S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-960 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 7-7-960
SECTION 7-7-960. Procedure upon change of ward or precinct boundaries; effect of annexation of part of county to municipality divided into wards.
Status: in_force

(a) Any elector whose precinct or ward is changed by a change of ward or precinct boundaries must have notification mailed to him by the county board of voter registration and elections reflecting his new precinct or ward. (b) Any area in the county annexed to a municipality which is divided into wards shall be made part of a ward to which it is contiguous by the county board of voter registration and elections. In the event the annexed area in a municipality divided into wards contains at least five hundred qualified electors the area annexed shall be made a separate ward which must be given a numerical designation. As soon as practicable following annexation, the board must mail all registered electors of record residing in the annexed area notification designating the number of the ward, if appropriate, and precinct to which they have been assigned. (c) The envelope in which notifications mailed out in conjunction with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) must have printed on the front "DO NOT FORWARD". All electors whose precinct or ward is changed by boundary changes must be added to the records of the precinct or ward to which they are assigned and deleted from those of the precinct or ward to which they were formerly assigned.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-120 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-120
SECTION 7-5-120. Qualifications for registration; persons disqualified from registering or voting.
Status: in_force

(A) Every citizen of this State and the United States who applies for registration must be registered if he meets the following qualifications: (1) meets the age qualification as provided in Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State; (2) is not laboring under disabilities named in the Constitution of 1895 of this State; and (3) is a resident in the county and in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote. (B) A person is disqualified from being registered or voting if he: (1) is mentally incompetent as adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (2) is serving a term of imprisonment resulting from a conviction of a crime; or (3) is convicted of a felony or offenses against the election laws, unless the disqualification has been removed by service of the sentence, including probation and parole time unless sooner pardoned. Editor's Note 1981 Act No. 1, SECTION 2A, provides as follows: "Section 2A. The provision of paragraph (b) of Section 7-5-120, as amended in Section 2, shall apply to all persons falling within the amended provision regardless of the date of their conviction."
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-520 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-520
SECTION 7-17-520. Protests and contests generally; filing and service.
Status: in_force

The protests and contests in the case of county officers and less than county officers shall be filed in writing with the chairman of the county party executive committee, together with a copy for each candidate in the race not later than noon Monday following the day of the declaration by the county committee of the result of the election. Service may be perfected by depositing with the county sheriff a copy of the protest for the chairman together with a sufficient number of copies to be served upon all candidates in the protested or contested race. The sheriff must take immediate steps to deliver these copies to the chairman. The protest must contain each ground for the protest stated separately and concisely. The chairman must 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 executive committee for the purpose of hearing the protest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-760 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-760
SECTION 7-13-760. Time when voter must leave booth and voting place; voter must be alone in booth and must not talk while voting.
Status: in_force

No voter, while receiving, preparing and casting his ballot, shall occupy a booth or compartment for a longer time than five minutes. No voter shall be allowed to occupy a booth or compartment already occupied by another, nor to speak or converse with anyone, except as herein provided, while in the booth. After having voted, or declined or failed to vote within five minutes, the voter shall immediately withdraw from the voting place and shall not enter the polling place again during the election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-440 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 7 / Section 7-15-440
SECTION 7-15-440. List of persons issued and who cast absentee ballots.
Status: in_force

The county board of voter registration and elections shall, after each election, prepare a list of all persons to whom absentee ballots were issued and all persons who cast absentee ballots. The list so compiled shall be made available for public inspection upon request. This list is in addition to the information provided pursuant to Section 7-15-330. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 133, SECTION 1.F, added the third sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-460 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 7-5-460
SECTION 7-5-460. Custody of books and return after election.
Status: in_force

The commissioners of election or the county committee, as the case may be, shall turn over registration books to the election managers of each polling precinct, who are responsible for the care and custody of these books and the return of them within three days after the election. The commissioners of election or the county committee, as the case may be, shall return the books to the board of registration before the day on which the books of registration are next required by law to be opened by the board of registration and not later than twenty days after the election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-30
SECTION 7-17-30. Protests and contests.
Status: in_force

The county boards shall decide all cases under protest or contest that arise in their respective counties in the case of county officers and less than county offices, except for primaries and municipal elections. Any protest or contest must be filed in writing with the chairman of the board, together with a copy for each candidate in the race, by noon Wednesday following the day of the declaration by the board of the result of the election. However, service upon the chairman may be perfected by depositing with the county sheriff one copy of the protest, together with a copy for each candidate in the race. The sheriff must take immediate steps to deliver the copies to the chairman. The protest must contain each ground concisely stated separately. The chairman of the board must 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.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-260 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-260
SECTION 7-7-260. Designation of voting precincts in Florence County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Florence County there are the following voting precincts: Back Swamp Brookgreen Cartersville Claussen Coles Crossroads Coward 1 Coward 2 Delmae 1 Delmae 2 Ebenezer 1 Ebenezer 2 Ebenezer 3 Effingham Elim-Glenwood Evergreen Florence Ward 1 Florence Ward 2 Florence Ward 3 Florence Ward 4 Florence Ward 5 Florence Ward 6 Florence Ward 7 Florence Ward 8 Florence Ward 9 Florence Ward 10 Florence Ward 11 Florence Ward 12 Florence Ward 14 Florence Ward 15 Friendfield Gilbert Greenwood Hannah High Hill Johnsonville Kingsburg-Stone Lake City No. 1 Lake City No. 2 Lake City No. 3 Lake City No. 4 Leo Mars Bluff No. 1 Mars Bluff No. 2 McAllister Mill Mill Branch Oak Grove-Sardis Olanta Pamplico No. 1 Pamplico No. 2 Prospect Quinby Salem Savannah Grove Scranton South Florence 1 South Florence 2 Spaulding Tans Bay Timmonsville 1 Timmonsville 2 Vox West Florence 1 West Florence 2 (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map designated as document P-41-17 and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on certified copies provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Florence County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided for in subsection (A) must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Florence County. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 128, SECTION 1, in (B), substituted "as document P-41-17" for "P-4199", deleted "the Office of Research and Statistics of " following "on file with", and substituted "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Office of Research and Statistics", at the end.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1120 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 7-13-1120
SECTION 7-13-1120. Disposition of improperly marked ballots.
Status: in_force

If a voter marks more names than there are persons to be elected or nominated to an office or if for any reason it is impossible to determine the voter's choice for any office to be filled, his ballot shall not be counted for such office; but this shall not vitiate the ballot, so far as properly marked. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any voter in a general or special election from voting for any qualified person, other than those whose names are printed on the ballot, by writing in the name of the person opposite the office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-10
SECTION 7-11-10. Methods of nominating candidates.
Status: in_force

(A) Nominations for candidates for the offices to be voted on in a general or special election may be by political party primary, by political party convention, or by petition; however, a person who was defeated as a candidate for nomination to an office in a party primary or party convention must not have his name placed on the ballot for the ensuing general or special election, except that this section does not prevent a defeated candidate from later becoming his party's nominee for that office in that election if the candidate first selected as the party's nominee dies, resigns, is disqualified, or otherwise ceases to become the party's nominee for that office before the election is held. (B) A candidate must not file more than one statement of intention of candidacy for a single office for the same election. (C) A candidate must not be nominated by more than one political party for a single office for the same election. 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). 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.A, inserted the (A) designator, substituted "must not have his named placed" for "shall not have his name placed", and added (B) and (C).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-185 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-185
SECTION 7-5-185. Electronic applications for voter registration.
Status: in_force

(A) A person who is qualified to register to vote and who has a valid South Carolina driver's license or state identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles may submit an application for voter registration electronically on the Internet website of the State Election Commission. (B)(1) An application submitted pursuant to this section is effective upon receipt of the application by the State Election Commission if the application is received thirty days before an election to be held in the precinct of the person submitting the application. (2) The applicant shall attest to the truth of the information provided in the application. (3) For voter registration purposes, the applicant shall assent to the use of his signature from his driver's license or state identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (4) For each electronic application, the State Election Commission shall obtain an electronic copy of the applicant's signature from his driver's license or state identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles directly from the Department of Motor Vehicles with no fee. (5) An application submitted pursuant to this section must contain the applicant's name, sex, race, social security number, date of birth, residence address, mailing address, telephone number of the applicant, and location of prior voter registration. The applicant must affirm that he is not under a court order declaring him mentally incompetent, confined in a public prison, has never been convicted of a felony or offense against the election laws, or if previously convicted, that he has served his entire sentence, including probation and parole time, or has received a pardon for the conviction. Additionally, the applicant must attest to the following: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and that on the date of the next ensuing election, I will have attained the age of eighteen years and am a resident of South Carolina, this county, and of my precinct. I further swear (or affirm) that the present residence address listed herein is my sole legal place of residence and that I claim no other place as my legal residence." An applicant convicted of fraudulently applying for registration is guilty of perjury and is subject to the penalty for that offense. (C) Upon submission of an application pursuant to this section, the electronic voter registration system shall provide immediate verification that the: (1) applicant has a South Carolina driver's license or state identification card issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles and that the number for that driver's license or identification card provided by the applicant matches the number for that person's driver's license or state identification card that is on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles; (2) date of birth provided by the applicant matches the date of birth for that person, which is on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles; (3) name provided by the applicant matches the name for the person which is on file with the Department of Motor Vehicles; and (4) State Election Commission employs security measures to ensure the accuracy and integrity of voter registration applications submitted electronically pursuant to this section. (D) Should there be a failure to match any of the information required in this section with the Department of Motor Vehicles, the State Election Commission immediately shall notify the applicant of the failure to match information and inform the applicant that his application for registration was not accepted. (E) The State Election Commission may promulgate regulations necessary to effectuate the provisions of this section. 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. § 7-7-340 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-340
SECTION 7-7-340. Designation of voting precincts in Kershaw County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Kershaw County there are the following voting precincts: Airport Antioch Bethune Buffalo Camden No. 1 Camden No. 2 Camden No. 5 Camden No. 5-A Camden No. 6 Cassatt Charlotte Thompson Doby's Mill Elgin No. 1 Elgin No. 2 Elgin No. 3 Elgin No. 4 Elgin No. 5 Elgin No. 6 Hobkirk's Hill Liberty Hill Lugoff No. 1 Lugoff No. 2 Lugoff No. 3 Lugoff No. 4 Malvern Hill Rabon's Crossroads Riverdale Salt Pond Shaylor's Hill Springdale Westville White's Gardens. (B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts in Kershaw County are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-55-20 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Kershaw County. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Kershaw County subject to approval by a majority of the Kershaw 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 2020 Act No. 153, SECTION 1, in (A), deleted "East Camden-Hermitage" following "Doby's Mill" and "Gates Ford" following "Elgin No. 6"; and in (B), substituted "document P-55-20" for "document P-55-12".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-410 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-410
SECTION 7-7-410. Designation of voting precincts in Marlboro County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Marlboro County there are the following precincts: (1) Adamsville (2) Blenheim (3) Brightsville (4) Brownsville (5) Clio (6) McColl (7) East McColl (8) Quick's Cross Roads (9) Red Hill (10) Tatum (11) Wallace (12) North Bennettsville (13) South Bennettsville (14) East Bennettsville (15) West Bennettsville (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) of this section are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-69-93 and as shown on certified copies of the official map provided by the office to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Marlboro County. (C) The polling places for the precincts provided in subsection (A) of this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Marlboro County with the approval of a majority of the Marlboro 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. § 7-5-40 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 7-5-40
SECTION 7-5-40. Supplements to counties to help defray expenses of registration office.
Status: in_force

Each county shall receive an annual supplement from the State to help defray the expenses of personnel in keeping the registration office open as required in Section 7-5-130. Counties with populations from twenty-five thousand to one hundred thousand shall receive twice the amount of such supplement; counties with populations from one hundred thousand one to two hundred thousand shall receive three times the amount of the supplement; counties with over two hundred thousand shall receive four times the amount of the supplement. Such supplements shall be in such amounts as provided for in the annual general appropriations act of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-150 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-150
SECTION 7-5-150. Closing registration books; registration of persons coming of age while books closed.
Status: in_force

The registration books shall be closed thirty days before each election, but only as to that election or any second race or runoff resulting from that election, and shall remain closed until the election has taken place, anything in this article to the contrary notwithstanding; provided, that the registration books shall be closed thirty days before the June primary and shall remain closed until after the second primary and shall likewise be closed thirty days before the November general election. They shall thereafter be opened from time to time in accordance with the provisions of this article. Any person eligible to register who has been discharged or separated from his service in the Armed Forces of the United States, and returned home too late to register at the time when registration is required, is entitled to register for the purpose of voting in the next ensuing election after the discharge or separation from service, up to 5:00 p.m. on the day of the election. This application for registration must be made at the office of the board of voter registration and elections in the county in which the person wishes to register, and if qualified, the person must be issued a registration notification stating the precinct in which he is entitled to vote and a certification to the managers of the precinct that he is entitled to vote and should be placed on the registration rolls of the precinct. Persons who become of age during this period of thirty days shall be entitled to register before the closing of the books if otherwise qualified.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-2130 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 17 / Section 7-13-2130
SECTION 7-13-2130. Jurisdiction of proceedings challenging explanations.
Status: in_force

The State Supreme Court shall have exclusive and original jurisdiction in any proceeding challenging the amendment explanations prepared by the Ballot Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-3-50 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3-50
SECTION 7-3-50. Information to be furnished by boards.
Status: in_force

Each county board of voter registration and elections must furnish the executive director information as may be requested by him concerning each registered elector by the fifteenth day of each month and within five days after closing of the books prior to an election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-125 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-125
SECTION 7-5-125. Written notification of registration.
Status: in_force

(A) Any person who applies for registration to vote and is found to be qualified by the county board of voter registration and elections to whom application is made must be issued a written notification of registration. This notification must be on a form prescribed and provided by the State Election Commission. (B) If an elector loses or defaces his registration notification, he may obtain a duplicate notification from his county board of voter registration and elections upon request in person, or by telephone or mail.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-675 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 7-5-675
SECTION 7-5-675. Voter registration cards; use.
Status: in_force

The State Elections Commission shall implement a system in order to issue voter registration cards with a photograph of the elector. This voter registration card may be used for voting purposes only. Editor's Note The United States District Court for the District of Columbia precleared sections 4, 5, 7, and 8 of 2011 Act No. 27 for future elections in South Carolina beginning with any elections in 2013, see South Carolina v. U.S., 898 F.Supp.2d 30, 2012 WL 4814094 (D.D.C.,2012).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-70 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-70
SECTION 7-19-70. Election of presidential electors; certificates of ascertainment of appointment.
Status: in_force

(A) Unless otherwise provided, the election of presidential electors shall be conducted and the returns made in the manner prescribed by this title for the election of state officers. (B) The names of candidates for electors of President and Vice President nominated by any political party recognized in this State under Section 7-9-10 or by a valid petition shall be filed with the Secretary of State but shall not be printed on the ballot. In place of their names, in accordance with the provisions of Section 7-13-320, there shall be printed on the ballot the names of the candidates for President and Vice President of each political party recognized in this State and the names of any petition candidates for President and Vice President. A vote for the candidates named on the ballot shall be a vote for the electors of the party by which those candidates were nominated or the electors of petition candidates whose names have been filed with the Secretary of State. (C) Upon receipt of the certified determination of the Board of State Canvassers and delivered to him in accordance with Section 7-17-300, the Secretary of State, under his hand and the seal of his office, as required by Section 7-17-310, shall certify to the Governor the names of the persons elected to the office of elector for President and Vice President of the United States as stated in the certified determination, who shall be deemed appointed as electors. (D) It shall be the duty of the Governor, at least six days before the time fixed for the meeting of the electors, to transmit to the Archivist of the United States by the most expeditious method available a certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors. The certificate must bear the seal of the State, contain at least one security feature, and set forth the names of the electors appointed and the canvass or other determination under the laws of this State of the number of votes given or cast for each person for whose appointment any and all votes have been given or cast. It shall also be the duty of the Governor to transmit to the electors of the State, on or before the day on which they are required by law to meet, six duplicate-originals of the same certificate. (E) Any certificate of ascertainment of appointment of electors required to be issued or revised by any state or federal judicial relief granted prior to the date of the meeting of electors shall replace and supersede any other certificates submitted pursuant to this section. Effect of Amendment 2023 Act No. 27, SECTION 1, inserted the (A) to (D) designators; in (A), substituted "title" for "chapter"; rewrote (D); and added (E).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1740 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1740
SECTION 7-13-1740. Sample or instruction ballots.
Status: in_force

