South Carolina Election Code

Chapter 1 – General Provisions

§ 7‑1‑10. Short title.

This Title shall be known as the “South Carolina Election Law.”

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑1; 1952 Code § 23‑1; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑1‑20. Definitions.

The following words and phrases, unless the same be plainly inconsistent with the context, shall be construed as follows:

(1) “General election” means the election to be held for the election of officers to the regular terms of office provided by law, whether State, United States, county, municipal, or of any other political subdivision of the State, and for voting on constitutional amendments proposed by the General Assembly.

(2) “Special election” means any other election including any referendum provided by law to be held under the provisions of law applicable to general elections.

(3) “Primary” means a party primary election held by a political party under the provisions of this title.

(4) “Inhabitants” means the number of inhabitants according to the federal census last taken.

(5) “Electoral board” means the board or other authority empowered to hold a general or special election.

(6) A “voting or polling precinct” means an area created by the legislature for convenient localization of polling places and which administers and counts votes therein as a local unit in all elections.

A “voting place” is a place within a voting or polling precinct where ballots may be cast.

(7) “Political party” means a political party, organization, or association certified by the State Election Commission as provided for in this title.

(8) “State committee” means the state executive committee of a political party.

(9) “State chairman” means the chairman of the state executive committee of a political party.

(10) “County committee” means the county executive committee of a political party.

(11) “County chairman” means the chairman of the county executive committee of a political party.

(12) “Booth” includes a voting machine booth, curtain, or enclosure.

(13) “Legal holiday” means a holiday recognized by state or federal law.

(14) “Voter”, “registered voter”, “elector”, “registered elector”, “qualified elector”, or “qualified registered elector” means a person whose name is contained on the active roster of voters maintained by the State Election Commission and whose name has not been removed from the roster for any of the reasons named in Section 7‑3‑20(C)(2) and (3) and who possesses a valid registration certificate.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑2; 1952 Code § 23‑2; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1984 Act No. 264, eff January 27, 1984; 1986 Act No. 346, § 1, eff March 7, 1986; 2010 Act No. 245, § 1, eff June 2, 2010.

§ 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, § 1, eff June 30, 1999; 2011 Act No. 27, § 1, eff May 18, 2011.

§ 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 § 23‑3; 1952 Code § 23‑3; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 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 § 23‑4; 1952 Code § 23‑4; 1950 (46) 2059, 2355.

§ 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 § 23‑5; 1952 Code § 23‑5; 1942 Code § 2324; 1932 Code § 2324; Civ. C. ‘22 § 258; Civ. C. ‘12 § 256; Civ. C. ‘02 § 230; G. S. 134; R. S. 188; 1882 (17) 1121; Const, Art 4 Section 4; 1961 (52) 48.

§ 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 § 23‑5.1; 1972 (57) 2383.

§ 7‑1‑70. Catawba Indians, if 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 § 23‑6; 1952 Code § 23‑6; 1944 (43) 1208.

§ 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 § 23‑7; 1952 (47) 1939.

§ 7‑1‑100. Availability to media of local ballot question and simplified explanation thereof.

(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, § 1, eff January 1, 1999 (became law without the Governor’s signature January 14, 1999).

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Chapter 3 – State Election Commission; Central Registration System

§ 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 § 23‑30; 1968 (55) 2316; 1992 Act No. 276, § 1, eff March 10, 1992; 1996 Act No. 423, § 2, eff June 18, 1996; 1998 Act No. 293, § 1, eff April 20, 1998.

§ 7‑3‑20. Executive director of State Election Commission.

(A) The State Election Commission shall elect an executive director 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.

(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) The executive director shall:

(1) supervise the conduct of county board of elections and voter registration, as established pursuant to Article 1, Chapter 5, which administer 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;
(2) conduct reviews, audits, or other postelection analysis of county board of elections and voter registration, 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 and procedures with regard to the conduct of elections or the voter registration process by all persons involved in the elections process;
(3) maintain a complete master file of all qualified electors by county and by precincts;
(4) 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;

(5) enter names on the master file as they are reported by the county boards of voter registration and elections;
(6) 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;
(7) maintain all information furnished his office relating to the inclusion or deletion of names from the master file for four years;
(8) 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;
(9) secure from the United States courts and federal and state agencies available information as to persons convicted of disqualifying crimes;
(10) obtain information from any other source which may assist him in carrying out the purposes of this section;
(11) perform such other duties relating to elections as may be assigned him by the State Election Commission;
(12) furnish at reasonable price any precinct lists to a qualified elector requesting them;
(13) serve as the chief state election official responsible for implementing and coordinating the state’s responsibilities under the National Voter Registration Act of 1993;
(14) 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.; and
(15) 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.

(D) 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑31; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1996 Act No. 466, § 2, eff August 21, 1996; 2006 Act No. 253, § 1, eff March 24, 2006; 2012 Act No. 265, § 4, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), §§  1, 10, eff June 2, 2014.

§ 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), § 2, eff June 2, 2014.

§ 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 § 23‑32; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1996 Act No. 466, § 3, eff August 21, 1996; 2012 Act No. 265, § 5, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.

§ 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 § 23‑33; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1996 Act No. 434, § 1, eff June 4, 1996; 2012 Act No. 265, § 6, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.

§ 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 § 23‑34; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 510, § 1, eff June 28, 1984.

§ 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 § 23‑92; 1952 Code § 23‑92; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 289, eff March 5, 1984.

§ 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, § 7, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.

