each voting machine either in columns or horizontal rows, as shall nominations by petition, and the captions of the various ballots on such machines shall be so placed as to indicate to the voter what push knob, key lever or other device is to be used or operated in order to vote for the candidate or candidates of his choice.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-110 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-110
SECTION 7-7-110. Designation of voting precincts in Beaufort County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Beaufort County there are the following voting precincts: Beaufort 1 Beaufort 2 Beaufort 3 Belfair 1 Belfair 2 Bluffton 1A Bluffton 1B Bluffton 1C Bluffton 1D Bluffton 2A Bluffton 2B Bluffton 2C Bluffton 2D Bluffton 2E Bluffton 2F Bluffton 3 Bluffton 4A Bluffton 4B Bluffton 4C Bluffton 4D Bluffton 4E Bluffton 4F Bluffton 5A Bluffton 5B Bluffton 5C Bluffton 5D Bluffton 5E Bluffton 6A Bluffton 6B Bluffton 7A Bluffton 7B Buckwalter 1 Buckwalter 2 Burton 1A Burton 1B Burton 1C Burton 1D Burton 2A Burton 2B Burton 2C Burton 2D Burton 3A Burton 3B Burton 4 Burton 5A Burton 5B Chechessee 1 Chechessee 2 Chechessee 3 Dale Lobeco Daufuskie Hilton Head 1A Hilton Head 1B Hilton Head 2A Hilton Head 2B Hilton Head 2C Hilton Head 2D Hilton Head 2E Hilton Head 3 Hilton Head 4A Hilton Head 4B Hilton Head 4C Hilton Head 4D Hilton Head 5A Hilton Head 5B Hilton Head 5C Hilton Head 6 Hilton Head 7A Hilton Head 7B Hilton Head 7C Hilton Head 8 Hilton Head 9A Hilton Head 9B Hilton Head 9C Hilton Head 9D Hilton Head 10 Hilton Head 11 Hilton Head 12 Hilton Head 13 Hilton Head 14 Hilton Head 15A Hilton Head 15B Ladys Island 1A Ladys Island 1B Ladys Island 2A Ladys Island 2B Ladys Island 2C Ladys Island 2D Ladys Island 3A Ladys Island 3B Ladys Island 3C Ladys Island 4A Ladys Island 4B Ladys Island 4C Moss Creek 1 Moss Creek 2 Mossy Oaks 1A Mossy Oaks 1B Mossy Oaks 2 New River 1 New River 2 New River 3 Palmetto Bluff Port Royal 1 Port Royal 2 Pritchardville 1 Riverbend 1 Riverbend 2 Rose Hill 1 Rose Hill 2 Sandy Pointe Seabrook 1 Seabrook 2 Seabrook 3 Sheldon 1 Sheldon 2 Spanish Wells St. Helena 1A St. Helena 1B St. Helena 1C St. Helena 1D St. Helena 2A St. Helena 2B St. Helena 2C Sun City 1 Sun City 2 Sun City 3 Sun City 4 Sun City 5 Sun City 6 Sun City 7 Sun City 8 Sun City 9 Sun City 10 (B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-13-25 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County subject to the approval of a majority of the Beaufort County Delegation. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 122, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "New River" and "Palmetto Bluff" following "Mossy Oaks 2" and "Sandy Pointe" following "Rose Hill"; and in (B), substituted "document P-13-19" for "document P-13-14" and "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Office of Research and Statistics". 2023 Act No. 82, SECTION 1, rewrote (A); and in (B), substituted "P-13-23" for "P-13-19". 2024 Act No. 155, SECTION 1, in (B), substituted "P-13-24" for "P-13-23". 2025 Act No. 53, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "Bluffton 2F", "Bluffton 4F", "Bluffton 7B", "Ladys Island 2D", "Moss Creek 2", "New River 3", "Riverbend 2", and "St. Helena 1D", and substituted "Moss Creek 1" for "Moss Creek" and "Riverbend 1" for "Riverbend"; and in (B), substituted "P-13-25" for "P-13-24".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-275 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-275
SECTION 7-17-275. Petitioning Supreme Court for costs and attorney's fees associated with election protest.
Status: in_force