The board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board of any county, city or town in which voting machines are used shall provide for each voting precinct in which such machines are used two sample ballots or instruction ballots, which shall be arranged in the form of a diagram of the entire front of the voting machine as it will appear after the official ballots are arranged therein or thereon for voting on election day. Such sample ballots shall be open to public inspection at such polling place during the day of election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-40 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-40
SECTION 7-17-40. Poll lists shall accompany ballots in protests.
Status: in_force

The poll list of each polling place in a general, special or primary election shall accompany the ballots, printouts or other form of voter tabulation in each proceeding in which the votes cast at such polling place are involved in a protest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-25 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-25
SECTION 7-13-25. Early voting.
Status: in_force

(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 5 of this title, the authority charged by law with conducting an election shall establish a procedure by which a qualified elector may cast his ballot, without excuse, during an early voting period for all elections. The qualified elector may cast a ballot during an early voting period pursuant to this section. (B) Early voting centers must be established and maintained to ensure that voters may cast only one ballot. (C) A qualified elector may cast his ballot at an early voting center in the county in which he resides. (D) Each county board of voter registration and elections must establish at least one early voting center and may establish up to seven early voting centers. Each early voting center must be supervised by employees of the county board of voter registration and elections or the State Election Commission. (E) The early voting period shall be from Monday through Saturday for the two-week period immediately preceding an election. (F) The county board of voter registration and elections shall provide the hours of operation for the early voting center or centers in accordance with the following: (1) for statewide general elections, the early voting centers must be open from 8:30 a.m. until 6:00 p.m. on each day of the early voting period; (2) for any election that is not a statewide general election or runoff election, the early voting centers must be open Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. during the early voting period; (3) for any runoff election, the early voting centers must be open on the Wednesday through Friday immediately preceding the election and must be open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.; and (4) for any election, the early voting centers must not be open on Sundays or on legal holidays. (G)(1) Each county board of voter registration and elections must determine locations for its early voting centers. In selecting locations for early voting centers, the county board of voter registration and elections must consider geography, population, and ADA compliant accessibility. The county board of voter registration and elections must distribute the locations throughout the county to maximize accessibility for all voters in the county to the greatest extent possible. (2) Each county board of voter registration and elections must identify locations it intends to utilize as early voting centers for a statewide primary and a statewide general election by March 10 before that primary election. (3) The Executive Director of the State Election Commission must approve the addition or relocation of early voting centers after March 10, and may, at his discretion, direct the move of early voting centers to ensure proper distribution throughout each county. (H) The county board of voter registration and elections must publish the location and hours of each early voting center at least fourteen days before the early voting period begins. Publication of the schedule must be made, at a minimum, to a website or webpage managed by, or on behalf of, each respective county board of voter registration and elections. (I) Each early voting center must have available every ballot style in use in the particular county for that election. (J) Upon the daily closure of each early voting center, all ballots must be transported to the county board of voter registration and elections and stored in a secure location. (K) A sign must be posted prominently in each early voting center and shall have printed on it: "VOTING MORE THAN ONCE IS A FELONY AND, UPON CONVICTION, A PERSON MUST BE FINED NOT LESS THAN ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS NOR MORE THAN FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS AND IMPRISONED NOT MORE THAN FIVE YEARS". (L) The provisions of this section do not apply to presidential preference primaries held pursuant to Section 7-11-20. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 40.D, provides as follows: "[SECTION 40.]D. For the 2022 statewide elections, each county board of voter registration and elections must identify each early voting center it intends to utilize and provide the locations to the State Election Commission Executive Director as follows: (1) for the primary election, no later than May 24, 2022; and (2) for the general election, no later than July 1, 2022. The Executive Director must approve any additions or changes to these early voting centers, and may direct the move of early voting centers to ensure proper distribution throughout each county."
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-60 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-60
SECTION 7-17-60. Right to and notice of appeal from decision of county board.
Status: in_force

The decision of the county board may be appealed to the State Board of Canvassers by any candidate adversely affected thereby. Notices of such appeal and the grounds thereof shall be made not later than noon Monday next following such decision by serving such notices on the chairman of the State Board. Provided, that service may be perfected by depositing at the office of the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division a copy of the grounds of appeal. A sufficient number of copies to be served upon all candidates in the protested race shall also be delivered to the county sheriff. Such officers shall take all steps necessary to deliver the notices to the respective parties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-100 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-100
SECTION 7-17-100. Separate statements of votes given for each candidate.
Status: in_force

The board of county canvassers shall make separate statements of the whole number of votes given in the precincts of each county for representatives in Congress and separate statements of all other votes given for other officers. Such statements shall contain the names of the persons for whom such votes were given and the number of votes given for each, which shall be written out in words at full length.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-330 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-330
SECTION 7-7-330. Designation of voting precincts in Jasper County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Jasper County there are the following voting precincts: Coosawhatchie Gillisonville Grahamville 1 Grahamville 2 Grays Hardeeville 1 Hardeeville 2 Hardeeville 3 Levy Margaritaville Okatie Okatie 2 Pineland Ridgeland 1 Ridgeland 2 Ridgeland 3 Sun City Tillman (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-53-23. (C) The polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Jasper County with the approval of a majority of the Jasper 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 2020 Act No. 123, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "Hardeeville 3" following "Hardeeville 2" and "Okatie 2" following "Okatie"; and in (B), substituted "document P-53-19" for "document P-53-14". 2023 Act No. 52, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "Margaritaville"; and in (B), substituted "P-53-23" for "P-53-19".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-180 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-180
SECTION 7-13-180. Posting proposed constitutional amendments at polling place.
Status: in_force

Whenever an amendment to the Constitution of this State shall be voted upon at any election, the board of voter registration and elections of each county in the State shall have such amendment conspicuously posted at each voting precinct in the county upon the day of the election. Such printed amendments shall be furnished to the members of the county board of voter registration and elections by the Secretary of State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-190 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-190
SECTION 7-5-190. Security measures.
Status: in_force

The State Election Commission shall ensure that voter registration information, the voting system, and electronic poll books are protected by security measures that meet or exceed current best practices for protecting data integrity. To do so, the State Election Commission shall consider security standards and best practices issued by federal security and intelligence services including, but not limited to, the Department of Homeland Security and the Election Assistance Commission. The State Election Commission shall certify on an annual basis to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives that the agency has substantially complied with the requirements of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-650 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 9 / Section 7-15-650
SECTION 7-15-650. Absentee instant runoff ballots; instructions; regulations.
Status: in_force

(A) For the qualified electors of this State who are eligible to vote as provided by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, set forth in the 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff, et seq., or its successor, an absentee ballot with an absentee instant runoff ballot for each potential second primary must be sent to the elector at least forty-five days prior to the primary election. (B) The absentee instant runoff ballots for second primaries must be prepared by the authority charged with conducting the election. (C) The absentee instant runoff ballot for a second primary shall permit the elector to vote his order of preference for each candidate for each office by indicating a rank next to the candidate's name on the ballot. However, the elector shall not be required to indicate his preference for more than one candidate on the ballot if he so chooses. (D) The special absentee ballot shall be designated as an "absentee instant runoff ballot" and be clearly distinguishable from the regular absentee ballot. (E) Instructions explaining the absentee instant runoff voting process must be provided with the ballot to the qualified elector. (F) The State Election Commission shall promulgate regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-860 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-860
SECTION 7-13-860. Watchers; appointment, qualifications, identification, and conduct.
Status: in_force

Each candidate who is not unopposed in a primary and each nonpartisan candidate, including announced write-in candidates in a general or special election, may appoint a watcher for any voting place where his name appears on the ballot. However, in any general or special election, all candidates who are certified by a political party must be jointly represented at each polling place by not more than two watchers from the party for each one thousand registered voters or fraction thereof registered at the polling place. Each watcher appointed hereunder must be a qualified voter in the county where he is to watch, and must be certified, in writing, to the managers of the voting precinct to which assigned. This certification must be signed by the primary or nonpartisan candidate or, in the case of watchers jointly representing all candidates of a political party, by an appropriate party official. Watchers must, at all times, wear visible identification specifying the candidate or party, as appropriate, which they represent. The identification badge of a poll watcher may not exceed four and one-fourth inches by four and one-fourth inches with individual letters on the badge not exceeding one-quarter inch in height or width. Badges may not be a color that has a fluorescent quality. After qualification, watchers must be placed in an area designated by the poll managers where the watchers can observe the entire election process at that polling place. No watcher may conduct himself in a manner that will interfere in the orderly conduct of the election or influence any voter in the casting of his ballot.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1770 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1770
SECTION 7-13-1770. Duties of managers prior to opening polls; when machines may not be used for voting purposes.
Status: in_force

The managers of each election precinct at which a voting machine is to be used shall meet at the voting place at least forty-five minutes before the time set for the opening of the polls at each election and shall proceed to arrange within the guard rail the furniture, supplies, and voting machine or machines for the conduct of the election. At that time, the managers shall post at least two instruction cards conspicuously within the polling place. If not previously done, they shall arrange, in their proper place on or in the voting machine, the ballots prepared for such election. A sealed envelope shall be delivered to the managers of election at least thirty minutes before the time set for the opening of the polls on which shall be written or printed the number of the voting machine, the number of any respective seals, and the number registered on the protective counter device. This envelope shall not be opened until all of the managers of election for the precinct are present at the polling place and have examined the envelope to see that it has not been opened. The machines, upon preparation for voting by the managers, shall not be operated except by voters in voting. Before opening the polls, each manager shall examine the machines and see that no vote has been cast and that the counters register zero (000). If any counter is found not to register zero (000), the managers shall not use the machine for voting purposes and notify the board of voter registration and elections.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-170 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-170
SECTION 7-5-170. Necessity for written application for registration; information to be contain on form; oaths; decisions on applications.
Status: in_force

(1) Written application required. A person may not be registered to vote except upon written application or electronic application pursuant to Section 7-5-185, which shall become a part of the permanent records of the board to which it is presented and which must be open to public inspection. However, the social security number contained in the application must not be open to public inspection. (2) Form of application. — The application must be on a form prescribed and provided by the executive director and shall contain the following information: name, sex, race, social security number, date of birth, residence address, mailing address, telephone number of the applicant, and location of prior voter registration. The applicant must affirm that he is not under a court order declaring him mentally incompetent, confined in any public prison, has never been convicted of a felony or offense against the election laws, or if previously convicted that he has served his entire sentence, including probation and parole time, or has received a pardon for the conviction. Additionally, the applicant must take the following oath: "I, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and that on the date of the next ensuing election, I will have attained the age of eighteen years and am a resident of South Carolina, this county, and of my precinct. I further swear (or affirm) that the present residence address listed herein is my sole legal place of residence, that I claim no other place as my legal residence, and that, to my knowledge, I am neither registered nor intend to register to vote in another state or county." Any applicant convicted of fraudulently applying for registration is guilty of perjury and is subject to the penalty for that offense. (3) Date stamp voter registration applications. — The county board of voter registration and elections shall date stamp all voter registration applications delivered in person, electronically, or by mail as of the date received. (4) Administration of oaths. — Any member of the county board of voter registration and elections, deputy registrar, or any registration clerk must be qualified to administer oaths in connection with the application. (5) Decisions on applications. — Any member of the county board of voter registration and elections, deputy registrar, or registration clerk may pass on the qualifications of the prospective voter. In case of a question of an applicant being refused registration, at least one member of the board shall pass on the qualifications of the voter. A concise statement of the reasons for the refusal must be written on the application. 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 10, in (2), in the fifth sentence, substituted ", that I claim no other place as my legal residence, and that, to my knowledge, I am neither registered nor intend to register to vote in another state or county" for "and that I claim no other place as my legal residence"; inserted (3) and redesignated former (3) and (4) as (4) and (5).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-80 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-80
SECTION 7-17-80. Statements and returns.
Status: in_force

The boards of county canvassers shall make such statements of the votes of the precincts of each county as the nature of the election shall require, within ten days from their first meeting, and shall transmit to the Board of State Canvassers any protest and all papers relating to the election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-335 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-335
SECTION 7-13-335. Arrangement of names on certain ballots.
Status: in_force

The State Election Commission or the local entity responsible for printing general or special election ballots or the arrangement of a ballot by mechanical or electronic means shall conform these ballots to the requirements of Section 7-13-330. The names of candidates in nonpartisan and at-large, multi-seat races must be listed in alphabetical order.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-1-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-1-30
SECTION 7-1-30. Receipt of public aid does not disfranchise any citizen.
Status: in_force

Nothing in this Title shall disfranchise any citizen, if otherwise qualified, who may receive any public aid from the State or Federal Government through the Department of Social Services or any other State or Federal agency.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-501 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-501
SECTION 7-7-501. Designation of voting precincts in Sumter County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Sumter County there are the following voting precincts: Bates Birnie Burns-Downs Causeway Branch 1 Causeway Branch 2 Cherryvale Crosswell Dalzell 1 Dalzell 2 Delaine Ebenezer 1 Ebenezer 2 Folsom Park Furman Green Swamp 1 Green Swamp 2 Hampton Park Hillcrest Horatio Lemira Loring Magnolia-Harmony Manchester Forest Mayesville Mayewood McCray's Mill 1 McCray's Mill 2 Millwood Morris College Mulberry Oakland Plantation 1 Oakland Plantation 2 Oswego Palmetto Park Pinewood Pocotaligo 1 Pocotaligo 2 Privateer Rembert Saint John Saint Paul Salem Salterstown Savage-Glover Second Mill Shaw South Liberty South Red Bay Spectrum Stone Hill Sumter High 1 Sumter High 2 Sunset Swan Lake Thomas Sumter Turkey Creek Wilder Wilson Hall. (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided for 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-85-09 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Sumter 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 Sumter County subject to the approval of a majority of the Sumter 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. § 7-15-670 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 9 / Section 7-15-670
SECTION 7-15-670. Declaration by covered voter.
Status: in_force