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Chapter 5 – Qualifications and Registration of Electors

ARTICLE 1 – County Boards of Voter Registration and Elections

§ 7‑5‑10. Appointment of board members; previous offices abolished; training and certification requirements.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑51; 1952 Code § 23‑51; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1970 (56) 2337; 1988 Act No. 422, § 1, eff March 28, 1988; 1996 Act No. 465, § 1, eff August 21, 1996; 1998 Act No. 304, § 1, eff May 27, 1998; 2007 Act No. 100, § 1, eff June 18, 2007; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), § 3, eff June 2, 2014.

§ 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 § 23‑51.1; 1967 (55) 634; 1984 Act No. 510, § 2, eff June 28, 1984; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), § 4, eff June 2, 2014.

§ 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 § 23‑52; 1952 Code § 23‑52; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1978 Act No. 391, eff Feb. 2, 1978; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), § 5, eff June 2, 2014.

§ 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 § 23‑51.2; 1967 (55) 634.

ARTICLE 3 – Requirement of and Qualifications for Registration

§ 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 § 23‑61; 1952 Code § 23‑61; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.

§ 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 § 23‑62; 1952 Code § 23‑62; 1950 (46) 2059; 1961 (52) 50; 1963 (53) 155; 1967 (55) 657; 1974 (58) 2188; 1981 Act No. 1 § 2, eff January 14, 1981; 1986 Act No. 345, § 1, eff March 7, 1986; 1994 Act No. 365, § 1, eff May 3, 1994; 1996 Act No. 408, § 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).

§ 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, § 1, eff May 9, 1988; 2011 Act No. 27, § 2, eff May 18, 2011.

§ 7‑5‑130. Time and place where books shall 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 § 23‑63; 1952 Code § 23‑63; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.

§ 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 § 23‑65.1; 1957 (50) 671; 1967 (55) 634; 1982 Act No. 280, § 3, eff February 24, 1982.

§ 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 § 23‑66; 1952 Code § 23‑66; 1950 (46) 2059; 1957 (50) 671; 1958 (50) 1548; 1996 Act No. 222, § 1, eff February 12, 1996.

§ 7‑5‑155. Registration of electors by mail.

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the following procedures may be used in the registration of electors in addition to the procedure otherwise provided by law.

(1) Subject to the provision of Section 7‑5‑150, any qualified citizen may register to vote by mailing or having delivered a completed state registration by mail application form or a completed national registration by mail application form prescribed by the Federal Election Commission not later than thirty days before any election to his county board of voter registration and elections. The postmark date of a mailed application is considered the date of mailing. If the postmark date is missing or illegible, the county board of voter registration and elections must accept the application if it is received by mail no later than five days after the close of the registration books before any election.
(2) If the county board of voter registration and elections determines that the applicant is qualified and his application is legible and complete, the board shall mail the voter written notification of approval on a form to be prescribed and provided by the State Election Commission pursuant to Section 7‑5‑180. When the county board of voter registration and elections mails the written notification of approval, it must do so without requiring the elector to sign anything in the presence of a member of the board, a deputy member, or a registration clerk, and the attestation of the elector’s signature is not required so long as the conditions set forth above are met.
(3) Any application must be rejected for any of the following reasons:

(i) any portion of the application is not complete;
(ii) any portion of the application is illegible in the opinion of a member and the clerk of the board;
(iii) the board is unable to determine, from the address stated on the application, the precinct in which the voter should be assigned or the election districts in which he is entitled to vote.

(4) Any person whose application is rejected must be notified of the rejection together with the reason for rejection. The applicant must further be informed that he still has a right to register by appearing in person before the county board of voter registration and elections or by submitting the information by mail necessary to correct his rejected application. The form for notifying applicants of rejection must be prescribed and provided by the State Election Commission pursuant to Section 7‑5‑180.

(b) Every application for registration by mail shall contain spaces for the home and work telephone numbers of the applicant and the applicant shall enter the numbers on the application where applicable.

(c) The State Election Commission shall furnish a sufficient number of application forms to the county boards of voter registration and elections and voter registration agencies specified in Section 7‑5‑310(B) so that distribution of the application forms may be made to various locations throughout the counties and mailed to persons requesting them.

County boards of voter registration and elections shall distribute application forms to various locations in their respective counties, including city halls and public libraries, where they must be readily available to the public.

(d) The original applications must remain on file in the office of the county board of voter registration and elections.

(e) The State Election Commission may promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this section.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 535, eff June 23, 1986; 1996 Act No. 466, § 4, 5, eff August 21, 1996.

§ 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 § 23‑67; 1952 Code § 23‑67; 1950 (46) 2059; 1957 (50) 671; 1976 Act No. 518.

§ 7‑5‑170. Necessity for written application for registration; information to be contain on form; oaths; decisions on applications.

(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 and that I claim no other place as my legal residence.” Any applicant convicted of fraudulently applying for registration is guilty of perjury and is subject to the penalty for that offense.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑68; 1952 Code § 23‑68; 1950 (46) 2059; 1951 (47) 78; 1957 (50) 671; 1965 (54) 283; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2185; 1984 Act No. 304, eff March 22, 1984; 1984 Act No. 510, § 3, eff June 28, 1984; 1986 Act No. 345, § 2, eff March 7, 1986; 1993 Act No. 90, § 1, eff January 1, 1994; 2004 Act No. 239, § 1, eff May 24, 2004; 2012 Act No. 265, § 1, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.

§ 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, § 1, eff June 15, 2004.

§ 7‑5‑180. Procedure for registration when qualification shall be 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 § 23‑69; 1952 Code § 23‑69; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634; 1968 (55) 2316; 1976 Act No. 695 § 1; 1984 Act No. 510, § 4, eff June 28, 1984; 1988 Act No. 589, eff June 2, 1988; 1996, Act No. 408, § 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).