(A) A party opposing an election protest that prevails at the hearing before the board may petition the circuit court for reasonable costs and attorney's fees associated with the defense of the protest if the protestant does not appeal the board's decision to the Supreme Court. The board may also petition the circuit court for reasonable costs and expenses associated with hearing the protest. For appeals filed pursuant to Section 7-17-70, the petition must be filed and heard in the county where the protest was originally filed. For protests filed pursuant to Section 7-17-260, involving officers elected on a statewide basis, the petition must be filed and heard in Richland County. For all other protests filed pursuant to Section 7-17-260, the petition may be filed in any county where voting precincts comprising the election district for the office under protest are located. In order to award costs and attorney's fees pursuant to this section, the court must find that the protestant brought the protest for an improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay, or that the protest was not warranted by existing law, the facts of the case, or that it was frivolous in nature. (B) Upon appeal from a decision of the board, the Supreme Court may award costs and attorney's fees associated with the appeal to the party prevailing on appeal when the Supreme Court finds that there were no reasonable grounds to appeal the decision of the board. In cases where the prevailing party is the party opposing the protest, the Supreme Court may award costs and attorney's fees associated with the entire defense of the protest if it finds that the protestant brought the protest for an improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay, or that the protest was not warranted by existing law, the facts of the case, or that it was frivolous in nature. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 284, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and must not be put into practice until it receives preclearance by the United States Department of Justice." [Preclearance received September 5, 2006]
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1910 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1910
SECTION 7-13-1910. Possession of voting machine key by unauthorized person.
Status: in_force

Any unauthorized person found in possession of any voting machine key shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned in jail not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or both so fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-320 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-320
SECTION 7-17-320. Statements printed in public newspapers.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall cause a copy of such certified statements and determinations to be printed in one or more public newspapers of this State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1730 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1730
SECTION 7-13-1730. Use of separate ballots on constitutional amendments and other public measures.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a separate ballot for constitutional amendments and other public measures.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-630 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 7-5-630
SECTION 7-5-630. Municipal registration or enrollment not required.
Status: in_force

There shall be no registration or enrollment required for voting in municipal elections except the registration required for voting in county, State and national elections.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-250 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-250
SECTION 7-7-250. Designation of voting precincts in Fairfield County.
Status: in_force

In Fairfield County there are the following voting precincts: Centerville; Feasterville; Horeb-Glenn; Mitford; Monticello; Ridgeway; Winnsboro, composed of Winnsboro Polling Place No. 1 (area west of Congress Street) and Winnsboro Polling Place No. 2 (area east of Congress Street); Woodward; Greenbrier; Lebanon; Jenkinsville; Winnsboro Mills; South Winnsboro; New Hope; Blairs; Gladden Grove; Hickory Ridge; White Oak; Simpson; Dutchman Creek; and Blackstock. The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Fairfield County by the Office of Research and Statistics. The official date of the map is June 15, 1989. The polling places for the above precincts must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Fairfield County with the approval of a majority of the Fairfield County Legislative Delegation. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-720 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 7-7-720
SECTION 7-7-720. Notification to persons whose registration is transferred; removal from registration books of person whose notification is returned undelivered; restoration of name.
Status: in_force

(A) A person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by virtue of the provisions of this article must be notified by mail by the county board of voter registration and elections of the transfer. (B) A person whose notification is returned to the county board of voter registration and elections as undeliverable must be reported by the board to the State Election Commission. The State Election Commission must place the elector in an inactive status on the master file and may remove this elector's name from inactive status upon compliance with the provisions of Section 7-5-330(F).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1810 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1810
SECTION 7-13-1810. Instructions of voters by model machine at polling place.
Status: in_force

For the instruction of voters on any election day, there shall be provided for each polling place either an illustration or a mechanically operated model of a portion of the face of the machine. The illustration or model shall be located on the table of one of the managers or in some other place accessible to the voters. Each voter so desiring shall, before entering the machine, be instructed regarding its operation on either the illustration or the model and the voter given an opportunity personally to operate the model. The voter's attention may also be called to the diagram of the face of the machine so that the voter may become familiar with the location of the questions and names of the offices and candidates.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-150 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-150
SECTION 7-25-150. Swearing falsely at elections or taking oath in another's name.
Status: in_force