(A) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot as an application for a military-overseas ballot simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received by the appropriate election official by seven o'clock p.m. on election day. (B) To receive the benefits of this article, a covered voter must inform the appropriate election official that the voter is a covered voter. Methods of informing the appropriate election official that a voter is a covered voter include: (1) the use of a federal postcard application or federal write-in absentee ballot; (2) the use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration application or ballot application; and (3) the inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a covered voter.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-320 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-320
SECTION 7-7-320. Designation of voting precincts in Horry County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Horry County there are the following voting precincts: Adrian Allsbrook Atlantic Beach Aynor Bayboro-Gurley Brooksville #1 Brooksville #2 Brownway Burgess #1 Burgess #2 Burgess #3 Burgess #4 Burgess #5 Carolina Bays Carolina Forest #1 Carolina Forest #2 Cedar Grove Cherry Grove #1 Cherry Grove #2 Coastal Carolina Coastal Lane #1 Coastal Lane #2 Cool Springs Crescent Daisy Deerfield Dog Bluff Dogwood Dunes #1 Dunes #2 Dunes #3 East Conway East Loris Ebenezer Emerald Forest #1 Emerald Forest #2 Emerald Forest #3 Enterprise #1 Enterprise #2 Forestbrook Four Mile Galivants Ferry Garden City #1 Garden City #2 Garden City #3 Garden City #4 Glenns Bay Green Sea Hickory Grove Homewood Horry Inland Jackson Bluff Jamestown Jernigans X Roads Jet Port #1 Jet Port #2 Jet Port #3 Jet Port #4 Juniper Bay Lake Park #1 Lake Park #2 Lake Park #3 Leon Little River #1 Little River #2 Little River #3 Live Oak Maple Marlowe #1 Marlowe #2 Marlowe #3 Methodist-Mill Swamp Mt. Olive Mt. Vernon Myrtle Trace Myrtlewood #1 Myrtlewood #2 Myrtlewood #3 Nixons X Roads #1 Nixons X Roads #2 Nixons X Roads #3 North Conway #1 North Conway #2 Ocean Drive #1 Ocean Drive #2 Ocean Drive #3 Ocean Forest #1 Ocean Forest #2 Ocean Forest #3 Palmetto Bays Pawley's Swamp Pleasant View Poplar Hill Port Harrelson Race Path #1 Race Path #2 Red Bluff Red Hill #1 Red Hill #2 River Oaks Salem Sea Oats #1 Sea Oats #2 Sea Winds Shell Socastee #1 Socastee #2 Socastee #3 Socastee #4 Surfside #1 Surfside #2 Surfside #3 Surfside #4 Sweet Home Tilly Swamp Toddville Waccamaw Wampee West Conway West Loris White Oak Wild Wing Windy Hill #1 Windy Hill #2 (B) Precinct lines defining the precincts provided for in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Horry County as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-51-22. (C) Polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Horry County with the approval of a majority of the Horry County Legislative Delegation. Effect of Amendment 2018 Act No. 133, SECTION 1, in (A), substituted "Lake Park #1", "Lake Park #2", and "Lake Park #3" for "Lake Park"; and in (B), substituted "document P-51-17" for "document P-51-15A". 2022 Act No. 226, SECTION 1, in (A), inserted "Burgess #5", substituted "Enterprise #1" and "Enterprise #2" for "Enterprise", deleted "Hickory Hill" following "Hickory Grove", substituted "Jet Port #3" and "Jet Port #4" for "Jordanville" and "Joyner Swamp", inserted "Ocean Drive #3" following "Ocean Drive #2", deleted "Spring Branch" following "Socastee #4" and "Taylorsville" following "Sweet Home", and inserted "Waccamaw"; and in (B), substituted "document P-51-22" for "document P-51-17".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-30
SECTION 7-19-30. Election of Representatives in Congress.
Status: in_force

Representatives in the House of Representatives of the Congress of the United States shall be chosen at each general election in the several congressional districts by the qualified voters thereof.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 7-15-10
SECTION 7-15-10. Duties of State Election Commission.
Status: in_force

The State Election Commission is responsible for carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The commission may promulgate regulations, and must have drafted, printed, and distributed all forms that are required to make it possible for persons eligible to vote by absentee ballot in primary, general, and special elections. Regulations promulgated pursuant to this section must be promulgated in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-610 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 7-13-610
SECTION 7-13-610. Ballot specifications; separate ballots for each party.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Election Commission and the respective county boards of voter registration and elections shall prepare separate ballots for each political party holding a primary. The ballots for each party must contain in print only the names of the candidates who have filed to run in that particular party primary and must have a stub at the top perforated so as to be easily detached. On the stub must be printed "Official state (or county) Ballot, (name of party) Primary", the name of the county and the precinct, and the date of the primary. On the right side there must be a blank line under which must be printed "Initials of Issuing Officer". Stubs on ballots for each precinct must be numbered consecutively, beginning with "No. 1". The ballots must be furnished by the State Election Commission for all except members of the General Assembly, county officers, less than county officers, and circuit solicitors, for which the county board of voter registration and elections shall furnish the ballots. One ballot must contain the names of all persons in alphabetical order running for state and federal offices. The other ballot must contain, in alphabetical order, the names of all persons running for the General Assembly, county offices, less than county officers, and solicitors. (B) Ballots furnished by the State Election Commission under this section must have marked on them in plain type, both on the stub and on the ballot, the words "Official State Ballot". Ballots furnished by the county board of voter registration and elections under this section must have marked on them in plain type, both on the stub and on the ballot, the words "Official County Ballot". (C) 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 must be printed on paper of a thickness so that the printing cannot be distinguished from the back and must be of a size and color as directed by the State Election Commission. If more than one ballot is to be used in a primary, each ballot must be printed on different colored paper. The ballot must contain a voting square opposite the name of each candidate, and the voter shall vote by putting a mark in the voting square opposite the name of the candidate of his choice. The State Election Commission may establish, under Chapter 23 of Title 1, such rules and regulations as are necessary for the proper administration of this section. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 12, in (C), inserted the first sentence.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-730 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-730
SECTION 7-13-730. Delivery and marking of ballot; deposit into ballot box.
Status: in_force

If the managers are reasonably sure that the person is entitled to vote, they shall then deliver a ballot to such person, and thereupon the voter shall immediately go to the booth and mark his ballot preparatory to depositing it in the ballot box. After the voter has marked his ballot, he shall fold it so as to leave the stub remaining attached thereto visible in such position that it can be detached without unfolding. When the ballot is returned, one of the managers shall detach and retain the stub, and the voter shall then deposit his folded ballot in the box.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-210 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-210
SECTION 7-5-210. Physically disabled persons may execute forms by mark.
Status: in_force

In cases of inability to write on account of physical disability only, any prospective registrant to vote may sign the application and oath by mark in the presence of a clerk or a member of the county board of voter registration and elections.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1860 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1860
SECTION 7-13-1860. Duty to protect machines against injury.
Status: in_force

After the voting machines have been delivered to the polling places, it shall be the duty of the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board to provide ample protection against molestation or injury to the machines.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-1-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-1-10
SECTION 7-1-10. Short title.
Status: in_force

This Title shall be known as the "South Carolina Election Law."
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-9-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 7-9-10
SECTION 7-9-10. Certification and decertification of political parties.
Status: in_force

Political parties desiring to nominate candidates for offices to be voted on in a general or special election shall, before doing so, have applied to the State Election Commission (Commission) for certification as such. Parties shall nominate candidates of that party on a regular basis, as provided in this title, in order to remain certified. Any certified political party that fails to organize on the precinct level as provided by law, hold county conventions as provided by Sections 7-9-70 and 7-9-80, and hold a state convention as provided by Section 7-9-100; that fails to nominate candidates for national, state, multi-county district, countywide, or less than countywide office by convention or party primary as provided by Sections 7-11-20, 7-11-30, and 7-13-40; and that fails to certify the candidates as provided by Section 7-13-350 in at least one of two consecutive general elections held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November of an even-numbered year, or that fails to nominate and certify candidates in any other election which might be held within the period of time intervening between the two general elections, must be decertified by the State Election Commission. The party must be notified in writing of its decertification at the last address of record. If the notification of decertification is returned as undeliverable, it must be placed on file in the office of the State Election Commission and with the Secretary of State. Any decertified party or any noncertified party, organization, or association may obtain certification as a political party at any time by filing with the Commission a petition for the certification signed by ten thousand or more registered electors residing in this State, giving the name of the party, which must be substantially different from the name of any other party previously certified. No petition for certification may be submitted to the Commission later than six months prior to any election in which the political party seeking certification wishes to nominate candidates for public office. At the time a petition is submitted to the Commission for certification, the Commission shall issue a receipt to the person submitting the petition which reflects the date the petition was submitted and the total number of signatures contained therein. Once the petition is received by the Commission, the person submitting the petition shall not submit or add additional signatures. If the Commission determines, after checking the validity of the signatures in the petition, that it does not contain the required signatures of registered electors, the person submitting the petition must be notified and shall not submit any new petition seeking certification as a political party under the same name for one year from the date the petition was rejected. Once a petition for certification has been submitted and rejected by the Commission, the same signatures may not be submitted in any subsequent petition to certify a new political party. Once submitted for verification, a petition for certification may not be returned to the political party, organization, or association seeking certification, but shall become a part of the permanent records of the Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-250 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-250
SECTION 7-5-250. Right to and proceedings on further appeal to Supreme Court.
Status: in_force

From the decision of the court of common pleas or any judge thereof the applicant may further appeal to the Supreme Court by filing a written notice of his intention to appeal therefrom in the office of the clerk of court of common pleas within ten days after written notice to him of the filing of such decision and within such time serving a copy of such notice on any member of the county board of voter registration and elections. Thereupon, the clerk of the court of common pleas shall certify all the papers in the case to the clerk of the Supreme Court within ten days after the filing of such notice of intention to appeal. The clerk of the Supreme Court shall place the case on a special docket, and it shall come up for hearing upon the call thereof under such rules as the Supreme Court may make. If such appeal be filed with the clerk of the Supreme Court at a time that a session thereof will not be held between the date of filing and election at which the applicant will be entitled to vote if registered, the Chief Justice or, if he is unable to act or disqualified, the senior associate justice shall call an extra term of the court to hear and determine the case.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-53 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-53
SECTION 7-11-53. Nomination of substitute candidate.
Status: in_force

If the executive committee of a political party substitutes a candidate for a general or special election pursuant to Section 7-11-50, it must do so as soon as is reasonably possible. The executive committee must nominate a substitute candidate for an office not more than thirty days from the date the candidacy becomes vacant. If a party fails to name a substitute candidate within thirty days pursuant to Section 7-11-50, that party is prohibited from nominating a candidate for that office.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-730 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 3 / Section 7-7-730
SECTION 7-7-730. Division of precincts having more than 750 electors.
Status: in_force

When a precinct has more than seven hundred fifty registered electors, the precinct list must be divided alphabetically so that no list contains more than seven hundred fifty electors and separate managers and facilities are provided within the polling place for each list of electors. Local registration boards dividing precincts alphabetically shall notify the State Election Commission of this division so that separate alphabetically arranged poll lists may be printed by the commission. Upon completion of the above, the provisions of Section 7-7-710 are considered to be complied with regardless of the number of electors in the precinct. Nothing in this section prevents the alteration of precincts pursuant to Section 7-7-710 where the General Assembly or local registration boards consider this alteration advisable.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-21-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 21 / Section 7-21-10
SECTION 7-21-10. No person shall seek more than one office of State Senator in any year.
Status: in_force

No person shall be permitted to seek more than one office of State Senator in any election year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-330 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-330
SECTION 7-13-330. Form of ballot; instructions.
Status: in_force

The arrangement of general election ballots containing the names of candidates for office must conform as nearly as possible to the following plan, with a column or columns added in case of nomination by petition and a blank column added for write-in votes, and must contain the specified instructions there set forth and no other: INSTRUCTIONS—To vote a straight party ticket, make a cross (X) in the circle (O) under the name of your party. Nothing further need or should be done. To vote a mixed ticket, or in other words for candidates of different parties or petition candidates, omit making a cross (X) mark in the party circle at the top and make a cross (X) in the voting square [] opposite the name of each candidate on the ballot for whom you wish to vote. If you wish to vote for a candidate not on any ticket, write or place the name of such candidate on your ticket opposite the name of the office. Before leaving the booth, fold the ballot so that the initials of the manager may be seen on the outside of the ballot. Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 150, SECTIONS 40.A to 40.C, provide as follows: "SECTION 40.A. Any changes to forms required by this act must be implemented as soon as possible, but not later than May 31, 2022. "B. Notwithstanding the provisions of this act, a county board of voter registration and elections must honor any request made for an absentee ballot for an election during the 2022 calendar year, provided that the request was: (1) received by the county board of voter registration and elections before 5:00 p.m. on May 31, 2022; and (2) made in accordance with the law as of April 21, 2022. "C. An absentee ballot requested prior to the Governor's approval of this act must not be counted towards the limit on absentee ballot requests as prescribed in Section 7-15-330(B)(4), as added by this act."
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1470 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1470
SECTION 7-13-1470. Procedure when vote recorder becomes out of order.
Status: in_force

If any vote recorder being used in any election shall become out of order during such election, it shall be repaired, if possible, or another vote recorder substituted by the custodian or county election officials as promptly as possible, for which purpose the governing body of the county may purchase as many extra vote recorders as it may deem necessary, but in case such repair or substitution cannot be made, paper ballots, printed or written and of any suitable form, may be used for the taking of votes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-480 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-480
SECTION 7-7-480. Designation of voting precincts in Saluda County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Saluda County there are the following voting precincts: Centennial Fruit Hill Higgins/Zoar Holly Hollywood Holstons Pleasant Grove Richland Ridge Spring/Monetta Saluda No. 1 Saluda No. 2 Sardis Ward (B) 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-81-20 and as shown on certified copies provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Saluda 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 Saluda County subject to the approval of a majority of the Saluda County Legislative Delegation. Effect of Amendment 2020 Act No. 159, SECTION 1, in (A), deleted "Clyde" and "Delmar" following "Centennial" and deleted "Mayson", "Mt. Willing", and "Pleasant Cross" following "Holstons"; and in (B), substituted "document P-81-20" for "document P-81-17".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-710 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-710
SECTION 7-13-710. Proof of right to vote; signing poll list; comparison of signatures; provisional ballot; purpose of requirement.
Status: in_force