§ 7‑5‑185. Electronic applications for voter registration.

(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.

HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 265, § 2, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.

§ 7‑5‑186. Statewide voter registration database.

(A)(1) 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.

(2)(a) 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.

(b) Information provided under this division 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 only must be updated as a result of the elector’s actions in filing a notice of change of name, change of address, or both.
(c) A county board of voter registration and elections shall contact 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 information provided under subsection (A)(2)(a) of this section identifies a discrepancy between the information regarding that elector that is maintained in the statewide voter registration database and maintained by a state agency.

(3) 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.

HISTORY: 2012 Act No. 265, § 3, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.

§ 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 § 23‑72.1; 1958 (50) 1591; 1984 Act No. 510, § 5, eff June 28, 1984.

§ 7‑5‑220. Certificates shall be 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 § 23‑72.2; 1958 (50) 1548; 1984 Act No. 510, § 6, eff June 28, 1984; 1996 Act No. 222, § 3, eff February 12, 1996.

§ 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 § 23‑73; 1952 Code § 23‑73; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657; 1999 Act No. 103, § 2, eff June 30, 1999; 2011 Act No. 27, § 3, eff May 18, 2011.

§ 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 § 23‑74; 1952 Code § 23‑74; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657.

§ 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 § 23‑75; 1952 Code § 23‑75; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.

§ 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 § 23‑80; 1957 (50) 671; 1971 (57) 85; 1984 Act No. 510, § 7, eff June 28, 1984.

ARTICLE 4 – Multiple Site Voter Registration and Responsibilities of the State Election Commission in Implementing the National Voter Registration Act of 1993

§ 7‑5‑310. Definitions; designations.

(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) Department of Disabilities and Special Needs;
(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) Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Services;
(9) Department 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.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 466, § 1, eff August 21, 1996.

§ 7‑5‑320. Application for motor vehicle driver’s license and voter registration.

(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.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 466, § 1, eff August 21, 1996.

§ 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, § 3, eff June 30, 1999.

§ 7‑5‑330. Completion, receipt, and disposition of voter registration application; discretionary removal of elector.

(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 this item 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 and may 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 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 an 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.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 466, § 1, eff August 21, 1996.

§ 7‑5‑340. Duties of State Election Commission respecting 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, § 1, eff August 21, 1996.

ARTICLE 5 – Registration Books, Lists of Electors

§ 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 § 23‑97; 1952 Code § 23‑97; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.

§ 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 § 23‑98; 1952 Code § 23‑98; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 634.

§ 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 § 23‑99; 1952 Code § 23‑99; 1950 (46) 2059; 1996 Act No. 434, § 2, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 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 § 23‑100; 1952 Code § 23‑100; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 510, § 8, eff June 28, 1984; 1996 Act No. 466, § 6, eff August 21, 1996; 2000 Act No. 392, § 2, eff August 1, 2000.

§ 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 § 23‑102; 1952 Code § 23‑102; 1950 (46) 2059; 2010 Act No. 245, § 2, eff June 2, 2010.

§ 7‑5‑470. Division of registration books into sections.

The county board of voter registration and elections may divide the registration books into as many separate sections as shall be directed by the county committee of any political party, the cost of such additional separate section or sections to be borne by such county committee. The books constituting a separate section or sections shall first be approved by the State Election Commission.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑103; 1952 Code § 23‑103; 1950 (46) 2059, 2442; 1971 (57) 85.

ARTICLE 7 – Special Provisions for Municipal Elections

§ 7‑5‑610. Who is entitled to vote in municipal elections.

Every citizen of this State and of the United States:

(1) Of the age of eighteen years and upwards;
(2) Having all the qualifications mentioned in Section 7‑5‑120;
(3) Who has resided within the corporate limits of any incorporated municipality in this State for thirty days previous to any municipal election;
(4) Who has been registered for county, state, and national elections as herein required;

is entitled to vote at all municipal elections of his municipality.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑111; 1952 Code § 23‑111; 1950 (46) 2059; 1951 (47) 78; 1984 Act No. 290, § 1, eff March 5, 1984.

§ 7‑5‑620. Production of identification and proof of residence.

The production of a valid South Carolina driver’s license or other form of identification required by Section 7‑13‑710, if he is not licensed to drive, and proof of the residence of the elector within the limits of the municipality for thirty days preceding any election constitutes conditions prerequisite to the right of any elector to vote.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑112; 1952 Code § 23‑112; 1951 (47) 78; 1984 Act No. 290, § 2, eff March 5, 1984; 1984 Act No. 510, § 9, eff June 28, 1984.

§ 7‑5‑630. Municipal registration or enrollment shall not be required.

There shall be no registration or enrollment required for voting in municipal elections except the registration required for voting in county, State and national elections.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑113; 1952 Code § 23‑113; 1951 (47) 78, 229.

§ 7‑5‑660. Preparation of registration books.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑116; 1952 Code § 23‑116; 1951 (47) 78, 229; 1984 Act No. 290, § 3, eff March 5, 1984.

§ 7‑5‑670. Use and custody of registration books.

The books of registration must be prepared and turned over to the managers of each voting place within the ward or precinct for use in conducting all municipal elections, but immediately following a municipal election the books must be turned over to the county board of voter registration and elections.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑117; 1952 Code § 23‑117; 1951 (47) 78, 229; 1996 Act No. 434, § 3, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑5‑675. Voter registration cards; use.

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.

HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 27, § 4, eff upon preclearance approval or declaratory judgment.

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Chapter 7 – Polling Precincts and Voting Places

ARTICLE 1 – Location of Precincts and Voting Places

§ 7‑7‑10. Voting precincts established.

