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SC Code § 7-13-1850 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1850. Write-in ballots.

 Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear on the machine as a nominated candidate for office are herein referred to as "write-in ballots." All write-in ballots voted shall be deposited, written or affixed in a single receptacle or device, and the elector may vote in or by such receptacle or device for one or more persons whose names do not appear upon the machine with or without the names of one or more persons whose names do so appear. A write-in ballot must be cast in its appropriate place on the machine or it shall be void and not counted.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-425; 1952 Code Section 23-425; 1950 (46) 2059.
SC Code § 7-13-1860 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1860. Duty to protect machines against injury.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-426; 1952 Code Section 23-426; 1950 (46) 2059.
SC Code § 7-13-1870 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1870. Procedure when voting machine becomes inoperative.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-427; 1952 Code Section 23-427; 1950 (46) 2059.
SC Code § 7-13-1880 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1880. Canvass and return of vote; return of provisional and failsafe ballots.

 As soon as the polls of election are closed, the managers shall immediately lock or seal the voting machine against further voting and open the counter compartment in the presence of all persons who may be lawfully present at the time giving full view to the results, and they shall canvass and announce the results, including the votes recorded for each office on the independent ballots. They shall also announce the vote upon every amendment, proposition, or question voted upon, as provided by Section 7-13-110. The vote as registered shall be duly certified and sworn to and returned and filed as provided in this title for returning and filing election returns. No tally sheets or return blanks, as required by law for use in voting precincts in which paper ballots are used, need be furnished or used when voting machines are used, and no ballots need to be returned with the machine results except the provisional and failsafe ballots.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-428; 1952 Code Section 23-428; 1950 (46) 2059; 2000 Act No. 392, Section 8, eff August 1, 2000.
SC Code § 7-13-1890 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1890. Machines shall remain locked after election; certification of managers or election; verification of results of election.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-429; 1952 Code Section 23-429; 1950 (46) 2059; 2000 Act No. 392, Section 9, eff August 1, 2000.
SC Code § 7-13-1900 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1900. Use of voting machines for primary elections.

 If in any county, city or town voting machines shall have been provided under the provisions of this article for use at general and special elections, such machines shall be used at primary elections in such county, city or town. When so used all provisions of this article applying to their use at general or special elections shall apply, so far as applicable, to the use of such voting machines at such primary elections.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-430; 1952 Code Section 23-430; 1950 (46) 2059.
SC Code § 7-13-1910 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1910. Possession of voting machine key by unauthorized person.

 Any unauthorized person found in possession of any voting machine key shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than twenty-five nor more than five hundred dollars and imprisoned in jail not less than ten nor more than ninety days, or both so fined and imprisoned, in the discretion of the court.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-432; 1952 Code Section 23-432; 1950 (46) 2059.
SC Code § 7-13-1920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1920. Tampering with voting machine.

 Any person who wilfully tampers with or attempts to tamper with, disarrange, deface or impair, in any manner whatsoever, or destroy any such voting machine while it is in use at any election or who shall, after such machine is locked in order to preserve the registration or record of any election made by it, tamper with or attempt to tamper with such machine or who instigates, aids or abets any other person in any case herein mentioned, with intent to destroy or change the record of votes on a voting machine, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be imprisoned for not less than three months nor more than three years.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-433; 1952 Code Section 23-433; 1950 (46) 2059; 1960 (51) 1602.
SC Code § 7-13-1930 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-1930. Other provisions of this Title applicable to use of voting machines.

 All of the provisions of this Title not inconsistent with the provisions of this article shall apply with full force and effect to elections in counties, cities and towns adopting and using voting machines.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-431; 1952 Code Section 23-431; 1950 (46) 2059.
SC Code § 7-13-2110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-2110. Authorization of simplified or more detailed explanation of proposed constitutional amendments.

 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.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 246.
SC Code § 7-13-2120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-2120. Constitutional Ballot Commission.

 To establish an agency to determine whether or not a proposed constitutional amendment requires a simplified or more detailed explanation as provided for in Section 7-13-2110, there is hereby created the Constitutional Ballot Commission composed of the Attorney General, the Director of the State Election Commission and the Director of the Legislative Council. Prior to the printing of ballots in each general election year in which proposed constitutional amendments are voted upon, the Commission shall meet at the call of the Attorney General and:  (1) Consider each proposed amendment and make a determination as to whether or not a simplified or more detailed explanation is necessary or appropriate; and  (2) In those cases where it is determined that an explanation is deemed necessary or appropriate, phrase such explanation and submit it to the State Election Commission under the signatures of at least a majority of the ballot commissioners. The Election Commission shall arrange for the placement of amendment explanations on ballots and make them available to the news media, upon request, at least ten days prior to the general election.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 246.
SC Code § 7-13-2130 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-2130. Jurisdiction of proceedings challenging explanations.