Any voter who shall swear falsely at any election, general, special or primary, in taking the prescribed oath or shall impersonate another person and take the oath in his name in order to vote shall be guilty of perjury and be punished, upon conviction, as for perjury.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-465 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-465
SECTION 7-7-465. Designation of voting precincts in Richland County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Richland County there are the following voting precincts: Ward 1 Ward 2 Ward 3 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 8 Ward 9 Ward 10 Ward 11 Ward 12 Ward 13 Ward 14 Ward 15 Ward 16 Ward 17 Ward 18 Ward 19 Ward 20 Ward 21 Ward 22 Ward 23 Ward 24 Ward 25 Ward 26 Ward 29 Ward 30 Ward 31 Ward 32 Ward 33 Ward 34 Arcadia Ardincaple Ballentine 1 Ballentine 2 Barrier Free Beatty Road Bluff Blythewood 1 Blythewood 2 Blythewood 3 Bookman Brandon 1 Brandon 2 Briarwood Bridge Creek Caughman Road College Place Cooper Dennyside Dentsville Dutch Fork 1 Dutch Fork 2 Dutch Fork 3 Dutch Fork 4 Eastover Edgewood Estates Fairlawn Fairwold East Forest Acres North Forest Acres South Forest Acres Friarsgate 1 Friarsgate 2 Old Friarsgate Gadsden Garners Greenview Gregg Park Hampton Harbison 1 Harbison 2 Hopkins 1 Hopkins 2 Horrell Hill Hunting Creek Keels 1 Keels 2 Keenan Kelly Mill Killian Kingswood Lake Carolina Lincolnshire Longcreek Longleaf Lykesland Mallet Hill Meadowfield Meadowlake McEntire Midway Mill Creek Monticello North Springs 1 North Springs 2 North Springs 3 Oak Pointe 1 Oak Pointe 2 Oak Pointe 3 Oakwood Olympia Parkridge 1 Parkridge 2 Parkway 1 Parkway 2 Parkway 3 Pennington 1 Pennington 2 Pine Grove Pine Lakes 1 Pine Lakes 2 Pinewood Polo Road Pontiac 1 Pontiac 2 Rice Creek 1 Rice Creek 2 Ridge View 1 Ridge View 2 Ridgewood Riverside Riversprings 1 Riversprings 2 Riversprings 3 Riverwalk Round Top St. Andrews Sandlapper Satchelford Skyland South Beltline Spring Hill Spring Valley Spring Valley West Springville 1 Springville 2 Trenholm Road Trinity Valhalla Valley State Park Walden Webber Westminster Whitewell Wildewood Woodfield Woodlands (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-79-15 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County subject to the approval of the majority of the Richland County Legislative Delegation. (D) If the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County determines that a precinct contains no suitable location for a polling place, the board, upon approval by a majority of the county's legislative delegation, may locate the polling place inside the county and within five miles of the precinct's boundaries.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-220 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-220
SECTION 7-25-220. Immunity of poll workers.
Status: in_force

A poll worker, whether or not compensated, while acting pursuant to or in furtherance of the holding or conduct of an election, shall be immune from personal civil liability for any act or omission when the act or omission is done or made in good faith and does not constitute gross negligence, recklessness, willfulness, or wantonness. Editor's Note 2006 Act No. 284, SECTION 5, provides as follows: "This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and must not be put into practice until it receives preclearance by the United States Department of Justice." [preclearance received September 5, 2006]
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-20
SECTION 7-25-20. Fraudulent registration or voting.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to fraudulently: (1) procure the registration of a name on the books of registration; (2) offer or attempt to vote that name; (3) offer or attempt to vote in violation of this title or under any false pretense as to circumstances affecting his qualifications to vote; or (4) aid, counsel, or abet another in fraudulent registration or fraudulent offer or attempt to vote. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 26.A, in the second undesignated paragraph, substituted "felony" for "misdemeanor", "one thousand dollars" for "one hundred dollars", "five thousand dollars and" for "five hundred dollars or", and "five years" for "one year, or both".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-410 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 7 / Section 7-15-410
SECTION 7-15-410. Absentee voting precinct established in each county; location.
Status: in_force

In each county there must be established an absentee voting precinct located in the office of the county board of voter registration and elections. The county board of voter registration and elections, municipal election commission, county committee for each political party, or executive committee of each municipal party in the case of primary elections is responsible for the tabulation and reporting of ballots at the absentee voting precinct. The absentee ballots must remain in the custody of the county board of voter registration and elections until transferred to the county board of voter registration and elections, municipal election commission, county committee for each political party or executive committee of each municipal party for the purpose of tabulation and reporting as provided in Section 7-15-420.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1370 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1370
SECTION 7-13-1370. Ballot cards.
Status: in_force

Ballot cards shall be of suitable design, size and stock, as prescribed by the State Election Commission, to permit processing by a tabulating machine. A serially-numbered stub and strip shall be attached to each ballot card in a manner and form similar to that prescribed by law for paper ballots.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-140 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-140
SECTION 7-13-140. Maintenance of order; police powers of managers.
Status: in_force