For the purpose of holding any general, primary, or special election in this State, the voting precincts and voting places in the several counties of the State shall be designated, fixed, and established by the General Assembly. Nothing in this chapter prohibits a county board of voter registration and elections from establishing multiple polling places within a precinct, provided that voters are assigned to these polling places alphabetically or geographically as determined by the county board of voter registration and elections and approved by a majority of that county’s legislative delegation. A voter must be notified in writing of his transfer to a new polling place and the location of the new polling place.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑153; 1952 Code § 23‑153; 1950 (46) 2414; 1976 Act No. 503 § 1; 2000 Act No. 365, § 1, eff June 14, 2000.

§ 7‑7‑15. Notice of change in polling place.

When a polling place established by statute or ordinance or by an entity allowed by law to establish polling places is changed the entity charged with conducting elections at the polling place shall post at the time of the first election held after the change a notice on or next to the door of the entrance of the previous polling place stating in printing with letters large enough to be read easily by a person with normal vision from a distance of at least twenty feet the location of the new polling place and the address and telephone number of the entity in charge of the conduct of the election.

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 378, eff March 14, 1988.

§ 7‑7‑30. Designation of voting precincts in Abbeville County.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑154; 1952 Code § 23‑154; 1950 (46) 2414; 1956 (49) 1797; 1977 Act No. 188 § 1; 1989 Act No. 22, § 1, eff March 12, 1989; 1993 Act No. 24, § 1, eff April 23, 1993; 1995 Act No. 130, § 1, eff (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 13, 1995); 2017 Act No. 83 (H.4179), Section 1, eff May 19, 2017; 2019 Act No. 12 (H.3987), § 1, eff March 20, 2019.

§ 7‑7‑40. Designation of voting precincts in Aiken County.

(A) In Aiken County there are the following voting precincts:

Aiken No. 1
Aiken No. 2
Aiken No. 3
Aiken No. 4
Aiken No. 5
Aiken No. 6
Aiken No. 47
Anderson Pond No. 69
Ascauga Lake
Ascauga Lake No. 84
Bath
Beech Island
Belvedere No. 9
Belvedere No. 44
Belvedere No. 62
Belvedere No. 74
Breezy Hill
Carolina Heights
Cedar Creek No. 64
China Springs
Clearwater
College Acres
Couchton
Eureka
Fox Creek No. 58
Fox Creek No. 73
Gem Lakes No. 60
Gem Lakes No. 77
Gloverville
Graniteville
Hammond
Hammond No. 81
New Holland
Hitchcock No. 66
Hollow Creek
Jackson
Langley
Levels No. 52
Levels No. 72
Levels No. 83
Lynwood
Midland Valley No. 51
Midland Valley No. 71
Millbrook
Misty Lakes
Monetta
Montmorenci No. 22
Montmorenci No. 78
New Ellenton
North Augusta No. 25
North Augusta No. 26
North Augusta No. 27
North Augusta No. 28
North Augusta No. 29
North Augusta No. 54
North Augusta No. 55
North Augusta No. 67
North Augusta No. 68
North Augusta No. 80
Oak Grove
Perry
Redds Branch
Salley
Sandstone No. 70
Sandstone No. 79
Shaws Fork
Shiloh
Silver Bluff
Six Points No. 35
Six Points No. 46
Sleepy Hollow No. 65
South Aiken No. 75
South Aiken No. 76
Tabernacle
Talatha
Pine Forest
Vaucluse
Wagener
Ward
Warrenville
White Pond
Willow Springs
Windsor
Windsor No. 82

(B) 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-03-16 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 Aiken County.

(C) Polling places for the precincts provided in subsection (A) of this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Aiken County with the approval of a majority of the county legislative delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑155; 1952 Code § 23‑155; 1950 (46) 2414; 1954 (48) 1839; 1956 (49) 2070, 2099; 1957 (50) 578; 1967 (55) 401; 1968 (55) 2633; 1969 (56) 348; 1971 (57) 988, 2045; 1977 Act No. 236 § 1; 1978 Act No. 637 § 1, became law without signature of Governor; 1979 Act No. 138 § 1, eff June 4, 1979; 1980 Act No. 510, eff June 11, 1980; 1994 Act No. 285, § 1, eff March 1, 1994; 2000 Act No. 243, §§ 1 and 2, eff March 29, 2000; 2001 Act No. 87, § 1, eff August 10, 2001; 2004 Act No. 212, § 1, eff April 22, 2004; 2006 Act No. 247, § 1, eff March 15, 2006; 2010 Act No. 136, § 1, eff March 30, 2010; 2014 Act No. 130 (H.4475), § 1, eff March 4, 2014; 2015 Act No. 13 (S.588), § 1, eff May 7, 2015; 2016 Act No. 139 (S.937), § 1, eff March 14, 2016.

§ 7‑7‑50. Designation of voting precincts in Allendale County.

(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 Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑05‑12.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑156; 1952 Code § 23‑156; 1950 (46) 2414; 1966 (54) 2185; 1971 (57) 237; 1977 Act No. 241 § 1; 1978 Act No. 630, became law without the signature of the Governor; 1984 Act No. 310, eff March 22, 1984; 2004 Act No. 199, § 1, eff April 22, 2004; 2012 Act No. 132, § 1, eff March 13, 2012.

§ 7‑7‑55. Establishment of polling places in Allendale County.

The polling places for the precincts provided in Section 7‑7‑50 must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Allendale County subject to the approval of the majority of the Allendale County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 15 § 1, eff April 13, 1987; 1998 Act No. 318, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 28, 1998).

§ 7‑7‑80. Designation of voting precincts in Anderson County.