(A) When a person presents himself to vote, he shall produce a valid and current: (1) South Carolina driver's license; or (2) other form of identification containing a photograph issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles; or (3) passport; or (4) military identification containing a photograph issued by the federal government; or (5) South Carolina voter registration card containing a photograph of the voter pursuant to Section 7-5-675. (B) After presentation of the required identification described in subsection (A), the elector's name must be checked by one of the managers on the margin of the page opposite his name upon the registration books, or copy of the books, furnished by the board of voter registration and elections. One of the managers also shall compare the photograph contained on the required identification with the person presenting himself to vote. The manager shall verify that the photograph is that of the person seeking to vote. The managers shall keep a poll list which must contain one column headed "Names of Voters". Before a ballot is delivered to a voter, the voter shall sign his name on the poll list, which must be furnished to the appropriate election officials by the State Election Commission. At the top of each page, the voter's oath appropriate to the election must be printed. The signing of the poll list or the marking of the poll list is considered to be an affirmation of the oath by the voter. One of the managers shall compare the signature on the poll list with the signature on the voter's driver's license, registration notification, or other identification and may require further identification of the voter and proof of his right to vote under this title as he considers necessary. If the voter is unable to write or if the voter is prevented from signing by physical handicap, he may sign his name to the poll list by mark with the assistance of one of the managers. (C)(1) If the elector cannot produce the identification as required in subsection (A), he may cast a provisional ballot that is counted only if the elector brings a valid and current photograph identification to the county board of voter registration and elections before certification of the election by the county board of canvassers. (2) If the manager disputes that the photograph contained on the required identification is the person presenting himself to vote, the elector may cast a provisional ballot. A determination of that provisional ballot must be made in accordance with Section 7-13-830. (D)(1)(a) If an elector does not produce a valid and current photograph identification due to a religious objection to being photographed, he may complete an affidavit under penalty of perjury at the polling place and affirm that the elector: (i) is the same individual who personally appeared at the polling place; (ii) cast the provisional ballot on election day; and (iii) has a religious objection to being photographed. Upon completion of the affidavit, the elector may cast a provisional ballot. The affidavit must be submitted with the provisional ballot envelope and be filed with the county board of voter registration and elections before certification of the election by the county board of canvassers. (b) If an elector does not produce a valid and current photograph identification because the elector suffers from a reasonable impediment that prevents the elector from obtaining photograph identification, he may complete an affidavit under the penalty of perjury at the polling place and affirm that the elector: (i) is the same individual who personally appeared at the polling place; (ii) cast the provisional ballot on election day; and (iii) the elector suffers from a reasonable impediment that prevents him from obtaining photograph identification. The elector also shall list the impediment, unless otherwise prohibited by state or federal law. Upon completion of the affidavit, the elector may cast a provisional ballot. The affidavit must be submitted with the provisional ballot envelope and be filed with the county board of voter registration and elections before certification of the election by the county board of canvassers. (2) If the county board of voter registration and elections determines that the voter was challenged only for the inability to provide proof of identification and the required affidavit is submitted, the county board of voter registration and elections shall find that the provisional ballot is valid unless the board has grounds to believe the affidavit is false. (3) If the county board of voter registration and elections determines that the voter has been challenged for a cause other than the inability to provide proof of identification as required by subsection (A), the county board of voter registration and elections shall: (a) note on the envelope containing the provisional ballot that the voter complied with the proof of identification requirement; and (b) proceed to determine the validity of the remaining challenges before ruling on the validity of the provisional ballot. (E) The purpose of the identification required pursuant to subsection (A) is to confirm the person presenting himself to vote is the elector on the poll list. Any address listed on the identification is not determinative of an elector's domicile for the purpose of voting. An elector's domicile for the purpose of voting is determined pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-1-25. Editor's Note 2011 Act No. 27, SECTION 5, declared legally unenforceable pursuant to SECTION 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 by the U.S. Department of Justice, see letter to S.C. Assistant Deputy Attorney General from the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, dated December 23, 2011. 2011 Act No. 27, SECTION 5, amends Section 7-13-710, which read: "When any person presents himself to vote, he shall produce his valid South Carolina driver's license or other form of identification containing a photograph issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles, if he is not licensed to drive, or the written notification of registration provided for by SECTIONS 7-5-125 and 7-5-180 if the notification has been signed by the elector. If the elector loses or defaces his registration notification, he may obtain a duplicate notification from his county board of registration upon request in person, or by telephone or mail. After presentation of the required identification, his name must be checked by one of the managers on the margin of the page opposite his name upon the registration books, or copy of the books, furnished by the board of registration. The managers shall keep a poll list which must contain one column headed 'Names of Voters'. Before any ballot is delivered to a voter, the voter shall sign his name on the poll list, which must be furnished to the appropriate election officials by the State Election Commission. At the top of each page the voter's oath appropriate to the election must be printed. The signing of the poll list or the marking of the poll list is considered to be an affirmation of the oath by the voter. One of the managers shall compare the signature on the poll list with the signature on the voter's driver's license, registration notification, or other identification and may require further identification of the voter and proof of his right to vote under this title as he considers necessary. If the voter is unable to write or if the voter is prevented from signing by physical handicap, he may sign his name to the poll list by mark with the assistance of one of the managers." The United States District Court for the District of Columbia precleared sections 4, 5, 7, and 8 of 2011 Act No. 27 for future elections in South Carolina beginning with any elections in 2013, see South Carolina v. U.S., -- F.Supp.2d --, 2012 WL 4814094 (D.D.C.,2012).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-75 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-75
SECTION 7-13-75. Members of local boards of voter registration and elections; political activity prohibited.
Status: in_force

No member of a county or municipal board of voter registration and elections may participate in political management or in a political campaign over whose election the member has jurisdiction during the member's term of office. No member may make a contribution to a candidate or knowingly attend a fundraiser held for the benefit of a candidate over whose election the member has jurisdiction. Violation of this section subjects the member to removal by the Governor or appropriate appointive authority.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-40 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-40
SECTION 7-11-40. Names and addresses of candidates for House of Representatives reported to State Election Commission.
Status: in_force

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, if a political party in this State shall nominate candidates by party primary election, the person with whom candidates of that party for the House of Representatives file shall report to the State Election Commission the names and addresses of all candidates so filing within twenty-four hours after the close of the filing period for the House of Representatives.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-920 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 7-7-920
SECTION 7-7-920. Places where electors shall vote in municipal elections.
Status: in_force

In all municipal elections when the aldermen or councilmen are elected by wards, the electors shall vote at the voting place within their ward nearest their residences, and in all municipal elections when the aldermen, councilmen or other officials are elected by a vote at large within the municipality, the electors shall vote at the voting place in the precinct within which they reside which is nearest their residences. In all municipal elections when the ward lines and the precinct lines coincide within the city limits of the municipality, electors shall vote at the nearest voting place within the ward or precinct. In any city or town having not more than one polling precinct, established by ordinance, for municipal elections, all duly qualified electors shall be permitted to vote in municipal elections at such voting place if such electors are authorized to vote at any voting precinct within such city or town.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1330 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1330
SECTION 7-13-1330. Vote recorders and optical scan voting systems; approval process; duration and changes.
Status: in_force

(A) Before a decision is made to procure a statewide voting system, the State Election Commission must provide a public comment period of not less than thirty days. The input must be considered in the procurement of a statewide voting system. (B) Before any kind of optical scan voting system is used at any election, it must be approved by the State Election Commission, which shall examine the optical scan voting system and make and file in the commission's office a report, attested by the signature of the commission's executive director, stating whether, in the commission's opinion, the kind of optical scan voting system examined may be accurately and efficiently used by electors at elections, as provided by law. An optical scan voting system may not be approved for use in the State unless certified by a testing laboratory accredited by the Federal Election Assistance Commission as meeting or exceeding the minimum requirements of the latest federal voting system standards and guidelines. If the federal voting system standards and guidelines have been amended less than thirty-six months prior to an election, then the State Election Commission may approve and certify a voting system that meets the prior standards after determining: (1) the effect that such approval would have on the integrity and security of elections; and (2) the procedure and cost involved to bring the voting system into compliance with the amended standards. (C) No kind of vote recorder not approved pursuant to this section shall be used at any election and if, upon the reexamination of any type vote recorder previously approved, it appears that the vote recorder so reexamined can no longer be accurately and efficiently used by electors at elections as provided by law, the approval of the vote recorder must immediately be revoked by the State Election Commission, and no such type vote recorder shall thereafter be purchased for use or used in this State. (D) If a vote recorder, including an optical scan voting system, which was approved for use before July 1, 1999, is improved or otherwise changed in a way since its approval that does not impair its accuracy, efficiency, or capacity, the vote recorder may be used in elections. However, if the software, hardware, or firmware of the system is improved or otherwise changed, the system must comply with the requirements of subsection (B). (E) Any person or company who requests an examination of any type of vote recorder or optical scan voting system shall pay a nonrefundable examination fee of one thousand dollars for a new voting system and a nonrefundable examination fee of five hundred dollars for an upgrade to any existing system to the State Election Commission. The State Election Commission may at any time, in its discretion, reexamine any vote recorder or optical scan voting system when evidence is presented to the commission that the accuracy or the ability of the system to be used satisfactorily in the conduct of elections is in question. (F) Any person or company who seeks approval for any vote recorder or optical scan voting system in this State must file with the State Election Commission a list of all states or jurisdictions in which the system has been approved for use. This list must state how long the system has been used in the state; contain the name, address, and telephone number of that state or jurisdiction's chief election official; and must disclose any reports compiled by state or local government concerning the performance of the system. The vendor is responsible for filing this information on an ongoing basis. (G) Any person or company who seeks approval for any vote recorder or optical scan voting system must file with the State Election Commission copies of all contracts and maintenance agreements used in connection with the sale of the voting system. All changes to standard contracts and maintenance agreements must be filed with the State Election Commission. (H) Any person or company who seeks approval for any vote recorder or optical scan voting system must conduct, under the supervision of the State Election Commission and any county board of voter registration and elections, a field test for any new voting system, as part of the certification process. The field test shall involve South Carolina voters and election officials and must be conducted as part of a scheduled primary, general, or special election. This test must be held in two or more precincts, and all costs relating to the voting system must be borne by the vendor. The test must be designed to gauge voter reaction to the system, problems that voters have with the system, and the number of voting units required for the efficient operation of an election. The test must also demonstrate the accuracy of votes cast and reported on the system. (I) Before an optical scan voting system may be used in elections in the State, all source codes for the system must be placed in escrow by the manufacturer, at the manufacturer's expense, with the authority approved by the Federal Election Assistance Commission. These source codes must be available to the State Election Commission in case the company goes out of business, pursuant to court order, or if the State Election Commission determines that an examination of these source codes is necessary. The manufacturer shall place all updates of these source codes in escrow, and notify the State Election Commission that this requirement has been met. (J) After a vote recorder or optical scan voting system is approved, an improvement or change in the system must be submitted to the State Election Commission for approval pursuant to this section; however, this requirement does not apply to the technical capability of a general purpose computer or printer to accurately reproduce vote totals. (K) If the State Election Commission determines that a vote recorder or optical scan voting system that was approved no longer meets the requirements set forth in subsections (B) and (D) or Section 7-13-1340, the commission may decertify that system. A decertified system shall not be used in elections unless the system is reapproved by the commission under subsections (B) and (D). (L) Neither a member of the State Election Commission, any county board of voter registration and elections or custodian, nor a member of a county governing body shall have any pecuniary interest in any vote recorder, or in the manufacture or sale of the vote recorder. (M) An optical scan voting system must maintain an image of each ballot that is cast in a manner that protects the integrity of the data and the anonymity of each voter. (N) All electronic records for a statewide election must be preserved for not less than twenty-four months following the election. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 13, inserted (A) and redesignated former (A) to (K) as (B) to (L); in (B), in the second sentence, substituted "the latest federal voting system standards and guidelines" for "federal voting system standards", inserted the third sentence, and added (1) and (2); in (D), in the second sentence, substituted "subsection (B)" for "subsection (A)"; in (J), deleted "reader to electronically count and record votes or to a" following "general purpose computer or"; in (K), in the first and second sentences, substituted "subsections (B) and (D)" for "subsections (A) and (C)"; and added (M) and (N).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-990 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 5 / Section 7-7-990
SECTION 7-7-990. Barrier-free polling places for physically handicapped electors; criteria and procedures for use.
Status: in_force

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county board of voter registration and elections in each county of the state is encouraged to make every polling place barrier free and shall provide at least one polling place, free of architectural barriers, which shall be known as the Countywide Barrier-Free Voting Precinct, for use by physically handicapped electors of the county. Such polling place may be within any existing polling place that now is barrier-free or that is made barrier-free. Any physically handicapped elector, regardless of his place of residence in the county, may vote in this polling place if he meets the following criteria: (1) Elector either cannot ambulate without the aid of a wheelchair, leg braces, crutches or a walker, or elector suffers from a lung disease to such an extent that he is unable to walk without the aid of a respirator. (2) Elector has applied in writing to and obtained from the county board of voter registration and elections thirty days before the election a voting registration transfer authorizing the elector to vote at the county barrier-free polling place. An elector whose physical handicap, as defined in item (1) of this subsection, is permanent, as certified by a licensed physician, is not required to register once he has done so initially under the provisions of this item. B. For every election the State Election Commission shall furnish to the proper county or party officials a separate roster of those handicapped electors registered to vote at the barrier-free polling place, and the county election officials shall ensure that election managers are designated to staff the barrier-free polling place. Such roster shall also contain appropriate precinct and district references for each voter when practical and reasonable. C. The county board of voter registration and elections shall be authorized to use paper ballots in lieu of voting machines in the Countywide Barrier-Free Voting Precinct in those counties where voting machines are used. D. When the Countywide Barrier-Free Voting Precinct in the respective counties closes, the votes of the Countywide Barrier-Free Voting Precinct shall be tabulated and reported as a separate precinct when other ballots of the county are counted on election day. E. The provisions of this section shall only apply to elections conducted by the county board of voter registration and elections or county executive committee of a political party and are in lieu of voting by absentee ballot.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-420 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-420
SECTION 7-13-420. Oath of printer of ballots and assistants.
Status: in_force

The printer with whom the executive director, board of voter registration and elections or other authority, as the case may be, shall contract for the printing of official ballots shall, before the work is commenced, take an oath before the Executive Director of the State Election Commission or the chairman of the commissioners or other authority, as the case may be, who may administer such oath, to the following effect: "I, __________, do solemnly swear that I will print (here insert number) ballots according to the instructions of the __________ of __________; that I will not print or permit to be printed, directly or indirectly, more than the above number; that I will at once destroy all imperfect and perfect impressions other than those required to be delivered to the electoral board; that as soon as said number of ballots is printed I will distribute the type used for such work and that I will not communicate to anyone whomsoever, in any manner whatsoever, the size, style or contents of such ballots." The above oath shall be reduced to writing and signed by the person taking it and also a similar affidavit shall be required of any employee or other person engaged upon the work or who shall have access to it. Any intentional violation of such oath shall constitute the crime of perjury. Any other violation of the provisions of this section shall be a misdemeanor and punished by a fine of one hundred dollars or imprisonment for thirty days in jail. Nothing herein contained shall be construed to prohibit the executive director, the commissioners or other authority from publishing or otherwise disclosing the contents, style and size of ballots required to be printed by them which they are respectively authorized and empowered to publish or otherwise disclose.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-1-70 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-1-70
SECTION 7-1-70. Catawba Indians, otherwise qualified, are citizens.
Status: in_force

All Catawba Indians, otherwise qualified, are hereby declared to be citizens of the State of South Carolina and shall enjoy and have all the rights and privileges belonging to other citizens of the State.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-352 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-352
SECTION 7-13-352. Date by which statement of candidacy must be filed; verification of candidates' qualifications.
Status: in_force

Any candidate for a nonpartisan office, multi-county district, countywide, or less than countywide, including municipal offices, to be voted on at the time of the general election, who qualifies by statement of candidacy shall file the statement of candidacy with the authority responsible by law for conducting the election 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. Each candidate must affirm, in writing, that he meets, or will meet by the time of the election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office sought. The authority with whom statements of candidacy are filed must verify that each candidate meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office sought. 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 sought shall not have his name placed on the ballot.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-30
SECTION 7-7-30. Designation of voting precincts in Abbeville County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Abbeville County there are the following voting precincts: Abbeville No. 1 Abbeville No. 2 Abbeville No. 3 Abbeville No. 4 Antreville Broadmouth Calhoun Falls Cold Springs Donalds Due West Hall's Store Keowee Lowndesville Lebanon Smithville (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts identified in subsection (A) are as shown on map document P-01-19 and filed with the clerk of court of the county and the State Election Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. (C) The polling places for the voting precincts in Abbeville County must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Abbeville County with the approval of a majority of the Abbeville County Legislative Delegation. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 12, SECTION 1, in (B), substituted "document P-01-19" for "document P-01-17".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-30
SECTION 7-25-30. Public reporting hotline.
Status: in_force