Managers of election are clothed with such police powers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The managers shall possess full authority to maintain good order at the polls and to enforce obedience to their lawful commands during an election and during the canvass and counting of the votes. All peace officers shall answer all such calls for help in preserving the peace as may be made by the managers of election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-12 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-12
SECTION 7-11-12. Joint election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; qualifications; procedures.
Status: in_force

(A) A person nominated for the Office of Governor by primary or convention, or seeking the Office of Governor as a petition candidate must designate a qualified elector to be elected jointly as Lieutenant Governor. (B) A designee for Lieutenant Governor must possess all of the qualifications required to hold the Office of Governor. (1) The appropriate political party shall determine if its gubernatorial candidate's Lieutenant Governor designee is qualified. (2) The State Election Commission shall determine whether a gubernatorial petition candidate's Lieutenant Governor designee is qualified. (C) No later than August first, a gubernatorial candidate's designation for Lieutenant Governor must be in writing and filed either with the appropriate political party, or, in the case of a petition candidate, with the State Election Commission. (D) No later than August tenth, a Lieutenant Governor designee must provide: (1) to the State Election Commission: (a) a copy of the gubernatorial candidate's written designation for Lieutenant Governor; and (b) a completed statement of intention of candidacy; and (2) to the State Ethics Commission: (a) a copy of the completed statement of intention of candidacy; and (b) a current filed statement of economic interests. (E)(1) If after being designated and before the general election the Lieutenant Governor candidate dies, becomes disqualified, or resigns for a legitimate nonpolitical reason as defined in Section 7-11-50, the gubernatorial candidate must make a substitution for the Lieutenant Governor candidate no later than ten days after the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs in the format provided in subsection (C). (2) If a Lieutenant Governor candidate is substituted as provided in item (1), the substituted Lieutenant Governor candidate must file the documents required in subsection (D) no later than ten days after the substitution is made. (3) The substitutions authorized in items (1) and (2) may be made after the general election if the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs before the general election. If the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs after the general election, the vacancy must be filled as provided in Section 1-3-125 by the Governor-elect. (F) If the Lieutenant Governor candidate is not designated as provided in this section, the party or petition candidate for Governor shall not have his name placed on the ballot for the general election. (G) A Lieutenant Governor candidate is not required to pay a separate filing fee. (H) The provisions of Sections 7-11-10 and 7-11-210 are not applicable to a Lieutenant Governor candidate. (I) If a Lieutenant Governor candidate has solicited or received contributions for another elective office, he must comply with the provisions of Sections 8-13-1350 and 8-13-1352. A contribution transferred to the single candidate committee of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly must comply with the requirements of Section 8-13-1314(A).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-1-40 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-1-40
SECTION 7-1-40. Title applicable to all elections.
Status: in_force

This Title shall apply to and control all elections, including elections for the issuance of bonds and other elections in which any question or issue is submitted to a vote of the people.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-50 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-50
SECTION 7-19-50. Each congressional district shall elect one member of Congress; procedure after new apportionment.
Status: in_force

Until the next apportionment be made by the Congress of the United States, each of such congressional districts shall be entitled to elect one member to represent this State in the Congress of the United States. After such new apportionment by Congress the General Assembly shall divide the State into as many congressional districts as the State is entitled to members in the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-340 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-340
SECTION 7-17-340. Record of elected county officers.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall enter in a book to be kept in his office the names of the respective county officers elected in this State, specifying the counties for which they were severally elected, their place of residence, the office for which they were respectively elected and their term of office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-330 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 7-15-330
SECTION 7-15-330. Time of application for absentee ballot; application in person.
Status: in_force