(A) In Anderson County there are the following voting precincts:

Appleton-Equinox
Barker’s Creek-McAdams
Belton
Belton Annex
Bishop’s Branch
Bowling Green
Broadview
Broadway
Brushy Creek
Cedar Grove
Center Rock
Centerville Station A
Centerville Station B
Chiquola Mill
Concrete
Cox’s Creek
Craytonville
Denver-Sandy Springs
Edgewood Station A
Edgewood Station B
Five Forks
Flat Rock
Fork No. 1
Fork No. 2
Friendship
Glenview
Gluck Mill
Green Pond Station A
Hall
Hammond School
Hammond Annex
High Point
Homeland Park
Honea Path
Hopewell
Hunt Meadows
Iva
Jackson Mill
LaFrance
Lakeside
Melton
Mount Tabor
Mountain Creek
Mt. Airy
Neal’s Creek
North Pointe
Pelzer
Pendleton
Piedmont
Piercetown
Powdersville
Rock Mill
Rock Spring
Shirley’s Store
Simpsonville
South Fant
Starr
Three and Twenty
Toney Creek
Town Creek
Townville
Varennes
West Pelzer
West Savannah
White Plains
Williamston
Williamston Mill
Wright’s School
Anderson 1/1
Anderson 1/2
Anderson 2/1
Anderson 2/2
Anderson 3/1
Anderson 3/2
Anderson 4/1
Anderson 4/2
Anderson 5/B
Anderson 6/1
Anderson 6/2

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in Anderson County are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-07-19 and as shown on official copies furnished to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Anderson County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Anderson County subject to the approval of the majority of the Anderson County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code §§ 23‑157, 23‑157.1; 1952 Code § 23‑157; 1950 (46) 2414; 1958 (50) 1715; 1964 (53) 2210; 1966 (54) 2066; 1967 (55) 1018; 1972 (57) 2349; 1977 Act No. 230 § 1; 1978 Act No. 425 § 1; 1978 Act No. 472 § 1; 1982 Act No. 342, §§ 2‑4, eff April 19, 1982; 1983 Act No. 69, § 1, eff May 26, 1983; 1984 Act No. 296, eff March 1, 1984; 1986 Act No. 310 § 1, eff February 4, 1986; 1988 Act No. 293, eff January 14, 1988; 1996 Act No. 309, § 1, eff September 1, 1996; 1998 Act No. 288, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 8, 1998); 2000 Act No. 280, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 23, 2000); 2000 Act No. 291, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 23, 2000); 2004 Act No. 211, § 1, eff April 22, 2004; 2006 Act No. 226, § 1, eff February 3, 2006; 2008 Act No. 217, § 1, eff May 13, 2008; 2012 Act No. 182, § 1, eff May 25, 2012; 2014 Act No. 124 (S.689), § 1, eff March 4, 2014.

§ 7‑7‑90. Designation of voting precincts in Bamberg County.

(A) In Bamberg County the voting precincts are as follows:

Colston
East Denmark
Edisto
Ehrhardt
Govan
Hightower’s Mill
Hunter’s Chapel
Kearse
Little Swamp
North Bamberg
Olar
South Bamberg
West Denmark.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

(C) The polling places for the precincts in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Bamberg County with the approval of a majority of the Bamberg County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑158; 1952 Code § 23‑158; 1950 (46) 2414; 1977 Act No. 170 § 1; 1998 Act No. 310, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 28, 1998); 2006 Act No. 236, § 1, eff February 17, 2006.

§ 7‑7‑100. Designation of voting precincts in Barnwell County.

(A) In Barnwell County there shall be voting precincts as follows: Barnwell No. 1; Barnwell No. 2; Barnwell No. 3; Barnwell No. 4; Blackville No. 1; Blackville No. 2; Elko; Friendship; Kline; Healing Springs; Hilda; Snelling; Williston No. 1; Williston No. 2; and Williston No. 3. The voting place for Barnwell No. 1; Barnwell No. 2; Barnwell No. 3; and Barnwell No. 4 shall be the Barnwell National Guard Armory.

(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 Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as P‑11‑04 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Barnwell County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Barnwell County with the approval of a majority of the Barnwell County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑159; 1952 Code § 23‑159; 1950 (46) 2414; 1965 (54) 37; 1966 (54) 2783; 1967 (55) 139; 1977 Act No. 171 § 1; 1978 Act No. 499, became law without signature of Governor; 1998 Act No. 378, § 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 11, 1998); 2001 Act No. 86, § 1, eff August 10, 2001; 2004 Act No. 219, § 1, eff April 29, 2004.

§ 7‑7‑110. Designation of voting precincts in Beaufort County.

(A) In Beaufort County there are the following voting precincts:

Beaufort 1

Beaufort 2

Beaufort 3

Belfair

Bluffton 1A

Bluffton 1B

Bluffton 1C

Bluffton 1D

Bluffton 2A

Bluffton 2B

Bluffton 2C

Bluffton 2D

Bluffton 2E

Bluffton 3

Bluffton 4A

Bluffton 4B

Bluffton 4C

Bluffton 4D

Bluffton 5A

Bluffton 5B

Burton 1A

Burton 1B

Burton 1C

Burton 1D

Burton 2A

Burton 2B

Burton 2C

Burton 3

Chechessee 1

Chechessee 2

Dale Lobeco

Daufuskie

Hilton Head 1A

Hilton Head 1B

Hilton Head 2A

Hilton Head 2B

Hilton Head 2C

Hilton Head 3

Hilton Head 4A

Hilton Head 4B

Hilton Head 4C

Hilton Head 4D

Hilton Head 5A

Hilton Head 5B

Hilton Head 5C

Hilton Head 6

Hilton Head 7A

Hilton Head 7B

Hilton Head 8

Hilton Head 9A

Hilton Head 9B

Hilton Head 10

Hilton Head 11

Hilton Head 12

Hilton Head 13

Hilton Head 14

Hilton Head 15A

Hilton Head 15B

Ladys Island 1A

Ladys Island 1B

Ladys Island 2A

Ladys Island 2B

Ladys Island 2C

Ladys Island 3A

Ladys Island 3B

Ladys Island 3C

Moss Creek

Mossy Oaks 1A

Mossy Oaks 1B

Mossy Oaks 2

Port Royal 1

Port Royal 2

Rose Hill

Seabrook 1

Seabrook 2

Seabrook 3

Sheldon 1

Sheldon 2

St. Helena 1A

St. Helena 1B

St. Helena 1C

St. Helena 2A

St. Helena 2B

St. Helena 2C

Sun City 1

Sun City 2

Sun City 3

Sun City 4

Sun City 5

Sun City 6

Sun City 7

Sun City 8

(B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑13‑14 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County by the Office of Research and Statistics.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County subject to the approval of a majority of the Beaufort County Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑160; 1952 Code § 23‑160; 1950 (46) 2414; 1960 (51) 2006; 1965 (54) 499; 1969 (56) 886; 1971 (57) 2031; 1976 Act No. 714 § 1‑3; 1977 Act No. 194 § 1; 1979 Act No. 193 § 1, 2, eff July 2, 1979; 1985 Act No. 89, eff May 13, 1985; 1987 Act No. 162 § 1, eff June 8, 1987; 1990 Act No. 606, § 1, eff June 25, 1990; 1996 Act No. 245, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on March 5, 1996); 1998 Act No. 264, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on February 24, 1998); 2000 Act No. 241, § 1, eff March 29, 2000; 2002 Act No. 177, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on March 6, 2002); 2007 Act No. 4, § 1, eff March 27, 2007, applicable to elections conducted after July 15, 2007; 2012 Act No. 232, § 1, eff June 18, 2012; 2014 Act No. 131 (H.4497), § 1, eff March 4, 2014.

§ 7‑7‑120. Designation of voting precincts in Berkeley County.

(A) In Berkeley County there are the following voting precincts:

Alvin
Bethera
Beverly Hill
Bonneau
Bonneau Beach
Boulder Bluff
Bushy Park
Central
Cainhoy
Cane Bay
Cane Bay East
Cane Bay North
Cane Bay South
Carnes Cross Road 1
Carnes Cross Road 2
Cobblestone
Cordesville
Cross
Daniel Island 1
Daniel Island 2
Daniel Island 3
Daniel Island 4
Devon Forest 1
Devon Forest 2
Discovery
Eadytown
Fifty-two
Foster Creek 1
Foster Creek 2
Foster Creek 3
Foxbank
Hanahan 1
Hanahan 2
Hanahan 3
Hanahan 4
Hanahan 5
Harbour Lake
Hilton Cross Roads
Horseshoe
Howe Hall 1
Howe Hall 2
Huger
Jamestown
Lebanon
Liberty Hall
Live Oak
Macedonia
Macedonia 2
McBeth
Medway
Moncks Corner 1
Moncks Corner 2
Moncks Corner 3
Moncks Corner 4
Moultrie
Nexton
Old 52
Pimlico
Pine Grove
Pinopolis
Pomflant
Royle
Russellville
Sangaree 1
Sangaree 2
Sangaree 3
Sedgefield 1
Sedgefield 2
Sedgefield 3
Seventy Eight
Shulerville
St. James
St. Stephen 1
St. Stephen 2
Stone Lake
Stratford 1
Stratford 2
Stratford 3
Stratford 4
Stratford 5
The Village
Tramway
Wassamassaw 1
Wassamassaw 2
Weatherstone
Westview 1
Westview 2
Westview 3
Westview 4
Whitesville 1
Whitesville 2
Wildcat Trail
Yeamans Club
Yellow House

(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-15-19 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Berkeley County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Berkeley County subject to the approval of a majority of the Senators and a majority of the House members of the Berkeley County Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑161; 1952 Code § 23‑161; 1950 (46) 2414; 1955 (49) 176; 1960 (51) 1578; 1966 (54) 2744; 1968 (55) 3051; 1976 Act No. 704; 1977 Act No. 225 § 1; 1983 Act No. 49 §§ 1, 2, eff April 29, 1983; 1983 Act No. 102, §§ 1, 2, eff June 9, 1983; 1984 Act No. 295, eff March 5, 1984; 1984 Act No. 351, §§ 1, 2, eff April 23, 1984; 1990 Act No. 405, § 1, eff April 10, 1990; 1991 Act No. 31, § 1, eff April 22, 1991; 1992 Act No. 371, § 1, eff May 15, 1992; 1993 Act No. 180, § 1, eff June 16, 1993; 1995 Act No. 133, § 1, eff June 28, 1995; 2001 Act No. 22, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 30, 2001); 2008 Act No. 198, § 1, eff April 15, 2008; 2010 Act No. 163, § 1, eff May 12, 2010; 2013 Act No. 91, § 1, eff June 13, 2013; 2014 Act No. 176 (H.4467), § 1, eff July 1, 2014; 2015 Act No. 82 (H.4005), § 1, eff July 1, 2015; 2017 Act No. 59 (S.651), § 1, eff May 19, 2017.

§ 7‑7‑130. Designation of voting precincts in Calhoun County.