 The State Supreme Court shall have exclusive and original jurisdiction in any proceeding challenging the amendment explanations prepared by the Ballot Commission.  HISTORY: 1975 (59) 246.
SC Code § 7-13-2210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-2210. General or special election.

 If any general election or special election, other than a nonpartisan municipal election, results in a tie vote and no candidate withdraws, the election officials who conducted the tie election shall conduct a runoff election to break the tie two weeks following the tie election. In the tie-breaking runoff, the laws of this State apply, mutatis mutandi. If the date for the tie-breaking runoff falls on a legal holiday, it must be held on the same day of the first week following which is not a legal holiday.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 364, Section 2, eff March 14, 1988.
SC Code § 7-13-2220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 13 - Conduct Of Elections|Section 7-13-2220. Primary election.

 If any primary election, other than a nonpartisan municipal primary election, results in a tie vote and no candidate withdraws, the party officials shall conduct a runoff election to break the tie two weeks following that election. In the tie-breaking election, the laws of this State apply, mutatis mutandi. If the date for the tie-breaking runoff election falls on a legal holiday, it must be held on the same day of the first week following which is not a legal holiday. If a tie-breaking runoff election is required, any remaining primary elections required are postponed for two weeks. If the date for a postponed election falls on a legal holiday, it must be set for the same day of the first week following which is not a legal holiday.  HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 364, Section 2, eff March 14, 1988.
SC Code § 7-15-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-10. Duties of State Election Commission.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-450.3; 1975 (59) 263; 1962 Code Section 23-449.13; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 2; 1982 Act No. 280, Section 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 15, eff June 4, 1996; 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), Section 2, eff June 11, 2015.
SC Code § 7-15-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-20. Construction.

 Article 3, Article 5, and Article 9 of this chapter shall be liberally construed in order to effectuate their purposes.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-450.4; 1975 (59) 263; 1962 Code Section 23-449.14; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 2; 1982 Act No. 280, Section 1, eff February 24, 1982; 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), Section 3, eff June 11, 2015.
SC Code § 7-15-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-110. Persons qualified to register to vote by absentee ballot.

 The following persons are qualified to register to vote using the Standard Form 76, or any subsequent form replacing it, provided by the federal government:  (1) members of the Armed Forces of the United States;  (2) members of the Merchant Marine of the United States;  (3) a person serving with the American Red Cross or the United Service Organizations (USO) attached to and serving with the Armed Forces of the United States outside of the county of his residence in South Carolina;  (4) members or employees of any department of the United States Government serving overseas;  (5) a citizen of the United States residing outside the United States:  (a) if he last resided in South Carolina immediately before his departure from the United States;  (b) if he could have met all qualifications to vote in federal elections in South Carolina even though while residing outside the United States he does not have a place of abode or other address in South Carolina; even if his intent to return to South Carolina may be uncertain, as long as he has complied with all applicable South Carolina qualifications and requirements which are consistent with the Uniformed And Overseas Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 99-410).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-445; 1975 (59) 263; 1982 Act No. 280, Section 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, Sections 1, 2, eff January 27, 1984; 1988 Act No. 422, Section 5, eff March 28, 1988; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 16, eff June 4, 1996.
SC Code § 7-15-120 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-120. Registration forms.

 Persons listed in Section 7-15-110, their spouses, and dependents residing with them, may register by using either federal Standard Form 76, or any subsequent form replacing it issued by the federal government. In order to be registered, either form must reach the county board of voter registration and elections not later than thirty days before the election.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-446; 1975 (59) 263; 1982 Act No. 280, Section 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, Section 3, eff January 27, 1984; 1986 Act No. 407, Sections 2, 3, eff May 12, 1986; 1994 Act No. 365, Section 2, eff May 3, 1994; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 17, eff June 4, 1996.
SC Code § 7-15-175 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-175. Article shall not be construed as allowing registration after books have been closed.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-450.1; 1975 (59) 263; 1962 Code Section 23-449.3; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 2; 1982 Act No. 280, Section 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1996 Act No. 222, Section 2, eff February 12, 1996.
SC Code § 7-15-200 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-200. Furnishing of election materials to persons requesting absentee ballots.