The State Law Enforcement Division shall establish a public reporting hotline telephone number and email address for receiving reports of possible election fraud or other violations of the election laws of this State. It shall promptly review all reported violations and take action as it determines appropriate.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-186 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-186
SECTION 7-5-186. Statewide voter registration database.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Election Commission shall establish and maintain a statewide voter registration database that must be administered by the commission and made continuously available to each county board of voter registration and elections and to other agencies as authorized by law. The executive director must conduct an annual general registration list maintenance program to maintain accurate voter registration records in the statewide voter registration system. (B) State agencies including, but not limited to, the Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Vital Statistics, Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Employment and Workforce, and the Department of Corrections, shall provide information and data to the State Election Commission that the commission considers necessary in order to maintain the statewide voter registration database established pursuant to this section, except where prohibited by federal law or regulation. The State Election Commission shall ensure that any information or data provided to the State Election Commission, which is confidential in the possession of the entity providing the data, remains confidential while in the possession of the State Election Commission. (C) The State Election Commission may enter into agreements to share information or data with other states or groups of states, as the commission considers necessary, in order to maintain the statewide voter registration database established pursuant to this section. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the commission shall ensure that any information or data provided to the commission that is confidential in the possession of the state providing the data remains confidential while in the possession of the commission. The commission may provide such otherwise confidential information or data to persons or organizations that are engaging in legitimate governmental purposes related to the maintenance of the statewide voter registration database. (D) A county board of voter registration and elections shall send a notice, as described in Section 7-5-330(F)(2), to a registered elector by mail at the address on file with the board to verify the accuracy of the information in the statewide voter registration database regarding that elector if a discrepancy exists between information provided under this section and information that is maintained in the statewide voter registration database. (E) Information provided under this section for maintenance of the statewide voter registration database must not be used to update the name or address of a registered elector. The name or address of a registered elector must only be updated as a result of the elector's actions in filing a notice of change of name, change of address, or both. 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 19, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1140 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 7-13-1140
SECTION 7-13-1140. Procedure when too many ballots found in box or too many votes tabulated.
Status: in_force

If more ballots shall be found on opening the box or if more ballots, which are tabulated by vote recorder equipment, or if the number of votes tabulated on voting machines in any polling place exceeds the number of voters listed on the poll list at such polling place, the vote total for each candidate or issue shall be reduced by that fraction of the excess vote cast that his total vote bears to the total number of votes cast in the polling place. Fractional parts of single votes shall be disregarded. If the number of votes cast by any type ballot or on machines in any polling place exceeds the number listed on the polling list by ten percent or more, the county executive committee or the county board of voter registration and elections, as the case may be, shall order a new primary or election at the polling place concerned if the outcome of the election could be affected. Only those who signed the poll list shall be permitted to vote in any such new primary or election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-50 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 1 / Section 7-17-50
SECTION 7-17-50. Hearings on protests or contests.
Status: in_force

The board shall hear the protest or contest on Monday next following the deadline for filing the protest or contest. Testimony at the hearing of the protest shall be limited to the grounds stated in the written protest. The protestant and each other candidate in the protested race 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 board 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 board shall determine all issues by majority vote and forthwith certify the results of the election. The board shall remain in session until a conclusion has been reached. All candidates in the protested or contested race and the chairman of the State Board of Canvassers shall be immediately notified of the board's decision. The county board must submit the written transcript of the record of the hearing on the protest to the State Board of Canvassers not later than noon Monday, following the protest hearing before the county board.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-60 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-60
SECTION 7-13-60. Hours polls open.
Status: in_force

The polls must be opened at seven o'clock a.m. and closed at seven o'clock p.m. the day of election and must be held open during these hours without intermission or adjournment.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1490 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1490
SECTION 7-13-1490. Regulations, instructions, and forms.
Status: in_force

The State Election Commission shall adopt and promulgate such regulations and instructions and design such forms as it may deem necessary to carry out the purposes of this article. A sufficient number of such regulations, instructions and forms shall be distributed to each county board of voter registration and elections using the voting and counting equipment authorized by the provisions of this article.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-660 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 7 / Section 7-5-660
SECTION 7-5-660. Preparation of registration books.
Status: in_force

The Executive Director of the State Election Commission must, along with the county board of voter registration and elections in each county, prepare duplicate sets of books of registration for each ward or each precinct, showing the duly registered electors, according to the county registration books, living in each particular ward or precinct in the municipality.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-3-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3-20
SECTION 7-3-20. Executive director of the State Election Commission.
Status: in_force

(A) The State Election Commission shall appoint an executive director, upon the advice and consent of the Senate, who shall be directly responsible to the commission and who shall serve at the pleasure of the commission. The executive director shall be the chief administrative officer for the State Election Commission. The term of the executive director is for four years, and he may be reappointed, upon the advice and consent of the Senate, for succeeding terms. In the event of a vacancy in the position of executive director, an interim director must be appointed by the State Election Commission and an appointment for a permanent executive director must be submitted to the Senate as soon as practicable. If a person is appointed by the State Election Commission to be executive director and he is not confirmed by the Senate by the date for the sine die adjournment of the General Assembly following the submission of the appointment, then the person must not serve as an interim or permanent executive director. (B) The executive director shall receive such compensation and employ such staff, subject to the approval of the State Election Commission, as may be provided by law. (C)(1) No person shall be eligible to be appointed as the executive director who: (a) does not possess at least three years' experience in election administration; (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 as the executive director 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 county boards of voter registration and elections regarding compliance with state and federal election laws. (3) A person serving as the executive director who was not eligible to be appointed pursuant to item (1), or a person serving as the executive director who is no longer eligible to continue to serve pursuant to item (2), is subject to removal 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 as the executive director. (D) The executive director shall: (1) direct and supervise the implementation of the standardized processes established by the commission pursuant to Section 7-3-10(F); (2) supervise the conduct of the county boards of voter registration and elections, as established pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 5, which administers elections and voter registration in the State, and ensure those boards' compliance with the requirements with applicable state or federal law or State Election Commission policies and procedures with regard to the conduct of elections or the voter registration process by all persons involved in the elections process; (3) conduct reviews, audits, or other postelection analysis of the county boards of voter registration and elections, as established pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 5, to ensure those boards' compliance with the requirements with applicable state or federal law or State Election Commission policies, procedures, or standardized processes with regard to the conduct of elections or the voter registration process by all persons involved in the elections process; (4) maintain a complete master file of all qualified electors by county and by precincts; (5) delete the name of any elector: (a) who is deceased; (b) who is no longer qualified to vote in the precinct where currently registered; (c) who has been convicted of a disqualifying crime; (d) who is otherwise no longer qualified to vote as may be provided by law; or (e) who requests in writing that his name be removed; (6) enter names on the master file as they are reported by the county boards of voter registration and elections; (7) furnish each county board of voter registration and elections with a master list of all registered voters in the county, together with a copy of all registered voters in each precinct of the county, at least ten days prior to each election. The precinct copies shall be used as the official list of voters; (8) maintain all information furnished to his office relating to the inclusion or deletion of names from the master file for four years; (9) purchase, lease, or contract for the use of such equipment as may be necessary to properly execute the duties of his office, subject to the approval of the State Election Commission; (10) secure from the United States courts and federal and state agencies available information as to persons convicted of disqualifying crimes; (11) obtain information from any other source which may assist him in carrying out the purposes of this section; (12) perform such other duties relating to elections as may be assigned him by the State Election Commission; (13) furnish at reasonable price any precinct lists to a qualified elector requesting them; (14) serve as the chief state election official responsible for implementing and coordinating the state's responsibilities under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993; (15) serve as the chief state election official responsible for implementing and enforcing the state's responsibilities under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act (UOCAVA), as set forth in the U.S.C., Title 42, Section 1973ff, et seq.; (16) establish and maintain a statewide voter registration database that shall be administered by the commission and made continuously available to each county board of voter registration and elections and to other agencies as authorized by law; (17) promulgate regulations for voter registrations performed by private entities; (18) enter into the master file a separate designation for each voter casting an absentee ballot or an early ballot in an election; and (19) establish methods of auditing election results, which may include risk-limiting audits, hand-count audits, results verification through independent third-party vendors that specialize in election auditing, ballot reconciliation, or any other method deemed appropriate by the executive director. Election result audits must be conducted in all statewide elections after the election concludes, but prior to certification by the State Board of Canvassers, and may be performed following any other election held in the State at the discretion of the executive director. Once completed, audit reports must be published on the commission's website. (E) The State Election Commission shall publish on the commission's website each change to voting procedures enacted by state or local governments. State and local governments shall file notice of all changes in voting procedures including, but not limited to, changes to precincts with the State Election Commission within five days after adoption of the change or thirty-five days prior to the implementation, whichever is earlier. All voting procedure changes must remain on the commission's website at least through the date of the next general election. However, if changes are made within three months prior to the next general election, then the changes shall remain on the commission's website through the date of the following general election. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the amendment to (C) of this section by 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 25, and the amendment to this full section by 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 28.A, were read together, with the amendment to (C) being redesignated as (D)(19). 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. 2022 Act No. 150, SECTIONS 28.B and 28.C, provide as follows: "[SECTION 28.]B. The provisions of Section 7-3-20(C)(1), as added by this act, do not apply to a person who holds the position of executive director on the effective date of this act. "C. Notwithstanding Section 7-3-20(A), as amended by this act, the commission must provide an initial appointment for executive director to the Senate for advice and consent no later than January 10, 2023. The appointment must be made even if there is not a vacancy in the position at that time and the commission desires that the executive director continue to serve as the agency's executive director. The term of the initial appointment expires June 30, 2027." Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 25, in (D), inserted (19). 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 28.A, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-3-45 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3-45
SECTION 7-3-45. Reports of mentally incapacitated persons.
Status: in_force

Each county probate court must furnish to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who have been declared mentally incapacitated by the county probate court. All reports must include the name, county of residence, social security number or other identification number, and date and place of birth of any incapacitated persons. The county probate court must provide the information to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission free of charge.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-85 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-85
SECTION 7-11-85. Verification of petition; bases for rejection of petitioners.
Status: in_force

Every signature on a petition requiring five hundred or less signatures must be checked for validity by the respective county board of voter registration and elections against the signatures of the voters on the original applications for registration on file in the board office. When a petition requires more than five hundred signatures, every one of the first five hundred signatures must be checked for validity and at least one out of every ten signatures thereafter beginning with the five hundred and first signature must be checked for validity. If the projected number of valid signatures, using this percentage method for the signatures over five hundred plus the number of valid signatures in the first five hundred, total at least the number of signatures required by law on the petition, it must be certified as a valid petition. No petition, however, may be rejected if the number of signatures over five hundred checked using the percentage method plus the number of valid signatures in the first five hundred does not total at least the number required by law. If insufficient signatures are found using the percentage method in order to certify as a valid petition, the county board of voter registration and elections must check every signature over five hundred separately, or such number over five hundred until the required number of valid signatures is found. If it is a petition seeking to certify a new political party or if the office for which the petition has been submitted comprises more than one county, and using the percentage method of checking does not result in the required number of valid signatures, the executive director of the commission shall designate which counties must check additional signatures. No signatures on a petition may be rejected if the address of a voter, registration certificate number of a voter, or the precinct of a voter, as required by Section 7-11-80, is missing or incorrect if the signature is otherwise valid. The signature of a voter may only be rejected if it is illegible and cannot be found in the records of the county board of voter registration and elections is missing from the petition, or is not that of the voter, or if the registration of the voter has been deleted for any of the reasons named in Section 7-3-20(D)(5). The county board of voter registration and elections shall complete a summary form containing the results of checking any petition and must give the completed form to the requesting authority. The form used for this purpose must be prescribed and provided by the executive director. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, the reference in the third undesignated paragraph to "items (2) or (3) of Subsection (C) of Section 7-3-20" was corrected to read "Section 7-3-20(D)(5)".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1450 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1450
SECTION 7-13-1450. Public display of vote recorders preceding election.
Status: in_force

During the thirty days next preceding a general election or during the ten days next preceding a special election, the county election officials shall place on public exhibition, in such public places and at such times as they may deem most suitable for the information and instruction of the electors, one or more vote recorders containing the ballot labels and showing the offices and questions to be voted upon, the names and arrangements of parties and bodies and, so far as practicable, the names and arrangements of the candidates to be voted for. Such recorder or recorders shall be under the charge and care of a person competent as custodian and instructor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-140 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-140
SECTION 7-25-140. Copies of certain election laws may be posted.
Status: in_force

The authority responsible under law for conducting a party primary and the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board in general and special elections in their discretion may post, or cause to be posted, a copy of Sections 7-25-120 to 7-25-140, printed on cardboard in as large type as a board twelve by twelve inches will carry, in each polling precinct.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-2110 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 17 / Section 7-13-2110
SECTION 7-13-2110. Authorization of simplified or more detailed explanation of proposed constitutional amendments.
Status: in_force

In addition to all other requirements of law and the Constitution of this State, when any proposed amendment to the Constitution is submitted to the electorate for approval or disapproval in the general election and the proposed amendment is of such nature that it might not be clearly understood by the voters, a simplified or, when appropriate, more detailed explanation of the meaning and effect of such amendment shall be placed upon the ballot along with the proposed amendment question. When mechanical devices for voting are used, printed copies of such explanation shall be made available at each voting precinct. The provisions of this section shall apply only to statewide amendments.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-320 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 7-5-320
SECTION 7-5-320. Application for motor vehicle driver's license and voter registration.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) Each state motor vehicle driver's license application, including a renewal application, submitted to the Department of Motor Vehicles serves as an application for voter registration unless the applicant fails to sign the voter registration application. Failure to sign the voter registration portion of the driver's license application serves as a declination to register. (2) An application for voter registration submitted under item (1) is considered to update any previous voter registration by the applicant. (B) No information relating to the failure of an applicant for a state motor vehicle driver's license to sign a voter registration application may be used for any purpose other than voter registration. (C)(1) The Department of Motor Vehicles shall include a voter registration form as part of an application for a state motor vehicle driver's license. (2) The voter registration application portion of an application for a state motor vehicle driver's license: (a) may not require any information that duplicates information required in the driver's license portion of the form, other than a second signature or other information necessary under subitem (c); (b) may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to: (i) prevent duplicate voter registrations; and (ii) enable a county board of voter registration and elections to assess the eligibility of the applicant and to administer voter registration and other parts of the election process; (c) includes a statement that: (i) states each eligibility requirement, including citizenship; (ii) contains an attestation that the applicant meets each requirement; and (iii) requires the signature of the applicant under penalty of perjury; (d) includes in print identical to that used in the attestation portion of the application: (i) the information required in Section 7-5-320(C)(2)(c); (ii) a statement that, if an applicant declines to register to vote, the fact that the applicant has declined to register will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes; and (iii) a statement that, if an applicant does register to vote, the office at which the applicant submits a voter registration application will remain confidential and will be used only for voter registration purposes; and (e) must be made available, as submitted by the applicant, to the county board of voter registration and elections in which the application is made. (D) A change of address form submitted in accordance with state law for purposes of a state motor vehicle driver's license serves as notification of change of address for voter registration unless the qualified elector states on the form that the change of address is not for voter registration purposes. (E)(1) A completed voter registration portion of an application for a state motor vehicle driver's license accepted at a state motor vehicle authority must be transmitted to the county board of voter registration and elections no later than ten days after the date of acceptance. (2) If a registration application is accepted within five days before the last day for registration to vote in an election, the application must be transmitted to the county board of voter registration and elections not later than five days after the date of acceptance.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-550 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-550
SECTION 7-17-550. Hearing of appeals by state executive committee.
Status: in_force

The state executive committee must meet in Columbia not later than twelve noon on Saturday next following the filing of any notice perfected under Section 7-17-540 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 committee is bound by the facts as determined by the county committee. However, if in the opinion of at least eighteen members of the state committee the facts should be reviewed, then a hearing de novo must be held by the state committee. In the event of a review of the facts, the state committee may receive any new evidence or exhibits as it in its discretion considers necessary to determine the appeal. The state committee must remain in session until all appeals have been disposed of. The State Election Commission shall pay for the costs of the court reporter and the transcript of the hearing.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-170 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-170
SECTION 7-7-170. Designation of voting precincts in Chester County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Chester County there are the following voting precincts: Baldwin Mill Baton Rouge Beckhamville Blackstock Edgemoor Eureka Mill Fort Lawn Halsellville Hazelwood Lando/Lansford Lowrys Richburg Rodman Rossville Wilksburg Great Falls Chester, Ward 1 Chester, Ward 2 Chester, Ward 3 Chester, Ward 4 Chester, Ward 5 (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-23-14 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Chester County by the Office of Research and Statistics. (C) The polling places for the above precincts must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Chester County with the approval of a majority of the Chester 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. § 7-15-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 1 / Section 7-15-20
SECTION 7-15-20. Construction.
Status: in_force