(A) In Calhoun County there are the following voting precincts:

Bethel

Cameron

Center Hill

Creston

Dixie

Fall Branch

Fort Motte

Lone Star

Midway

Murph Mill

Sandy Run

St. Matthews

(B) 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 and designated as document P‑17‑17.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑162; 1952 Code § 23‑162; 1950 (46) 2414; 1960 (51) 1777; 1977 Act No. 242 § 1; 2017 Act No. 8 (H.3661), § 1, eff April 5, 2017.

§ 7‑7‑140. Designation of voting precincts in Charleston County.

(A) In Charleston County there are the following precincts:

Awendaw

Charleston 1

Charleston 2

Charleston 3

Charleston 4

Charleston 5

Charleston 6

Charleston 7

Charleston 8

Charleston 9

Charleston 10

Charleston 11

Charleston 12

Charleston 13

Charleston 14

Charleston 15

Charleston 16

Charleston 17

Charleston 18

Charleston 19

Charleston 20

Charleston 21

Christ Church

Deer Park 1A

Deer Park 1B

Deer Park 2A

Deer Park 2B

Deer Park 2C

Deer Park 3

Edisto Island

Folly Beach 1

Folly Beach 2

Isle of Palms 1A

Isle of Palms 1B

Isle of Palms 1C

James Island 1A

James Island 1B

James Island 3

James Island 5A

James Island 5B

James Island 6

James Island 7

James Island 8A

James Island 8B

James Island 9

James Island 10

James Island 11

James Island 12

James Island 13

James Island 14

James Island 15

James Island 17

James Island 19

James Island 20

James Island 22

Johns Island 1A

Johns Island 1B

Johns Island 2

Johns Island 3A

Johns Island 3B

Johns Island 4

Kiawah Island

Ladson

Lincolnville

McClellanville

Mt.Pleasant 1

Mt.Pleasant 2

Mt.Pleasant 3

Mt.Pleasant 4

Mt.Pleasant 5

Mt.Pleasant 6

Mt.Pleasant 7

Mt.Pleasant 8

Mt.Pleasant 9

Mt.Pleasant 10

Mt.Pleasant 11

Mt.Pleasant 12

Mt.Pleasant 13

Mt.Pleasant 14

Mt.Pleasant 15

Mt.Pleasant 16

Mt.Pleasant 17

Mt.Pleasant 18

Mt.Pleasant 19

Mt.Pleasant 20

Mt.Pleasant 21

Mt.Pleasant 22

Mt.Pleasant 23

Mt.Pleasant 24

Mt.Pleasant 25

Mt.Pleasant 26

Mt.Pleasant 27

Mt.Pleasant 28

Mt.Pleasant 29

Mt.Pleasant 30

Mt.Pleasant 31

Mt.Pleasant 32

Mt.Pleasant 33

Mt.Pleasant 34

Mt.Pleasant 35

Mt.Pleasant 36

Mt.Pleasant 37

Mt.Pleasant 38

Mt.Pleasant 39

North Charleston 1

North Charleston 2

North Charleston 3

North Charleston 4

North Charleston 5

North Charleston 6

North Charleston 7

North Charleston 8

North Charleston 9

North Charleston 10

North Charleston 11

North Charleston 12

North Charleston 13

North Charleston 14

North Charleston 15

North Charleston 16

North Charleston 17

North Charleston 18

North Charleston 19

North Charleston 20

North Charleston 21

North Charleston 22

North Charleston 23

North Charleston 24

North Charleston 25

North Charleston 26

North Charleston 27

North Charleston 28

North Charleston 29

North Charleston 30

Seabrook

St.Andrews 1

St.Andrews 2

St.Andrews 3

St.Andrews 4

St.Andrews 5

St.Andrews 6

St.Andrews 7

St.Andrews 8

St.Andrews 9

St.Andrews 10

St.Andrews 11

St.Andrews 12

St.Andrews 13

St.Andrews 14

St.Andrews 15

St.Andrews 16

St.Andrews 17

St.Andrews 18

St.Andrews 19

St.Andrews 20

St.Andrews 21

St.Andrews 22

St.Andrews 23

St.Andrews 24

St.Andrews 25

St.Andrews 26

St.Andrews 27

St.Andrews 28

St.Andrews 29

St.Andrews 30

St.Andrews 31

St.Andrews 32

St.Andrews 33

St.Andrews 34

St.Andrews 35

St.Andrews 36

St.Andrews 37

St.Pauls 1

St.Pauls 2A

St.Pauls 2B

St.Pauls 3

St.Pauls 4

St.Pauls 5

St.Pauls 6

Sullivans Island

Wadmalaw Island 1

Wadmalaw Island 2.

(B) The precinct lines pursuant to subsection (A) defining the precincts in Charleston County are as shown on the official map of the United States Census Bureau designated as P‑19‑17 on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide revised copies of maps of the above precincts defining precinct changes incorporated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office pursuant to this section to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Charleston County.

(C) The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Charleston County shall designate the polling place in each precinct.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑163; 1952 Code § 23‑163; 1950 (46) 2414; 1957 (50) 122, 190, 370, 655; 1960 (51) 1542, 1967, 2038; 1961 (52) 237, 276; 1962 (52) 1892, 2303, 2304; 1963 (53) 316; 1967 (55) 926; 1968 (55) 2671; 1970 (56) 2317; 1973 (58) 738; 1978 Act No. 498 § 1; 1979 Act No. 32 §§ 1‑4; 1980 Act No. 314; 1980 Act No. 395 § 1; 1982 Act No. 357, § 1, eff May 10, 1982; 1984 Act No. 409, §§ 1‑6, eff May 23, 1984; 1992 Act No. 260, § 1, eff February 19, 1992; 1993 Act No. 106, § 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1996 Act No. 268, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 2, 1996); 1997 Act No. 142, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 15, 1997); 1998 Act No. 278, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 8, 1998); 1999 Act No. 5, § 1, eff February 19, 1999; 2000 Act No. 329, § 1, eff June 6, 2000; 2006 Act No. 225, § 1, eff February 3, 2006; 2007 Act No. 43, § 1, eff June 1, 2007; 2017 Act No. 26 (H.3936), § 1, eff May 9, 2017.