 Upon receipt of the list of names the county committee, the board of voter registration and elections or other persons responsible for the conduct of the election shall, as soon as the ballots to be used in the election are delivered to them, mail at his absentee address, in one envelope, the following items to each person qualified to receive an absentee ballot and who has requested an absentee ballot:  (1) One of each ballot to be used in the election;  (2) A copy of the oath set forth in Section 7-15-220;  (3) Printed instructions as to the marking, folding and return of each ballot and as to the signing and return of the oath;  (4) A return-addressed envelope for the return of the ballots and the oath to the board of voter registration and elections;  (5) Any additional oath, instructions or information necessary to enable such absentee ballot applicant to execute and return a ballot legally acceptable by the officials charged with conducting such election.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-449.6; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 2.
SC Code § 7-15-210 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-210. Specifications for return-addressed envelopes.

 The return-addressed envelope required by item (4) of Section 7-15-200 to be sent to each absentee ballot applicant shall have printed on its face in the upper left hand corner the words "Absentee ballots for __________ County, __________ (county seat), South Carolina." All blanks on the face of the envelope shall be filled in by the board of voter registration and elections prior to the mailing of the ballot to the absentee ballot applicant. On the back shall appear blanks which the voter shall fill in with his name and address. The envelope shall be of such thickness as to make it impossible to read any of its contents without opening the envelope. When the ballot is for use in a primary election the return-addressed envelope referred to herein and in Section 7-15-200 shall be changed appropriately to insure its return to the proper county committee.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-449.7; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 2.
SC Code § 7-15-220 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-220. Signing and witnessing of oath of absentee ballot applicant; exception.

 (A) The oath, a copy of which is required by Section 7-15-200(2) to be sent each absentee ballot applicant and which is required by Section 7-15-230 to be returned with the absentee ballot applicant's ballot, shall be signed by the absentee ballot applicant and witnessed. The oath shall be in the following form:  "I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am duly qualified to vote at this election according to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, that I have not voted during this election, that the ballot or ballots with which this oath is enclosed is my ballot and that I have received no assistance in voting my ballot that I would not have been entitled to receive had I voted in person at my voting precinct."  ____________________________________  Signature of Voter  Dated on this ______ day of ____________ 20 ___  ____________________  Signature of Witness  ____________________  Address of Witness  (B) Qualified voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act are exempt from witness requirements in subsection (A).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-449.8; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 2; 2011 Act No. 43, Section 6, eff upon contingency, see editor's note, (approved June 7, 2011).  Editor's Note  2011 Act No. 43, Sections 1 and 10, provide as follows:  "SECTION 1. This act may be cited as the 'South Carolina Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act'."  "SECTION 10. This act takes effect upon preclearance approval by the United States Department of Justice or approval by a declaratory judgment issued by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whichever occurs first." [Preclearance approval received August 22, 2011.]
SC Code § 7-15-230 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-230. Marking and return of ballot; ballot shall not be counted unless oath signed and ballot returned prior to closing of polls.

 Upon receipt of the ballot or ballots the absentee ballot applicant shall mark each ballot on which he wishes to vote, fold it so that its contents cannot be distinguished without unfolding it and mail it in compliance with the instructions received by him with the ballot. Enclosed with the ballot or ballots shall be the oath set forth in Section 7-15-220. No ballot shall be counted unless the oath is properly signed and enclosed therewith nor shall any ballot be counted which is received by the board of voter registration and elections or other officials charged with the conduct of the election after time for closing of the polls, and the printed instructions required by item (3) of Section 7-15-200 to be sent each absentee ballot applicant shall notify him that his vote will not be counted in either of these events.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-449.9; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 2.
SC Code § 7-15-260 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 15 - Absentee Registration And Voting|Section 7-15-260. Responsibilities of political parties conducting municipal primary; expenses.

 Any political party conducting a municipal primary in this State is responsible for carrying out the provisions of this article by making ballots and election material available so that the persons named in Section 7-15-320 may be enabled to vote in these primary elections subject to the rules and regulations of the political party. All expenses incurred by any political party in conducting elections subject to the provisions of this article must be borne by the political party.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-449.12; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 2; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 18, eff June 4, 1996.