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SC Code § 7-1-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 7-1-25. "Domicile" defined.

 (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.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 103, Section 1, eff June 30, 1999; 2011 Act No. 27, Section 1, eff May 18, 2011.
SC Code § 7-1-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 7-1-30. Receipt of public aid does not disfranchise any citizen.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-3; 1952 Code Section 23-3; 1950 (46) 2059.
SC Code § 7-1-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 7-1-40. Title applicable to all elections.

 This Title shall apply to and control all elections, including elections for the issuance of bonds and other elections in which any question or issue is submitted to a vote of the people.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-4; 1952 Code Section 23-4; 1950 (46) 2059, 2355.
SC Code § 7-1-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 7-1-50. Contesting election of Governor.

 In case of a contest of the election of Governor, if the General Assembly by concurrent resolution shall entertain the same, the Senate and House of Representatives shall, each separately, proceed to hear and determine the facts in the case, so far as they deem necessary, and decide thereon who is entitled to be declared elected. If the two branches of the General Assembly come to the same decision, they shall, by concurrent resolution, declare who is duly elected and entitled to enter upon and exercise the office of Governor; and such person thereupon shall, upon taking the oath prescribed in the Constitution, be inducted into office. If the two branches of the General Assembly do not come to the same decision, then an election shall be called by the Governor, to take place in not less than sixty nor more than ninety days, at which the qualified electors shall proceed to vote for a suitable person to fill the office of Governor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-5; 1952 Code Section 23-5; 1942 Code Section 2324; 1932 Code Section 2324; Civ. C. '22 Section 258; Civ. C. '12 Section 256; Civ. C. '02 Section 230; G. S. 134; R. S. 188; 1882 (17) 1121; Const, Art 4 Section 4; 1961 (52) 48.
SC Code § 7-1-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 7-1-60. Each multiple office is separate and distinct; candidate is to qualify for one specific office; ballots for multiple offices.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-5.1; 1972 (57) 2383.
SC Code § 7-1-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 7-1-70. Catawba Indians, otherwise qualified, are citizens.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-6; 1952 Code Section 23-6; 1944 (43) 1208.
SC Code § 7-1-80 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 7-1-80. Liability of broadcasting station for defamatory statement by candidate.

 The owner, licensee or operator of a visual or sound radio broadcasting station or network of stations and the agents or employees of any such owner, licensee or operator shall not be liable for any damages for any defamatory statement published or uttered in or as a part of a visual or sound radio broadcast by a candidate for political office in those instances where, under the acts of Congress or the rules and regulations of the Federal Communications Commission, the broadcasting station or network of stations, is prohibited from censoring the material broadcast by such candidate, provided the owner, licensee, or operator shall cause to be made at the conclusion of the broadcast the following announcement in substance; "The broadcast you have just heard was not censored in accord with the immunity from censorship extended legally qualified political candidates."  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-7; 1952 (47) 1939.
SC Code § 7-1-100 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Section 7-1-100. Availability to media of local ballot question and simplified explanation.

 (A) If a countywide or less than countywide referendum is held on a question, the electoral board charged with conducting the referendum shall make the ballot question available to the news media in the county at least forty-five days in advance of the date of the referendum.  (B) If the electoral board determines that a referendum question is of a nature that it might not be clearly understood by the voters, it may prepare a simplified or, when appropriate, more detailed explanation of the question that must be placed on the ballot along with the referendum question. When mechanical devices for voting are used, printed copies of the explanation must be made available at each voting precinct. The explanation provided must be made available to the news media in the county on the same schedule provided in subsection (A).  (C) No referendum may be challenged on the grounds that the electoral board failed to act in a timely manner to implement this section.  (D) The provisions of Section 7-13-2130 apply with respect to any proceeding challenging a referendum based on any explanation provided by the electoral board.  (E) The provisions of this section do not apply to a referendum for which the General Assembly provides the ballot question.  HISTORY: 1999 Act No. 2, Section 1, eff January 1, 1999 (became law without the Governor's signature January 14, 1999).
SC Code § 7-3-10 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System|Section 7-3-10. State Election Commission created; appointment; term; composition; vacancies; chairman; meetings; powers and duties.

 (a) There is hereby created the State Election Commission composed of five members, at least one of whom shall be a member of the majority political party represented in the General Assembly and at least one of whom shall be a member of the largest minority political party represented in the General Assembly, to be appointed by the Governor to serve terms of four years and until their successors have been elected and qualify, except of those first appointed three shall serve for terms of two years. Any vacancy on the Commission shall be filled for the unexpired portion of the term in the same manner as the original appointment.  (b) The Governor shall appoint one of the members to serve as chairman for a term of two years and until his successor has been appointed and qualifies. The Commission shall select such other officers from among its members as it may deem necessary.  (c) The commission shall meet at its offices in Columbia at least once each month or at such times as considered necessary by the commission. However, the commission may change the location of the meeting if the change is more convenient for the commission or any parties scheduled to appear before the commission.  (d) The Commission shall have the powers and duties as enumerated in this title.  (e) No member of the commission may participate in political management or in a political campaign during the member's term of office. No member of the commission may make a contribution to a candidate or knowingly attend a fundraiser held for the benefit of a candidate. Violation of this subsection subjects the commissioner to removal by the Governor.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-30; 1968 (55) 2316; 1992 Act No. 276, Section 1, eff March 10, 1992; 1996 Act No. 423, Section 2, eff June 18, 1996; 1998 Act No. 293, Section 1, eff April 20, 1998.
SC Code § 7-3-25 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System|Section 7-3-25. Noncompliant county boards of voter registration and elections.

