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SC Code § 7-5-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-120. Qualifications for registration; persons disqualified from registering or voting.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-62; 1952 Code Section 23-62; 1950 (46) 2059; 1961 (52) 50; 1963 (53) 155; 1967 (55) 657; 1974 (58) 2188; 1981 Act No. 1 Section 2, eff January 14, 1981; 1986 Act No. 345, Section 1, eff March 7, 1986; 1994 Act No. 365, Section 1, eff May 3, 1994; 1996 Act No. 408, Section 1, eff on the ratification of the amendment to Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State to change the age qualification to vote (ratified March 25, 1997).  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."
SC Code § 7-5-125 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-125. Written notification of registration.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 507, Section 1, eff May 9, 1988; 2011 Act No. 27, Section 2, eff May 18, 2011.
SC Code § 7-5-130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-130. Time and place where books must be kept open for registration.

 The books of registration shall be open at each county courthouse, or at such other place as may be provided by the governing body of the county, during the same hours as other county offices are normally open, except as provided for in Section 7-5-150.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-63; 1952 Code Section 23-63; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.
SC Code § 7-5-140 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-140. Additional days and hours for registration; notice of time and place.

 Boards of voter registration and elections shall remain open as provided by law and, in addition thereto, shall remain open and available for registration on any additional days, during such hours and at such various places throughout the county as the boards may determine. Such boards also shall remain open and available for absentee registration and absentee voting responsibilities during such additional hours as the boards may deem necessary. Notice of the time and place shall be given by prior publication in a newspaper of general circulation in the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-65.1; 1957 (50) 671; 1967 (55) 634; 1982 Act No. 280, Section 3, eff February 24, 1982.
SC Code § 7-5-150 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-150. Closing registration books; registration of persons coming of age while books closed.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-66; 1952 Code Section 23-66; 1950 (46) 2059; 1957 (50) 671; 1958 (50) 1548; 1996 Act No. 222, Section 1, eff February 12, 1996.
SC Code § 7-5-160 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-160. Voter registration; permanent registration.

 Effective July 1, 1976, any person who is registered to vote according to law shall remain permanently registered and entitled to all rights and privileges of such registration unless his name is removed from the registration list for cause. The provisions of this section shall not be construed to modify or repeal any of the provisions of this title or acts of the General Assembly which establish registration procedures and prescribe the causes for termination of registration or purging of registration rolls except those which require re-registration at ten-year intervals.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-67; 1952 Code Section 23-67; 1950 (46) 2059; 1957 (50) 671; 1976 Act No. 518.
SC Code § 7-5-175 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-175. Providing voter registration application forms to high school administration.

 The board of voter registration and elections in each county, or the entity charged by law with registering an elector, shall provide voter registration application forms to the administration of any high school in this State, upon the administration's request.  HISTORY: 2004 Act No. 253, Section 1, eff June 15, 2004.
SC Code § 7-5-180 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-180. Procedure for registration when qualification is completed after closing books.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-69; 1952 Code Section 23-69; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1968 (55) 2316; 1976 Act No. 695 Section 1; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 4, eff June 28, 1984; 1988 Act No. 589, eff June 2, 1988; 1996, Act No. 408, Section 2, eff on the ratification of the amendment to Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State to change the age qualification to vote (ratified March 25, 1997).
SC Code § 7-5-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-210. Physically disabled persons may execute forms by mark.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-72.1; 1958 (50) 1591; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 5, eff June 28, 1984.
SC Code § 7-5-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-220. Certificates invalid at election within thirty days of issuance.

 Except as provided in Section 7-5-150, registration made thirty days or less before any election is not valid for that election or any second race or runoff resulting from that election but such registration shall be valid in any other election.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-72.2; 1958 (50) 1548; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 6, eff June 28, 1984; 1996 Act No. 222, Section 3, eff February 12, 1996.
SC Code § 7-5-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-230. Legal qualifications; challenges; proof of residency or domicile; appeals.

 (A) The county boards of voter registration and elections to be appointed under Section 7-5-10 shall be the judges of the legal qualifications of all applicants for registration. The board is empowered to require proof of these qualifications as it considers necessary.  Once a person is registered, challenges of the qualifications of any elector, except for challenges issued at the polls pursuant to Sections 7-13-810, 7-13-820, and 7-15-420 must be made in writing to the county board of voter registration and elections in the county of registration. The board must, within ten days following the challenge and after first giving notice to the elector and the challenger, hold a hearing, accept evidence, and rule upon whether the elector meets or fails to meet the qualifications set forth in Section 7-5-120.  (B) When a challenge is made regarding the residence or domicile of an elector, the board must consider the provisions of Section 7-1-25(D).  (C) Any person denied registration or restoration of his name on the registration books shall have the right of appeal from the decision of the county board of voter registration and elections denying him registration or such restoration to the court of common pleas of the county or any judge thereof and subsequently to the Supreme Court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-73; 1952 Code Section 23-73; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657; 1999 Act No. 103, Section 2, eff June 30, 1999; 2011 Act No. 27, Section 3, eff May 18, 2011.
SC Code § 7-5-240 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-240. Proceedings on appeal in court of common pleas.