(A) To vote by absentee ballot: (1) a qualified elector or a member of his immediate family, as defined in Section 7-15-310(8), must request an application to vote by absentee ballot in person, by telephone, or by mail from the county board of voter registration and elections, or at an extension office of the county board of voter registration and elections as established by the county governing body, for the county of the voter's residence; or (2) A person requesting an application for a qualified elector as the qualified elector's authorized representative must request an application to vote by absentee ballot in person or by mail only and must himself be a registered voter and must sign an oath to the effect that he fits the statutory definition of an authorized representative. The signed oath must be kept on file with the county board of voter registration and elections until the end of the calendar year or until all contests concerning a particular election have been finally determined, whichever is later. A candidate, a member of a candidate's paid campaign staff, or a campaign volunteer, is not allowed to request applications for absentee voting for any person designated in this section unless the person is a member of the immediate family. (B)(1) A request for an application to vote by absentee ballot may be made anytime during the calendar year in which the election in which the qualified elector desires to be permitted to vote by absentee ballot is being held. (2) A person who makes a request for an application to vote by absentee ballot, either for himself or on behalf of another elector as permitted by this section, must provide the following: (a) for the elector for whom the request is being made, the elector's: (i) name; (ii) date of birth; and (iii) last four digits of his social security number; and (b) if someone is making a request on behalf of an elector, the requestor's: (i) name; (ii) address; (iii) date of birth; and (iv) relation to the elector, as required by subsection (A). (3) The county board of voter registration and elections must verify the information required in this section for the elector for whom the absentee ballot is being requested, and must record the information provided for the individual who makes a request on behalf of an elector before providing an absentee ballot application. (4) A person must not request absentee applications for more than five qualified electors per election, in addition to himself. (C) Completed applications must be returned in person, by either the elector, a member of the elector's immediate family, or the elector's authorized representative, or by mail, by the elector, to the county board of voter registration and elections no later than 5:00 p.m. on the eleventh day before the day of the election to vote by absentee ballot. (D) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (C), if an elector is admitted to a hospital as an emergency patient on the day of an election or within a four-day period before the election, then a member of the elector's immediate family may obtain an application from the board on the day of an election, complete it, receive the ballot, deliver it personally to the patient who shall vote, and personally carry the ballot back to the county board of voter registration and elections. (E) The county board of voter registration and elections shall serially number each absentee ballot application form and keep a record book in which must be recorded the number of the form, the name, home address, and absentee mailing address of the person for whom the absentee ballot application form is requested; the name, address, voter registration number, and relationship of the person requesting the form, if other than the applicant; the date upon which the form is requested; the date upon which the form is issued; and the date and method upon which the absentee ballot is returned. This information becomes a public record at 9:00 a.m. on the day immediately preceding the election, except that forms issued for emergency hospital patients must be made public by 9:00 a.m. on the day following an election. (F) A person who violates the provisions of this section is subject to the penalties provided in Section 7-25-170. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 133, SECTION 1.E, in the ninth sentence, substituted "the date upon which the form is issued; and the date and method upon which the absentee ballot is returned" for "and the date upon which the form is issued". 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 5, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1400 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1400
SECTION 7-13-1400. Delivery of vote recorders; duties of officials at polling places.
Status: in_force

(a) The county election officials shall deliver the proper vote recorder or vote recorders, properly furnished with ballot labels, to the polling places at least one hour before the time set for opening the polls at each election, and shall cause each vote recorder to be set up in the proper manner for use in voting. Such election officials shall place each vote recorder in a voting booth so that the ballot labels on the recorder can be plainly seen by the poll officers when not being voted on. (b) The county election officials shall provide ample protection against molestation of and injury to the vote recorder and, for that purpose, shall call upon any law-enforcement officer to furnish such assistance as may be necessary, and it shall be the duty of the law-enforcement officer to furnish such assistance when so requested by such officials. (c) The poll manager shall furnish for each vote recorder at least one hour before the opening of the polls: (1) Sufficient light to enable electors, while in the voting booth, to read the ballot labels and suitable for the use of poll officers in examining the vote recorder. (2) Two sample ballots printed on a single sheet of white paper or a number of sheets stapled together which shall be a reasonable facsimile of the ballot labels to be used in the primary or election, and accompanied by directions for voting on the vote recorder; and such sample ballots shall be posted prominently outside the enclosed space within the polling place. (3) A seal for sealing the vote recorder after the polls are closed and such other materials and supplies as may be necessary or as may be required by law or by rules and regulations of the State Election Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-100 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-100
SECTION 7-7-100. Designation of voting precincts in Barnwell County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Barnwell County there shall be voting precincts as follows: Barnwell No. 1; Barnwell No. 2; Barnwell No. 3; Barnwell No. 4; Blackville No. 1; Blackville No. 2; Elko; Friendship; Kline; Healing Springs; Hilda; Snelling; Williston No. 1; Williston No. 2; and Williston No. 3. (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as P-11-04 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Barnwell County. (C) Except as otherwise provided below, the polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Barnwell County with the approval of a majority of the Barnwell County Legislative Delegation: (1) The voting place for Barnwell No. 1, Barnwell No. 2, Barnwell No. 3, and Barnwell No. 4 shall be the Barnwell National Guard Armory. (2) The voting place for Blackville No. 1, Blackville No. 2, and Healing Springs shall be the Blackville Community Center. (3) The voting place for Williston No. 1, Williston No. 2, and Williston No. 3 shall be the Williston Town Hall. Code Commissioner's Note Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, SECTION 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office". Effect of Amendment 2024 Act No. 123, SECTION 1, in (A), deleted the second sentence; in (B), deleted "prepared by and" following "as shown on the official map" and "State Election Commission and the" following "official map provided to the"; and in (C), substituted "Except as otherwise provided below, the" for "The", added (1) to (3), and made a nonsubstantive change.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-420 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 7-5-420
SECTION 7-5-420. Lists of voters for party primaries.
Status: in_force