 (A) In the event that the State Election Commission, acting through its executive director, determines that a county board of elections and voter registration has failed to comply with applicable state or federal law or State Election Commission policies and procedures 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(C)(1), the county board to the extent necessary to:  (1) identify the failure to comply with state or federal law or State Election Commission policies and procedures;  (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. 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 and procedures 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 and procedures 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.  HISTORY: 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), Section 2, eff June 2, 2014.
SC Code § 7-3-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System|Section 7-3-30. Notice of deletion of elector's name from roster of electors; appeal by elector; restoration of name.

 (a) The executive director shall notify by mail each elector at the address last filed in the office, whose name has been deleted for the reasons of conviction or a change in the residence of a qualified voter. The notice shall state the reason for the deletion and inform the elector of his right to appeal to the county board of voter registration and elections and the time in which to perfect his appeal. A copy of the notice must be forwarded to the appropriate county board of voter registration and elections.  (b) Each elector whose name has been deleted has twenty days from the date the notice is mailed to appeal. The appeal must be to the county board of voter registration and elections from whose master file the deletion has been made. If the board determines that the elector's name should not have been deleted, it shall instruct the executive director to restore his name to the registration books; however, if the deletion is for conviction, the appeal must be to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-32; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1996 Act No. 466, Section 3, eff August 21, 1996; 2012 Act No. 265, Section 5, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.  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.
SC Code § 7-3-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System|Section 7-3-40. Reports to be furnished by Bureau of Vital Statistics.

 The Bureau of Vital Statistics must furnish the executive director a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who have died in the State since making the previous report. All reports must contain the name of the deceased, county of residence, his social security or other identification number, and his date and place of birth. The bureau must provide this information at no charge.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-33; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1996 Act No. 434, Section 1, eff June 4, 1996; 2012 Act No. 265, Section 6, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.  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.
SC Code § 7-3-50 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System|Section 7-3-50. Information to be furnished by boards.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-34; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 1, eff June 28, 1984.
SC Code § 7-3-60 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System|Section 7-3-60. Clerks and magistrates shall report persons convicted of certain offenses.

 The clerks of the courts of common pleas and general sessions and every magistrate in the State must, annually on or before June first, make out under their respective hands and seals and report to the executive director a complete list as shown by the records of their respective offices for the preceding calendar year of all persons convicted in that year of felonies or crimes against the election laws, together with the social security or identification numbers of these persons and the month of conviction. Where there is no person to be reported, the report shall so state. Any clerk of the court or magistrate who fails or neglects to make any report required by this section must forfeit and pay to the county in which he holds office the sum of fifty dollars for each failure or neglect to make the report.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-92; 1952 Code Section 23-92; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 289, eff March 5, 1984.
SC Code § 7-3-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 3 - State Election Commission; Central Registration System|Section 7-3-70. Reports furnished by Department of Motor Vehicles.

 (a) The Department of Motor Vehicles must furnish the executive director a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who have surrendered their driver's license or identification card and obtained a driver's license or identification card in another state. All reports must contain the name of the driver or identification cardholder, social security number, date of birth, South Carolina county where previously a resident, and the state in which the license or identification card was surrendered. The department must provide this information at no charge.  (b) The Department of Motor Vehicles must furnish the executive director a monthly report of all persons eighteen years of age or older who were reported as deceased by Social Security Administration. All reports must contain the name, social security number, date of birth, and date of death. The department must provide this information at no charge.  HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 265, Section 7, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.  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.
SC Code § 7-5-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-20. Deputy members of boards.

 The board of voter registration and elections of each county may appoint deputy members of the board, in numbers as may be necessary, whose terms shall be for a period of time as determined by the boards. The deputy members shall have the same powers and duties as regular members of the board. The clerk to each board may be made a deputy member of the board for the purpose of taking applications.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-51.1; 1967 (55) 634; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 2, eff June 28, 1984; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), Section 4, eff June 2, 2014.
SC Code § 7-5-30 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-30. Duties of boards.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-52; 1952 Code Section 23-52; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1978 Act No. 391, eff Feb. 2, 1978; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), Section 5, eff June 2, 2014.
SC Code § 7-5-40 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-40. Supplements to counties to help defray expenses of registration office.

 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.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-51.2; 1967 (55) 634.
SC Code § 7-5-110 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 5 - Qualifications And Registration Of Electors|Section 7-5-110. Persons must register in order to vote.

 No person shall be allowed to vote at any election unless he shall be registered as herein required.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-61; 1952 Code Section 23-61; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.