Article 3, Article 5, and Article 9 of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate their purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-9-80 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 7-9-80
SECTION 7-9-80. County conventions; organization and conduct of business.
Status: in_force

Each county convention shall be called to order by the county chairman and shall proceed to elect a temporary president, a temporary secretary and a committee on credentials for the purpose of organizing. When organized, it shall elect a permanent president, a secretary and treasurer. It shall also elect the county chairman, the county vice-chairman and a member of the state committee from the county and as many delegates to the state convention as triple the number of members from the county in the House of Representatives, plus one. But county conventions at their discretion may elect double the number of delegates in which case each delegate shall have one-half vote. The secretary of the convention shall keep a record of the proceedings in the minute book. All officers except delegates shall be reported to the clerk of court of the county and to the Secretary of State prior to the state convention. The reports shall be public record.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-30 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 7-5-30
SECTION 7-5-30. Duties of boards.
Status: in_force

Such boards shall register and conduct the registration of the electors who shall apply for registration in their respective counties as herein required. Their office shall be at the county seat, and they shall keep a record of all their official acts and proceedings. Provided, that nothing herein shall be construed as prohibiting the boards of registration from taking their registration books across adjoining county lines to register qualified electors of their respective county whose regular place of employment is in an adjoining county or who are otherwise unable to get to the county seat during office hours to register. One member of the board shall constitute a quorum for the purpose of registering or refusing to register applications for registration.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-55 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 1 / Section 7-11-55
SECTION 7-11-55. Substitution of candidates when nominee selected by primary election.
Status: in_force

If a party nominee dies, becomes disqualified after his nomination, or resigns his candidacy for a legitimate nonpolitical reason as defined in Section 7-11-50 and was selected through a party primary election, the vacancy must be filled in a special primary election to be conducted as provided in this section. The filing period for this special primary election opens the second Tuesday after the death, disqualification, or approval of the resignation for one week. The special primary election then must be conducted on the second Tuesday immediately following the close of the filing period. A runoff, if necessary, must be held two weeks after the first primary. The nomination must be certified not less than two weeks before the date of the general election. If the nomination is certified two weeks or more before the date of the general election, that office is to be filled at the general election. If the nomination is certified less than two weeks before the date of the general election, that office must not be filled at the general election but must be filled in a special election to be held on the second Tuesday in the month following the election, provided that the date of the special election to be conducted after the general election may be combined with other necessary elections scheduled to occur within a twenty-eight day period in the manner authorized by Section 7-13-190(D). The procedures for resigning a candidacy under this section for legitimate nonpolitical reasons are the same as provided in Section 7-11-50. Where the party nominee was unopposed, each political party registered with the State Election Commission has the privilege of nominating a candidate for the office involved through a special primary election in the same manner and under the same procedures stipulated by this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1650 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1650
SECTION 7-13-1650. Experimental use of voting machines.
Status: in_force

The governing body of any county, city or town may provide for the experimental use at an election in one or more districts or precincts of a machine which it might legally adopt without a formal adoption thereof, and its use at such election shall be as valid for all purposes as if it had been legally adopted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-700 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 7 / Section 7-17-700
SECTION 7-17-700. Continuation of protest in event of death of candidate in primary or nonpartisan election.
Status: in_force

If any candidate in a primary or nonpartisan election dies after the election but before the time for filing a protest or dies after a protest has been timely filed, his political party or a representative duly appointed by the court may file or continue the protest on his behalf. The authority reviewing the protest may then certify the results and deny the protest or uphold the protest in which case it must order a new election. In this event, additional filings of candidacy will be allowed and a new election held in the manner the authority responsible for conducting the election provides.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-540 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-540
SECTION 7-17-540. Right to and notice of appeal from decision of county executive committee.
Status: in_force

The decision of the county executive committee may be appealed to the State executive committee by any candidate adversely affected thereby. Notice of such appeal and the grounds thereof shall be made not later than three o'clock P.M., Friday next following such decision by serving such notice on the chairman of the State committee. Provided, that service may be perfected by depositing at the office of the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division a copy of the notice and grounds of appeal. A sufficient number of copies to be served upon all candidates in the protested race shall also be delivered to the county sheriff. Such officers shall take all steps necessary to deliver the notices to the respective parties.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-430 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 7 / Section 7-15-430
SECTION 7-15-430. Absentee voters noted on registration lists; voting by persons who have been issued absentee ballots.
Status: in_force

(A) Prior to the distribution of voter registration lists to the various precincts, the county board of voter registration and elections shall note, opposite the name of each registered voter, who is provided an absentee ballot and who has returned an absentee ballot. (B) No voter whose name is so marked on the registration list as having returned an absentee ballot shall be permitted to vote in person in his resident precinct or at an early voting center in his county. A voter who is provided an absentee ballot, but who has not returned an absentee ballot, may cast a provisional ballot at his resident precinct or at an early voting center in his county. The provisional ballot must only be counted if the absentee ballot is not received by the time for the closing of the polls on election day. (C) Should any voter be issued an absentee ballot, or should any voter return an absentee ballot, after the board has released the registration books to be used in the election to the county board of voter registration and elections, municipal election commission, county committee, executive committee of any municipal party, or poll managers, the board of voter registration and elections shall immediately notify in writing the county board of voter registration and elections, municipal election commission, county committee, executive committee of any municipal party, or poll manager, as the case may be, of the name, address, and certificate number of each voter who has since been issued an absentee ballot, or who has since returned an absentee ballot, and the registration books must be appropriately marked that the voter has been issued an absentee ballot, or has returned an absentee ballot. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 9, rewrote the section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-1-60 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-1-60
SECTION 7-1-60. Each multiple office is separate and distinct; candidate is to qualify for one specific office; ballots for multiple offices.
Status: in_force

Each multiple office in this State shall constitute a separate and distinct office to which a separate number shall be assigned within each election district for such an office. A candidate for such an office shall be required to qualify for a specific office and shall not be permitted to qualify for more than one such office in any one election. The election ballots for multiple offices shall reflect the number assigned to each office and the names of the candidates.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-360 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 7-15-360
SECTION 7-15-360. Furnishing ballots and envelopes.
Status: in_force

The board of registration of each county must be furnished by the commissioners of election of the county or the county committee for each political party holding a primary, a sufficient number of ballots and envelopes not to exceed fifteen percent of the number of registered voters in that county to enable the board of registration to deliver these materials to qualified electors who desire to vote by absentee ballot. If an absentee ballot is not available at the time the voter requests it, the board of registration 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. § 7-7-50 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-50
SECTION 7-7-50. Designation of voting precincts in Allendale County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Allendale County there are the following voting precincts: Allendale No. 1 Allendale No. 2 Fairfax No. 1 Fairfax No. 2 Martin Sycamore Ulmer Woods. (B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on maps on file with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Allendale County as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-05-12. 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. § 7-5-310 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 7-5-310
SECTION 7-5-310. Definitions; designations.
Status: in_force

(A) As used in this article: (1) "Voter registration agency" means an office designated to perform specific voter registration activities; (2) "Motor vehicle driver's license" means any personal identification document issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles. (B) There are designated the following voter registration agencies: (1) Department of Social Services; (2) Department of Health and Environmental Control - WIC program; (3) Office of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities; (4) Commission for the Blind; (5) Department of Vocational Rehabilitation; (6) South Carolina Protection and Advocacy System for the Handicapped; (7) Armed Forces recruiting offices; (8) Office of Substance Use Services; (9) Office of Mental Health. (C) At each voter registration agency, the following services must be made available: (1) distribution of voter registration application forms in accordance with subsection (F); (2) assistance to applicants in completing voter registration application forms, unless the applicant refuses the assistance; (3) acceptance of completed voter registration application forms for transmittal to the county board of voter registration and elections. (D) If a voter registration agency designated under the provisions of this section provides services to a person with a disability at the person's home, the agency shall provide the services described in subsection (C) at the person's home. (E) A person who provides services described in subsection (C) may not: (1) seek to influence an applicant's political preference; (2) display a political preference or party allegiance; (3) make any statement to an applicant or take any action, the purpose or effect of which is to discourage the applicant from registering to vote; or (4) make any statement to an applicant or take any action, the purpose or effect of which is to lead the applicant to believe that a decision to register to vote has any bearing on the availability of services or benefits. (F) A voter registration agency that is an office that provides service or assistance in addition to conducting voter registration shall: (1) distribute to each applicant for the service or assistance, and with each recertification, renewal, or change of address form relating to the service or assistance the voter registration application form, including a statement that: (a) specifies each eligibility requirement (including citizenship); (b) contains an attestation that the applicant meets the requirement; and (c) requires the signature of the applicant, under penalty of perjury; or (2)(a) provide a form that includes: (i) the question, "If you are not registered to vote where you live now, would you like to apply to register to vote here today?"; (ii) if the agency provides public assistance, the statement, "Applying to register or declining to register to vote will not affect the amount of assistance that you will be provided by this agency."; (iii) boxes for the applicant to check to indicate whether the applicant would like to register or decline to register to vote (failure to check either box being considered to constitute a declination to register for purposes of subsection (G), together with the statement (in close proximity to the boxes and in prominent type), "IF YOU DO NOT CHECK EITHER BOX, YOU WILL BE CONSIDERED TO HAVE DECIDED NOT TO REGISTER TO VOTE AT THIS TIME."; (iv) the statement, "If you would like help in filling out the voter registration application form, we will help you. The decision whether to seek or accept help is yours. You may fill out the application form in private."; and (v) the statement, "If you believe that someone has interfered with your right to register or decline to register to vote, your privacy in deciding whether to register or in applying to register to vote, you may file a complaint with the State Election Commission." The name, address, and telephone number of the Executive Director of the State Election Commission must be printed on the form; and (b) provide to each applicant who does not decline to register to vote the same degree of assistance with regard to the completion of the registration application form as is provided by the office with regard to the completion of its own forms, unless the applicant refuses the assistance. (G) No information relating to a declination to register to vote in connection with an application made at an office described in subsection (B) may be used for any purpose other than voter registration. (H)(1) A completed registration application accepted at a voter registration agency must be transmitted to the county board of voter registration and elections not later than ten days after acceptance. (2) If a registration application is accepted within five days before the last day for registration to vote in an election, the application must be transmitted to the county board of voter registration and elections not later than five days after the date of acceptance. Code Commissioner's Note At the direction of the Code Commissioner, certain references in the S.C. Code to the State Department of Mental Health, South Carolina Mental Health Commission, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Department of Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services, and other related terms were changed to reflect the restructuring of these agencies into component offices under the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, pursuant to 2025 Act No. 3, SECTION 18.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-330 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 4 / Section 7-5-330
SECTION 7-5-330. Completion, receipt, and disposition of voter registration application; discretionary removal of elector.
Status: in_force

(A) In the case of registration with a motor vehicle application under Section 7-5-320, the valid voter registration form of the applicant must be completed at the Department of Motor Vehicles no later than thirty days before the date of the election. (B) In the case of registration by mail under Section 7-5-155, the valid voter registration form of the applicant must be postmarked no later than thirty days before the date of the election. (C) In the case of registration at a voter registration agency, the valid voter registration form of the applicant must be completed at the voter registration agency no later than thirty days before the date of the election. (D) In any other case, the valid voter registration form of the applicant must be received by the county board of voter registration and elections no later than thirty days before the date of the election. (E)(1) The county board of voter registration and elections shall: (a) send notice to each applicant of the disposition of the application; and (b) ensure that the identity of the voter registration agency through which a particular voter is registered is not disclosed to the public. (2) If the notice sent pursuant to the provisions of subitem (a) of item (1) is returned to the county board of voter registration and elections as undeliverable, the elector to whom it was sent 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 within seven days after receipt of the report from the county board of voter registration and elections and shall remove this elector upon compliance with the provisions of Section 7-5-330(F). (F)(1) The State Election Commission may not remove the name of a qualified elector from the official list of eligible voters on the ground that the qualified elector has changed residence unless the qualified elector: (a) confirms in writing that the qualified elector has changed residence to a place outside the county in which the qualified elector is registered; or (b)(i) has failed to respond to a notice described in item (2); and (ii) has not voted or appeared to vote and, if necessary, correct the county board of voter registration and elections record of the qualified elector's address, in an election during the period beginning on the date of the notice and ending on the day after the date of the second general election that occurs after the date of the notice. (2) "Notice", as used in this item, means a postage prepaid and preaddressed return card, sent by forwardable mail, on which the qualified elector may state his current address, together with a statement to the following effect: (a) if the qualified elector did not change his residence, or changed residence but remained in the same county, the qualified elector shall return the card no later than thirty days before the date of the election. If the card is not returned, affirmation or confirmation of the qualified elector's address may be required before the qualified elector is permitted to vote during the period beginning on the date of the notice and ending on the day after the date of the second general election that occurs after the date of the notice, and if the qualified elector does not vote in an election during that period, the qualified elector's name must be removed from the official list of eligible voters; (b) if the qualified elector has changed residence to a place outside the county in which the qualified elector is registered, information as to how the qualified elector can re-register to vote. (3) The county board of voter registration and elections shall correct the official list of eligible voters in accordance with change of residence information obtained pursuant to the provisions of this subsection. (4) The program required pursuant to the provisions of subsection (F) of this section must be completed no later than ninety days before the date of a statewide primary or general election. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 20, in (E)(2), in the first sentence, substituted "item (1)" for "this item", and in the second sentence, substituted "within seven days after receipt of the report from the county board of voter registration and elections and shall" for "and may"; and in (F), in (2)(a), in the second sentence, substituted "official list of eligible voters" for "list of eligible voters", and in (3), substituted "the official list" for "an official list".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-430 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-430
SECTION 7-13-430. Ballots provided where voting machines not used; substitute ballots; penalties for failure to provide; failsafe ballots.
Status: in_force

(A) There must be provided for each voting place where voting machines are not used as many ballots as are equal to one hundred ten percent of the registered qualified voters at the voting place. There must be provided for each voting place where voting machines are used a number of ballots not to exceed ten percent of the registered qualified voters at the voting place. The authority responsible for conducting an election must provide to each poll manager the appropriate number of ballots according to the provisions of this section. (B) When a sufficient number of official ballots are not available for all qualified electors present at the polling place to vote, the managers of election without undue delay shall provide ballots made as nearly as possible in the form of the official ballot to those electors for whom official ballots are unavailable, and for all purposes of the election laws of this State these ballots are the same as official ballots. A manager of election who fails to comply with the provisions of this subsection is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, must be fined not more than five hundred dollars. (C) There must be provided for each voting place a number of failsafe ballots, or ballots containing only the races for federal, statewide, countywide, and municipalwide offices, not to exceed five percent of the registered qualified voters at the voting place. The authority responsible for conducting an election must provide to each poll manager the appropriate number of ballots according to the provisions of this section.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-120 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-120
SECTION 7-25-120. Impersonating a voter.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person to impersonate or attempt to impersonate another person for the purpose of voting in a general, special, or primary election, whether municipal or state. A person who violates the provisions of this section is guilty of a felony and, upon conviction, must be imprisoned not more than five years and fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars. When a person who violates the provisions of this section is placed under bond, the bond may not be less than six hundred dollars nor more than twelve hundred dollars. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 26.C, in the first sentence, substituted "state" for "State", and in the second sentence, substituted "felony" for "misdemeanor" and "five years and fined not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars" for "three years or fined not less than three hundred dollars nor more than twelve hundred dollars, or both".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-280 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-280
SECTION 7-5-280. State Election Commission shall furnish registration forms.
Status: in_force