 Any person denied registration or restoration of his name on the registration books and desiring to appeal must within ten days after written notice to him of the decision of the county board of voter registration and elections file with the board a written notice of his intention to appeal therefrom. Within ten days after the filing of such notice of intention to appeal, the board shall file with the clerk of court of common pleas for the county the notice of intention to appeal and any papers in its possession relating to the case, together with a report of the case if it deem proper. The clerk of the court shall file the same and enter the case on a special docket to be known as calendar number four. If the applicant desires the appeal to be heard by a judge at chambers he shall give every member of the board four days' written notice of the time and place of the hearing. On such appeal the hearing shall be de novo.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-74; 1952 Code Section 23-74; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657.
SC Code § 7-5-250 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-250. Right to and proceedings on further appeal to Supreme Court.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-75; 1952 Code Section 23-75; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.
SC Code § 7-5-280 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-280. State Election Commission shall furnish registration forms.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-80; 1957 (50) 671; 1971 (57) 85; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 7, eff June 28, 1984.
SC Code § 7-5-325 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-325. Address changes given under oath; fraud; penalties.

 Any change of address submitted by an elector for registration or voting purposes as provided by Sections 7-5-320(D), 7-5-330(F)(2)(a), and 7-5-440, and any other written notification of change of address signed by an elector are considered to be given under oath. An elector convicted of fraudulently providing such change of address is guilty of violating Section 7-25-10 and, upon conviction, must be fined in the discretion of the court or imprisoned not more than three years, or both.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 103, Section 3, eff June 30, 1999.
SC Code § 7-5-340 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-340. Duties of State Election Commission, removal of elector from official list.

 The State Election Commission shall:  (1) ensure that the name of a qualified elector may not be removed from the official list of eligible voters except:  (a) at the request of the qualified elector;  (b) if the elector is adjudicated mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction; or  (c) as provided under item (2);  (2) conduct a general program that makes a reasonable effort to remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters by reason of:  (a) the death of the qualified elector; or  (b) a change in the residence of the qualified elector;  (3) inform applicants under Sections 7-5-155, 7-5-310, and 7-5-320 of:  (a) voter eligibility requirements; and  (b) penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter registration application;  (4) complete, no later than ninety days before the date of a statewide primary or general election, a program to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible voters in compliance with the provisions of Section 7-5-330(F); this subitem may not be construed to preclude:  (a) the removal of names from official lists of voters on a basis described in items (1) and (2); or  (b) correction of registration records pursuant to this article.  HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 466, Section 1, eff August 21, 1996.
SC Code § 7-5-410 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-410. Maintenance and inspection of official registration records.

 Each county board of voter registration and elections shall deposit the official records of registration for safekeeping in the board's office or in the office of the clerk of court of common pleas for its county, who shall keep them with the other records in his office. The official registration records shall be public records open to the inspection of any citizen at all times and shall not be removed from the office by any person except the county board of voter registration and elections which may take and keep them as long as may be necessary to enable it to perform its duties. The official records of registration shall not be kept anywhere else except when their use is required elsewhere by the provisions of this Title.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-97; 1952 Code Section 23-97; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.
SC Code § 7-5-420 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-420. Lists of voters for party primaries.

 Immediately preceding each party primary election the board of voter registration and elections in each county shall furnish to the county committee of each political party proposing to hold a primary two official lists of voters for each polling precinct in the county, containing in each the names of all electors entitled to vote at each precinct.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-98; 1952 Code Section 23-98; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.
SC Code § 7-5-430 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-430. Books for general and special elections.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-99; 1952 Code Section 23-99; 1950 (46) 2059; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 2, eff June 4, 1996.
SC Code § 7-5-440 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-440. Failure to notify county board of voter registration and elections of change in address.

 (A) A qualified elector who has moved from an address in a precinct to an address in the same precinct shall, notwithstanding failure to notify the county board of voter registration and elections of the change of address prior to the date of an election, be permitted to vote at that precinct's polling place upon oral or written affirmation by the qualified elector of the change of address before an election official at that polling place.  (B) A qualified elector who has moved from an address in one precinct to an address in another precinct within the same county, or has moved to another county within the thirty-day period before an election, and who has failed to notify the county board of voter registration and elections of the change of address before the date of an election, at the option of the elector:  (1) must be permitted to correct the voting records and vote provisional ballots containing only the races for federal, statewide, countywide, and municipalwide offices pursuant to the provisions of Section 7-13-830 at the elector's former polling place, upon oral or written affirmation by the elector of the new address before an election official at that polling place; or  (2) must be permitted to correct the voting records and vote at a central location located at the main office of the county board of voter registration and elections in his new county of residence where a list of eligible voters is maintained, upon written affirmation by the elector of the new address on a standard form provided at the central location.  (C) If the registration records indicate inaccurately that a qualified elector has moved from an address in the precinct, the elector shall be permitted to vote at that polling place, upon oral or written affirmation by the elector before an election official at that polling place that the qualified elector continues to reside at his address.  (D) For voting purposes, in the case of a change of address of a qualified elector to another address within the same county, the county board of voter registration and elections shall correct the voting registration list accordingly, and the elector's name may not be removed from the official list of eligible voters except as provided in Section 7-5-330(F).  (E) At least one member of the county board of voter registration and elections, the clerk, or deputy registrar must be present in the board's office at all hours during which the polls are open on every election day for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this section.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-100; 1952 Code Section 23-100; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 8, eff June 28, 1984; 1996 Act No. 466, Section 6, eff August 21, 1996; 2000 Act No. 392, Section 2, eff August 1, 2000.
SC Code § 7-5-460 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-460. Custody of books and return after election.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-102; 1952 Code Section 23-102; 1950 (46) 2059; 2010 Act No. 245, Section 2, eff June 2, 2010.