Immediately preceding each party primary election the board of voter registration and elections in each county shall furnish to the county committee of each political party proposing to hold a primary two official lists of voters for each polling precinct in the county, containing in each the names of all electors entitled to vote at each precinct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-400 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-400
SECTION 7-13-400. Form of ballot when questions are submitted.
Status: in_force

The form of ballot in an election on the issuance of bonds or in which any other question or issue is submitted to a vote of the people shall be a statement of the question or questions and shall thereafter have the following words: In favor of the question or issue (as the case may be) [] Opposed to the question or issue (as the case may be) [] The voter shall be instructed in substance, if he wishes to vote in favor of the proposition to place a check or cross mark in the square after the words first above written and if he wishes to vote against the proposition to place a check or cross mark in the square after the words second above written. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any party from submitting to party members any question or issue.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-325 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 7-5-325
SECTION 7-5-325. Address changes given under oath; fraud; penalties.
Status: in_force

Any change of address submitted by an elector for registration or voting purposes as provided by Sections 7-5-320(D), 7-5-330(F)(2)(a), and 7-5-440, and any other written notification of change of address signed by an elector are considered to be given under oath. An elector convicted of fraudulently providing such change of address is guilty of violating Section 7-25-10 and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1371 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1371
SECTION 7-13-1371. Ballot cards used in conjunction with optical scanning device; instructions.
Status: in_force

(A) Ballot cards used in conjunction with an optical scanning device must include an instruction to vote both sides of the ballot card. This instruction must appear conspicuously at the top and at the bottom of the front side of the ballot card and must be printed in bold-faced type at least as large as the largest type on the ballot card. (B) The State Election Commission must establish the form of a sign to be displayed in any polling place utilizing an optical scanning device. This sign must notify voters to vote both sides of the ballot card and must be displayed in three conspicuous places in the polling place.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-290 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-290
SECTION 7-7-290. Designation of voting precincts in Greenwood County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Greenwood County there are the following voting precincts: Angel Oaks Crossing Ashley River Run Bee's Ferry Fairhope Ferry Graham's Glen Grandiflora Glen Glendale Harris Hope's Ferry Laco Livi's Knoll Loblolly Pines Ninety Six Ninety Six Mill Pebble Stone Way Ware Shoals Hodges Cokesbury Coronaca Greenwood High Georgetown Sandridge Callison Bradley Troy Epworth Verdery New Market Emerald Airport Emerald High Civic Center Riley Shoals Junction Greenwood Mill Stonewood Mimosa Crest Lower Lake Pinecrest Maxwellton Pike New Castle Rutherford Shoals Liberty Biltmore Pines Marshall Oaks Sparrows Grace Mountain Laurel Allie's Crossing Gideon's Way Parson's Mill (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map designated as document P-47-19A on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenwood County. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly. (C) The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenwood County shall designate the polling places of each precinct. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 136, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "Ashley River Run", "Bee's Ferry", "Fairhope Ferry", "Grandiflora Glen", "Hope's Ferry", "Livi's Knoll", "Loblolly Pines", "Pebble Stone Way", and deleted "Greenwood No. 1", "Greenwood No. 2", "Greenwood No. 3", "Greenwood No. 4", "Greenwood No. 5", "Greenwood No. 6", "Greenwood No. 7", and "Greenwood No. 8"; and in (B), substituted "P-47-18" for "P-47-17". 2019 Act No. 8, SECTION 1, in (B), in the first sentence, substituted "document P-47-19" for "document P-47-18". 2019 Act No. 81, SECTION 1, in (B), in the first sentence, substituted "document P-47-19A" for "document P-47-18".