The applications provided for in this article as well as all other forms necessary for registration, must be furnished to each county by the State Election Commission.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-800 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-800
SECTION 7-13-800. Write-ins to be in handwriting of voter or authorized manager.
Status: in_force

In casting a write-in ballot, the voter shall cast it in his own handwriting or in the handwriting of a duly authorized manager who is aiding the voter in casting his ballot when assistance is authorized by this Title. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to prevent the use of electronic methods of casting write-in ballots or the use of voting machines which do not employ paper and handwriting methods or technology for casting write-in ballots.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-1-25 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 1 / Section 7-1-25
SECTION 7-1-25. "Domicile" defined.
Status: in_force

(A) A person's residence is his domicile. "Domicile" means a person's fixed home where he has an intention of returning when he is absent. A person has only one domicile. (B) For voting purposes, a person has changed his domicile if he (1) has abandoned his prior home and (2) has established a new home, has a present intention to make that place his home, and has no present intention to leave that place. (C) For voting purposes, a spouse may establish a separate domicile. (D) For voting purposes, factors to consider in determining a person's intention regarding his domicile include, but are not limited to: (1) a voter's address reported on income tax returns; (2) a voter's real estate interests, including the address for which the legal residence tax assessment ratio is claimed pursuant to Section 12-43-220(c); (3) a voter's physical mailing address; (4) a voter's address on driver's license or other identification issued by the Department of Motor Vehicles; (5) a voter's address on legal and financial documents; (6) a voter's address utilized for educational purposes, such as public school assignment and determination of tuition at institutions of higher education; (7) a voter's address on an automobile registration; (8) a voter's address utilized for membership in clubs and organizations; (9) the location of a voter's personal property; (10) residence of a voter's parents, spouse, and children; and (11) whether a voter temporarily relocated due to medical care for the voter or for a member of the voter's immediate family.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-390 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 3 / Section 7-13-390
SECTION 7-13-390. Limitations on withdrawal of candidacy.
Status: in_force

After the proper officer, board of voter registration and elections or other authority has been notified of the nomination, as hereinbefore specified, of any candidate for office, he shall not withdraw such nomination unless upon the written request of the candidate so nominated made at least thirty days before the day of election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1440 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 13 / Section 7-13-1440
SECTION 7-13-1440. Witnesses are to observe at counting station.
Status: in_force

Witnesses shall not be allowed in the polling place but shall file their certificates of appointment at the proper counting station after the polls close and may observe all functions there.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-400 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-400
SECTION 7-7-400. Designation of voting precincts in Marion County.
Status: in_force

In Marion County there shall be the following voting precincts: Britton's Neck; Friendship; Centenary; Rains; Marion No. 1; Marion No. 2; Marion North; Marion South; Marion West; Sellers; Temperance; Zion; Northwest; Mullins; Southwest Mullins; Northeast Mullins; Southeast Mullins; and Nichols. The precinct lines defining the above 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. 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. § 7-5-10 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 1 / Section 7-5-10
SECTION 7-5-10. Appointment of board members; previous offices abolished; training and certification requirements.
Status: in_force

(A)(1) The Governor shall appoint, upon the recommendation of the legislative delegation of the counties, competent and discreet persons in each county, who are qualified electors of that county and who must be known as the "Board of Voter Registration and Elections of _________ County". The total number of members on the board must not be less than five nor more than nine persons. At least one appointee on the board shall be a member of the majority political party represented in the General Assembly and at least one appointee shall be a member of the largest minority political party represented in the General Assembly. (2) After their appointment, the board members must take and subscribe, before any officer authorized to administer oaths, the following oath of office prescribed by Section 26, Article III of the Constitution: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am duly qualified, according to the Constitution of this State, to exercise the duties of the office to which I have been elected (or appointed), and that I will, to the best of my ability, discharge the duties thereof, and preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of this State and of the United States. So help me God." (3) The oath must be filed immediately in the office of the clerk of court of common pleas of the county in which the commissioners are appointed, or if there is no clerk of court, in the office of the Secretary of State. (4) The Governor shall notify the State Election Commission in writing of the appointments. The members appointed are subject to removal by the Governor for incapacity, misconduct, or neglect of duty. (B)(1) The Governor shall appoint the initial appointees within six months of the effective date of this section. Four of the initial appointees shall serve two-year terms, and the remaining initial appointees shall serve four-year terms. Upon expiration of the terms of those members initially appointed, the term of office for the members of the board is four years, and until their successors are appointed and qualify. Members may succeed themselves. (2) A member must be present at a meeting in order to vote. (3) If a member misses three consecutive meetings of the board, the chairman or his designee immediately shall notify the Governor who shall then remove the member from office. (4) In case of a vacancy on the board, the vacancy must be filled in the same manner as an original appointment, as provided in this section, for the unexpired term. (5) The board shall elect from among its members a chairman and such other officers as it may consider desirable. The board shall then notify the State Election Commission in writing of the name of the persons elected as chairman and officers of the board. Each officer shall be elected for a term of two years. (6) The board must hire a director. The director is responsible for hiring and managing the staff. Staff positions are subject to the personnel system policies and procedures by which all county employees are regulated, except that the director serves at the pleasure of the board. A member of the board must not be hired or serve as a member of the staff while serving as a board member. (7) Members of the board and its staff shall receive compensation as may be appropriated by the governing body of the county. (C) The previous offices of county election commissions, voter registration boards, or combined boards are abolished. The powers and duties of the county election commissions, voter registration boards, or combined boards are devolved upon the board of voter registration and elections for each county created in subsection (A). Those members currently serving on the county election commissions, voter registration boards, or combined boards shall continue to serve in a combined governing capacity until at least five members of the successor board members established under this section are appointed and qualify. (D)(1) Each member, and each staff person designated by the board, must complete, within eighteen months after a member's initial appointment or his reappointment following a break in service, or within eighteen months after a staff person's initial employment or reemployment following a break in service, a training and certification program conducted by the State Election Commission. When a member or staff person has successfully completed the training and certification program, the State Election Commission must issue the member or staff person a certification, whether or not the member or staff person applies for the certification. (2) If a member does not fulfill the training and certification program as provided in this section, the Governor, upon notification, must remove that member from the board unless the Governor grants the member an extension to complete the training and certification program based upon exceptional circumstances. (3) Following completion of the training and certification program required in item (1), each board member, and each staff person designated by the board or commission, must take at least one training course each year.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-11-210 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 11 / Article 3 / Section 7-11-210
SECTION 7-11-210. Notice of candidacy and pledge.
Status: in_force

Every candidate for selection as a nominee of any political party for any state office, United States Senator, member of Congress, or solicitor, to be voted for in any party primary election or political party convention, shall file with and place in the possession of the appropriate election commission, pursuant to Section 7-11-15 by twelve o'clock noon on March thirtieth a party pledge in the following form, the blanks being properly filled in and the party pledge signed by the candidate: "I hereby file my notice as a candidate for the nomination as __________ in the primary election or convention to be held on __________. I affiliate with the __________ Party, and I hereby pledge myself to abide by the results of the primary or convention. I shall not authorize my name to be placed on the general election ballot by petition and will not offer or campaign as a write-in candidate for this office or any other office for which the party has a nominee. I authorize the issuance of an injunction upon ex parte application by the party chairman, as provided by law, should I violate this pledge by offering or campaigning in the ensuing general election for election to this office or any other office for which a nominee has been elected in the party primary election, unless the nominee for the office has become deceased or otherwise disqualified for election in the ensuing general election. I hereby affirm that I meet, or will meet by the time of the general or special election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for this office". Every candidate for selection in a primary election as the nominee of any political party for member of the Senate, member of the House of Representatives, and all county and township offices shall file with and place in the possession of the county board of voter registration and elections of the county in which they reside by twelve o'clock noon on March thirtieth a like party pledge. The party pledge required by this section to be filed by a candidate in a primary must be signed personally by the candidate, and the signature of the candidate must be signed in the presence of an individual authorized by the election commission director. Any party pledge of any candidate signed by an agent on behalf of a candidate shall not be valid. In the event that a person who was defeated as a candidate for nomination to an office in a party's primary election shall thereafter offer or campaign as a candidate against any nominee for election to any office in the ensuing general election, the state chairman of the party which held the primary (if the office involved is one voted for in the general election by the electors of more than one county), or the county chairman of the party which held the primary (in the case of all other offices), shall forthwith institute an action in a court of competent jurisdiction for an order enjoining the person from so offering or campaigning in the general election, and the court is hereby empowered upon proof of these facts to issue an order. 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. § 7-9-100 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 9 / Section 7-9-100
SECTION 7-9-100. State convention.
Status: in_force

The state convention shall meet at a location in this state determined by the state committee to have adequate facilities during a thirteen-month period ending May fifteenth of every general election year on a day and at a time fixed by the state committee and announced publicly at least ten days before the meeting. The state committee shall notify the delegates to the state convention of the accommodations that are available for the delegates during the convention. This listing must be as complete as practicable and must include the accommodations in close proximity to the convention site as well as any other accommodations that are chosen by the state committee. This notice must include the name and location of the accommodations, the cost per day, and any discounts or surcharges that are applicable during the period of the convention. Should the state committee fix the date for the state convention in a nongeneral election year, it must be held for the purpose of reorganization only. The convention to be held for the purpose of nominating candidates for public office to be filled in the general election must be held in the general election year. At the time that the state committee sets the date for the state convention it shall set what month during the twelve-month period ending March thirty-first of every general election year that the county convention must be held. If it sets a month in a nongeneral election year for the county conventions to be held for the purpose of reorganization, it must set a month during the general election year for the county convention to be reconvened for the purpose of nominating candidates for public office to be filled in the general election. Sufficient advance notice of the month set for county conventions must be given to county executive committees so that the public notices required by law may be met. The convention must be composed of delegates elected by the county conventions. Each county is entitled to one delegate for each six thousand residents of the county, according to the latest official United States Census, plus two additional members. If a county has a fractional portion of population of at least three thousand residents above its last six thousand resident figure it is entitled to an additional delegate. When the state convention assembles, it must be called to order by the chairman of the state committee. A temporary president must be nominated and elected by the convention, and after its organization the convention shall proceed immediately to the election of permanent officers and to the transaction of business. When the business has concluded it shall adjourn sine die, or may recess. The state chairman may recall the state convention into special session at any time he determines appropriate. The officers of the state convention must be a president, vice president, two secretaries, and a treasurer. Each county delegation to a state convention may fill any vacancies therein. Any county failing or refusing to organize under the provisions of this title may not have representation in the state convention. The state officers must be reported to the Secretary of State and to the State Election Commission within fifteen days of their election and the reports must be public record.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-180 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 3 / Section 7-5-180
SECTION 7-5-180. Procedure for registration when qualification is completed after closing books.
Status: in_force

Except as otherwise provided by law, a person who has not attained the age of eighteen years before the closing of the books of registration preceding any election, including presidential primary elections, but attains that age before the next ensuing election appears before the county board of voter registration and elections and makes application for registration, under oath as to the facts above stated entitling a person to registration, the board shall register the applicant, if he is otherwise qualified. Any person not laboring under the disabilities named in the Constitution and in Section 7-5-120 and whose qualification as an elector is completed after the closing of the registration books, but before the next ensuing election, has the right to apply for and secure registration at any time within one hundred twenty days immediately preceding the closing of the books for the election or for the primary election preceding the election. Written notification of approval or rejection must be issued personally or mailed by the board to each applicant on a form to be prescribed and provided by the State Election Commission. The decision of the county board of voter registration and elections may be appealed as provided by Section 7-5-230.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-15 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-15
SECTION 7-13-15. Primaries to be conducted by State Election Commission and county boards of voter registration and elections on second Tuesday in June; filing fees.
Status: in_force

(A) This section does not apply to municipal primaries. (B) Except as provided in subsection (A) or unless otherwise specifically provided for by statute or ordinance, the following primaries must be conducted by the State Election Commission and the county boards of voter registration and elections on the second Tuesday in June of each general election year: (1) primaries for federal offices, excluding a presidential preference primary for the Office of President of the United States as provided pursuant to Section 7-11-20(B); and (2) primaries for: (a) state offices; (b) offices including more than one county; (c) countywide and less than countywide offices, specifically including, but not limited to, all school boards and school trustees; and (d) special purpose district offices, which include, but are not limited to, water, sewer, fire, soil conservation, and other similar district offices. (C) Filing fees received from candidates filing to run in primary elections may be retained and expended by the State Election Commission to pay for the conduct of primary elections. Any balance in the filing fee accounts or in the primary and general election accounts as of each June thirtieth may be carried forward in these accounts to the succeeding fiscal year and must be expended for the same purposes.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-370 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 5 / Section 7-15-370
SECTION 7-15-370. Furnishing ballots and envelopes; duties of county board of voter registration and elections.
Status: in_force

Upon receipt of the ballots and envelopes, the county board of voter registration and elections must, as soon as possible, furnish the following items to each person qualified to receive an absentee ballot and who has validly completed a written application for an absentee ballot: (1) one of each ballot to be used in the election; (2) printed instructions as to the marking, folding, and return of each ballot and as to the signing (and return) of the oath; (3) an envelope marked 'Ballot Herein' in which all completed ballots are to be placed; (4) a return-addressed envelope imprinted on the back with the oath set forth in Section 7-15-385 to be used for the return of the unmarked envelope (and enclosed ballots) to the board of voter registration and elections; (5) any additional oath, instructions, or information necessary to enable the absentee ballot applicant to execute and return a ballot legally acceptable by the officials charged with conducting the election. The board of voter registration and elections must record in the record book required by Section 7-15-330 to be kept by the board the date these materials are requested by written application and the date they are issued to the qualified elector. Election materials which are mailed must be sent to the voter's absentee mailing address. If absentee ballots are not available at the time the voter requests one, 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 straight party ticket; and (3) support or opposition of any ballot measure.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1870 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1870
SECTION 7-13-1870. Procedure when voting machine becomes inoperative.
Status: in_force

In case any voting machine used in any election district shall, during the time the polls are open, become injured so as to render it inoperative in whole or in part, the managers shall give immediate notice thereof to the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board, and such board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board shall, if possible, substitute a machine in good order for the injured machine, and at the close of the polls the record of both machines shall be taken and the votes shown on their counters shall be added together in ascertaining the results of the election. If no other machine is available for use at such election and the injured one cannot be repaired in time to continue use thereof at such election, unofficial ballots made as nearly as possible in the form of the official ballots may be used, received by the managers of election, placed in a receptacle in such case to be provided by the election officials and counted with the votes registered on the voting machine, and the result shall be declared as though there had been no accident to the voting machine. The ballots thus voted shall be preserved and returned with the statement of canvass with a certificate setting forth how and why they were voted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-450 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 7 / Section 7-15-450
SECTION 7-15-450. Application of article.
Status: in_force

This article applies to political parties holding a primary and any other authorities conducting an election.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-190 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 1 / Section 7-13-190
SECTION 7-13-190. Special elections to fill vacancies in office.
Status: in_force

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this code as to specific offices, whenever a vacancy occurs in office by reason of death, resignation, or removal and the vacancy in office is one which is filled by a special election to complete the term of office, this section applies. (B)(1) In partisan elections, whether seeking nomination by political party primary or political party convention, filing by these candidates shall open for the office at twelve o'clock noon on the third Friday after the vacancy occurs for a period to close eight days later at twelve o'clock noon. If seeking nomination by petition, the petitions must be submitted not later than twelve o'clock noon, sixty days prior to the election. Verification of these petitions must be made not later than twelve o'clock noon forty-five days prior to the election. If seeking nomination by political party primary or political party convention, filing with the appropriate official is the same as provided in Section 7-11-15 and if seeking nomination by petition, filing with the appropriate official is the same as provided in Section 7-11-70. (2) A primary must be held on the eleventh Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. A runoff primary must be held on the thirteenth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. The special election must be on the twentieth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. If the twentieth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs is no more than sixty days prior to the general election, the special election must be held on the same day as the general election. If the filing period closes on a state holiday, then filing must be held open through the succeeding weekday. If the date for an election falls on a state holiday, the election must be set for the next succeeding Tuesday. For purposes of this section, state holiday does not mean the general election day. (C) If the office is not one for which there are partisan elections, then the filing must be opened at noon on the third Friday after the vacancy occurs for a period to close ten days later at noon. The filing must be made to the same entity to which the nonpartisan officeholders would normally file for office in a general election year. The election must be set for the thirteenth Tuesday after the vacancy occurs. Both the filing date and the election date are subject to the provisions in subsection (B) of this section regarding holidays. (D) Provided, however, if a vacancy occurs in more than one office in the same county requiring separate special elections to be held within a period of twenty-eight days under the provisions of this section, the county board of voter registration and elections or other authority responsible for the conduct of the elections shall conduct all of the elections on the same date. The special elections must be held on the latest date required for an election during the twenty-eight-day period. Editor's Note 2017 Act No. 15, SECTIONS 4 to 5, provide as follows: "SECTION 4. SECTION 1 [amending (B)] takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to elections for which candidate filings begin on or after that date. "SECTION 5. SECTION 2 [deleting (E)] takes effect on January 1, 2018, and applies to elections for which candidate filings begin on or after that date."
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-25-110 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 25 / Section 7-25-110
SECTION 7-25-110. Voting more than once at elections.
Status: in_force

It is unlawful for a person qualified to vote at any general, special, or primary election for an office whether local, state, or federal to vote more than once at such election, for the same office. 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.B, in the second sentence, substituted "felony" for "misdemeanor" and "not less than one thousand dollars nor more than five thousand dollars and imprisoned not more than five years" for "in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-7-450 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 7 / Article 1 / Section 7-7-450
SECTION 7-7-450. Designation of voting precincts in Pickens County.
Status: in_force

(A) In Pickens County there are the following voting precincts: Abel Albert R. Lewis Arial Mill Brushy Creek Calhoun Cedar Rock Clemson Crescent Hill Crestview Crossroads Crosswell Dacusville Easley East Liberty East Pickens Flat Rock Forest Acres Fruit Mountain Georges Creek Glassy Mountain Griffin Holly Springs Issaqueena Lawrence Chapel Lenhart McAllister McKissick Morrison Mountain View Nine Forks Norris North Central North Liberty North Pickens Pendleton Pickensville Pike Pope Field Praters Creek Pumpkintown Rices Creek Rock Springs Saluda Sheffield Simpson Sitton Six Mile Six Mile Mountain Skelton Smith Grove South Central South Pickens Stone Church Tri County University Vinland West Central West Liberty West Pickens Woodside Zion. (B) 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-77-19 and as shown on certified copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Pickens County. (C)(1) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Pickens County subject to the approval of the majority of the Pickens County Legislative Delegation. (2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-7-920, if the board 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. 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. 11, SECTION 1, in (B), substituted "document P-77-19" for "document P-77-12". 2024 Act No. 152, SECTION 1, in (C), inserted the (1) designator, and added (2).
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-21-20 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 21 / Section 7-21-20
SECTION 7-21-20. Elections for State Senator shall be district-wide.
Status: in_force

The election for the office of State Senator in all senatorial districts shall be district-wide.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-600 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-600
SECTION 7-17-600. No candidate shall be declared nominated in first primary without majority vote.
Status: in_force

No candidate shall be declared nominated in a first primary election unless he received a majority of the votes cast for the office for which he was a candidate. The question of a majority vote shall be determined by the number of votes cast for any particular office and not by the whole number of votes cast in the primary.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-770 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 7 / Section 7-13-770
SECTION 7-13-770. Unauthorized persons within guard rails; voters requiring assistance; minor children of qualified elector accompanying parent into booth.
Status: in_force

(A) A person other than a voter preparing his ballot is not allowed within the guard rail, except as provided in this section. A voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write shall make the fact known to the managers. The chairman of the managers shall appoint one of the managers and a person of the voter's choice, other than the voter's employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of the voter's union to assist the voter in preparing his ballot. After the voter's ballot has been prepared, the person chosen by the voter to assist him immediately shall leave the vicinity of the guard rail. Instead of the above assistance, a person may have a member of his family or, in the case of a blind voter, a person of his choosing render him assistance in voting without the presence of a manager. The term "family" means spouse, father, mother, son, daughter, brother, sister, grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter, aunt, uncle, niece, or nephew. (B) Minor children of a qualified elector may accompany the qualified elector in the voting booth while he is casting his ballot. The qualified elector shall attest that the persons accompanying him are the minor children of the elector. Editor's Note NOTE: The provisions of Section 7-13-770 have not been pre-cleared by the U.S. Department of Justice and cannot be put into effect. The 1982 Amendment to the Voting Rights Act would apply and must be used in lieu of this section. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was further amended in 1982, effective January 1, 1984, to provide that: "Any voter who requires assistance to vote by reason of blindness, disability, or inability to read or write may be given assistance by a person of the voter's choice other than the voter's employer or agent of that employer or officer or agent of that voter's union."
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1890 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 15 / Section 7-13-1890
SECTION 7-13-1890. Machines shall remain locked after election; certification of managers or election; verification of results of election.
Status: in_force

A sealed envelope having endorsed thereon a certificate of the managers of election stating the number of the machine, the voting precinct, the numbers on the seals, and the number on the protective counter and containing all used seals for this election shall be returned and delivered by one of the managers of the election to the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board from whom the envelope was received. After being locked or sealed by the managers of election, the voting machines shall remain locked or sealed for as long as may be necessary or advisable because of any contest of the result of the election, except as may be necessary to prepare the machines for another election and except that they may be opened and all data examined by the authority responsible for conducting the election in order to ascertain or verify the machine results of the election; however, this examination may be conducted only if all candidates in an affected race, or their representatives, are notified and given an opportunity to be present, or upon the order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-3-25 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 3 / Section 7-3-25
SECTION 7-3-25. Noncompliant county boards of voter registration and elections.
Status: in_force

(A) In the event that the State Election Commission, acting through its executive director, determines that a county board of voter registration and elections has failed to comply with applicable state or federal law or State Election Commission policies, procedures, or standardized processes with regard to the conduct of the election or voter registration process, the State Election Commission, acting through its executive director or other designee, must supervise, pursuant to Section 7-3-20(D)(1) and (2), the county board to the extent necessary to: (1) identify the failure to comply with state or federal law or State Election Commission policies, procedures, or standardized processes; (2) establish a plan to correct the failure; and (3) implement the plan to correct the failure. The officials and employees of the State Election Commission and the county board must work together, in good faith, to remedy the failure of the county board to adhere to state or federal law or State Election Commission policies, procedures, or standardized processes. In the event of a difference of policy or opinion between a county election official or employee and the State Election Commission or its designee, pertaining to the manner in which particular functions must be performed, the policy or opinion of the State Election Commission shall control. (B) If a county board of voter registration and elections does not or cannot determine and certify the results of an election or referendum for which it is responsible by the time set for certification by applicable law, the responsibility to determine and certify the results is devolved upon the State Election Commission. (C) If the State Election Commission determines that an official or an employee of a county board of voter registration and elections has negligently failed to comply with applicable state or federal law or State Election Commission policies, procedures, or standardized processes with regard to the election or voter registration process or fails to comply with or cooperate with the corrective plan established by the State Election Commission or its designee under the provisions of subsection (A), the commission may order the decertification of that official or employee and if decertified the commission shall require that official to participate in a retraining program approved by the commission prior to recertification. If the commission finds that the failure to comply with state or federal law or State Election Commission policies, procedures, or standardized processes by an official is wilful, it shall recommend the termination of that official to the Governor or it shall recommend termination of a staff member to the director of the appropriate county board of voter registration and elections. Effect of Amendment 2022 Act No. 150, SECTION 29, in (A), substituted "voter registration and elections" for "elections and voter registration", ", procedures, or standardized processes" for "and procedures", and "Section 7-3-20(D)(1) and (2)" for "Section 7-3-20(C)(1)", in (1), substituted ", procedures, or standardized processes" for "and procedures", in (3), in the second sentence, inserted "or State Election Commission policies, procedures, or standardized processes" at the end; and in (C), in the first and second sentences, substituted ", procedures, or standardized processes" for "and procedures".
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-310 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-310
SECTION 7-17-310. Copies of determinations transmitted to persons elected and Governor.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall, without delay, transmit a copy, under the seal of his office, of such certified determination to each person thereby declared to be elected and a like copy to the Governor.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-611 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 5 / Section 7-13-611
SECTION 7-13-611. Arrangement of official county and state primary ballots.
Status: in_force

The arrangement of each "Official County Ballot" for each primary, containing the names of candidates for office, must conform as nearly as practicable to the following plan and contain specified instructions and no others: Each "Official State Ballot" similarly must conform to the plan set forth in this section. The State Election Commission is hereby empowered to promulgate such rules and regulations under Chapter 23 of Title 1 as are necessary for the arrangement of the official county ballot.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-19-45 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 19 / Section 7-19-45
SECTION 7-19-45. Division of state into seven congressional districts.
Status: in_force

The State is divided into seven congressional districts as follows: DISTRICT 1: DISTRICT 2 DISTRICT 3 DISTRICT 4 DISTRICT 5 DISTRICT 6 DISTRICT 7 Editor's Note 2022 Act No. 118, Pt II, SECTIONS 3 to 6, provide as follows: "SECTION 3. Upon the effective date of this act: "(A)(1) The President of the Senate has an unconditional right to intervene on behalf of the Senate in a state court action and may provide evidence or argument, written or oral, if a party to that court action challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly. "(2) The Speaker of the House of Representatives has an unconditional right to intervene on behalf of the House of Representatives in a state court action and may provide evidence or argument, written or oral, if a party to that court action challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly. "(B)(1) In a federal court action that challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly, the President of the Senate has standing to intervene as a party on behalf of the Senate, to file an amicus brief, or to provide evidence or argument, written or oral, in accordance with the federal rules of procedure, irrespective of whether any other officer of the State has appeared in the action. A federal court presiding over any action in which the State of South Carolina, or any state agency, is a named party is requested to allow the President, on behalf of the Senate, to participate in any such action as a party. "(2) In a federal court action that challenges the constitutionality of this act, the validity of this legislation, or any action of the General Assembly, the Speaker of the House of Representatives has standing to intervene as a party on behalf of the House of Representatives, to file an amicus brief, or to provide evidence or argument, written or oral, in accordance with the federal rules of procedure, irrespective of whether any other officer of the State has appeared in the action. A federal court presiding over any action in which the State of South Carolina, or any state agency, is a named party is requested to allow the Speaker, on behalf of the House of Representatives, to participate in any such action as a party. "(C)(1) A request to intervene or the participation of the President of the Senate as a party or otherwise, in any action challenging the constitutionality of a state statute, the validity of legislation, or any action of the General Assembly does not constitute a waiver of: "(a) legislative immunity or legislative privilege for any individual legislator, legislative officer, or legislative staff member; or "(b) sovereign immunity or any other rights, privileges, or immunities of the State that arise under the United States Constitution or the South Carolina Constitution. "(2) A request to intervene or the participation of the Speaker of the House of Representatives as a party or otherwise, in any action challenging the constitutionality of a state statute, the validity of legislation, or any action of the General Assembly does not constitute a waiver of: "(a) legislative immunity or legislative privilege for any individual legislator, legislative officer, or legislative staff member; or "(b) sovereign immunity or any other rights, privileges, or immunities of the State that arise under the United States Constitution or the South Carolina Constitution. "(D) The State Election Commission and the Attorney General must notify the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives within twenty-four hours of the receipt of service of a complaint that challenges the validity of this act. "(E) In any action in which the Senate or the House of Representatives intervenes or participates pursuant to this section, the Senate and the House of Representatives must function independently from each other in the representation of their respective bodies, unless otherwise agreed to by the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives. "(F)(1) The Senate is hereby authorized and empowered to employ attorneys other than the Attorney General to defend any law enacted creating legislative or congressional districts. "(2) The House of Representatives is hereby authorized and empowered to employ attorneys other than the Attorney General to defend any law enacted creating legislative or congressional districts. "SECTION 4. The President of the Senate is authorized to initiate or otherwise participate in litigation on behalf of the Senate regarding redistricting. "SECTION 5. The Speaker of the House is authorized to initiate or otherwise participate in litigation on behalf of the House of Representatives regarding redistricting as the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives pursuant to Section 2-3-110. "SECTION 6. Any person elected or appointed to serve, or serving, as a member of any board, commission, or committee to represent a congressional district, whose residency is transferred to another district by a change in the composition of the district, may serve, or continue to serve, the term of office for which he was elected or appointed; however, the appointing or electing authority shall appoint or elect an additional member on that board, commission, or committee from the district which loses a resident member as a result of the transfer to serve until the term of the transferred member expires. When a vacancy occurs in the district to which a member has been transferred, the vacancy must not be filled until the full term of the transferred member expires."
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-330 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 3 / Section 7-17-330
SECTION 7-17-330. Certain certificates of election sent to Congress.
Status: in_force

The Secretary of State shall prepare a general certificate, under the seal of the State and attested by him as Secretary thereof, addressed to the House of Representatives of the United States in that Congress for which any person shall have been chosen, of the due election of such person as Representative of this State in Congress and shall transmit the same to such House of Representatives at their first meeting.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-175 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 15 / Article 3 / Section 7-15-175
SECTION 7-15-175. Article shall not be construed as allowing registration after books have been closed.
Status: in_force

Except as provided in Section 7-5-150, nothing in this article shall be construed as allowing registration under the provisions of this article after the registration books have been closed as required by Section 7-5-150 and 7-5-220.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-1130 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 13 / Article 11 / Section 7-13-1130
SECTION 7-13-1130. Disposition of ballots found in wrong box and ballots folded together.
Status: in_force

If ballots shall be found on opening the box, upon which shall appear the name of an office or the name of a person in connection with an office other than that for which the box in which such ballot is found shall be designated and labeled, these ballots shall be counted, if in counting the ballots for that office the number of ballots does not exceed the number of names on the poll list. If the number of names on the poll list is exceeded by counting all of the ballots, then none of the ballots for that office found in the incorrect box shall be counted. If, in counting, two or more like ballots shall be found folded together compactly, one shall be counted. The other shall be destroyed. But if they bear different names, all shall be destroyed and none counted.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-17-560 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 17 / Article 5 / Section 7-17-560
SECTION 7-17-560. State executive committee to hear certain protests and contests; place of hearing; filing; notice and service.
Status: in_force

The state executive committee must meet in Columbia at such place as may be designated by the chairman to hear and decide protests and contests that may arise in the case of federal officers, state officers, State Senate, State House of Representatives, and officers involving more than one county. Any protest or contest must be filed in writing with the chairman of the committee, together with a copy for each candidate in the race, not later than noon on Monday following the canvassing of the votes for these officers by the committee. However, service upon the chairman 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 must take immediate steps to deliver these copies to the chairman. The protest must contain each ground thereof stated separately and concisely. The chairman of the committee must 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 committee for the purposes of hearing the protest.
S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-430 — SC Code / Title 7 / Chapter 5 / Article 5 / Section 7-5-430
SECTION 7-5-430. Books for general and special elections.
Status: in_force

Immediately preceding each general election or any special election, the county board of voter registration and elections must furnish one registration book for each polling precinct in the county containing the names of all electors entitled to vote at each precinct.