§ 7‑7‑160. Designation of voting precincts in Cherokee County.

(A) In Cherokee County there are voting precincts as follows:

Allens

Alma Mill

Antioch and King’s Creek

Ashworth

Blacksburg Ward No. 1

Blacksburg Ward No. 2

Draytonville

Ezells and Butler

Gaffney Ward No. 1

Gaffney Ward No. 2

Gaffney Ward No. 3

Gaffney Ward No. 4

Gaffney Ward No. 5

Gaffney Ward No. 6

Goucher and Thicketty

Grassy Pond

Holly Grove and Buffalo

Limestone Mill

Littlejohn’s and Sarratt’s

Macedonia

Morgan

Musgrove Mill

Ninety Nine and Cherokee Falls

Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Meadows

Timber Ridge

White Plains

Wilkinsville and Metcalf; and

Wood’s.

(B) The polling places of the various voting precincts in Cherokee County must be designated by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Cherokee County. The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on the official map designated as P‑21‑12 on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Cherokee County by the Office of Research and Statistics. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑164; 1952 Code § 23‑164; 1950 (46) 2414; 1970 (56) 2446; 1975 (59) 161; 1987 Act No. 169 § 1, eff June 8, 1987; 2002 Act No. 223, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 23, 2002); 2012 Act No. 130, § 1, eff March 13, 2012.

§ 7‑7‑170. Chester County voting precincts.

(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 Office of Research and Statistics of 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑165; 1952 Code § 23‑165; 1950 (46) 2414; 1968 (55) 2554; 1972 (57) 2450; 1976 Act No. 513 § 1; 1976 Act No. 704; 1977 Act No. 198 § 1; 1978 Act No. 448, became law without signature of Governor; 1978 Act No. 537, became law without signature of Governor; 1984 Act No. 398, eff May 18, 1984; 1996 Act No. 232, § 1, eff February 12, 1996; 1996 Act No. 240, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on March 5, 1996); 2013 Act No. 92, § 1, eff June 13, 2013; 2014 Act No. 212 (H.5159), § 1, eff July 1, 2014.

§ 7‑7‑180. Designation of voting precincts in Chesterfield County.

(A) In Chesterfield County there are the following voting precincts:

Angelus‑Catarrh

Bay Springs

Black Creek

Brocks Mill

Cash

Center Grove‑Winzo

Cheraw No. 1

Cheraw No. 2

Cheraw No. 3

Cheraw No. 4

Courthouse

Dudley‑Mangum

Grants Mill

Jefferson

Middendorf

Mt. Croghan

McBee

Ousleydale

Pageland No. 1

Pageland No. 2

Patrick

Pee Dee

Ruby

Shiloh

Snow Hill‑Vaughn.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in Chesterfield County pursuant to subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑25‑08 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Chesterfield County by the office.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Chesterfield County subject to approval by a majority of the Chesterfield County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑166; 1952 Code § 23‑166; 1950 (46) 2414; 1958 (50) 1978; 1960 (51) 1734; 1963 (53) 306; 1964 (53) 1799, 2063; 1977 Act No. 237 § 1; 1989 Act No. 19, § 1, eff March 12, 1989; 2008 Act No. 294, § 1, eff January 1, 2009.

§ 7‑7‑190. Designation of voting precincts in Clarendon County.

(A) In Clarendon County there are the following voting precincts:

Alcolu;

Barrineau;

Barrows Mill;

Bloomville;

Calvary;

Davis Station;

Harmony;

Hicks;

Home Branch;

Jordan;

Manning No. 1;

Manning No. 2;

Manning No. 3;

Manning No. 4;

Manning No. 5;

New Zion;

Oakdale;

Paxville;

Panola;

Sardinia‑Gable;

Summerton No. 1;

Summerton No. 2;

Summerton No. 3;

Turbeville; and

Wilson‑Foreston.

(B) The polling places for the above precincts must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Clarendon County with the approval of a majority of the Clarendon County Legislative Delegation.

(C) The precinct lines defining the precincts as 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‑27‑17.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑167; 1952 Code § 23‑167; 1950 (46) 2414; 1958 (50) 1899; 1966 (54) 2039; 1967 (55) 1093; 1968 (55) 2303, 3096; 1977 Act No. 238 § 1; 1991 Act No. 1, § 1, eff February 20, 1991; 1992 Act No. 419, § 1, eff June 1, 1992; 1993 Act No. 118 § 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1996 Act No. 266, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 2, 1996); 2008 Act No. 254, § 1, eff June 4, 2008; 2017 Act No. 84 (H.4183), § 1, eff May 19, 2017.

§ 7‑7‑200. Designation of voting precincts in Colleton County.

(A) In Colleton County there are the following voting precincts:

Ashton‑Lodge

Bells

Berea‑Smoaks

Canadys

Cottageville

Edisto

Green Pond

Hendersonville

Horse Pen

Hudson Mill

Jacksonboro

Maple Cane

Mashawville

Peniel

Peeples

Petits

Rice Patch

Ritter

Round O

Ruffin

Sidneys

Sniders

Stokes

Walterboro No. 1

Walterboro No. 2

Walterboro No. 3

Walterboro No. 4

Walterboro No. 5

Walterboro No. 6

Williams

Edisto Beach

Wolfe Creek

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided for in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Colleton County Board of Voter Registration and Elections as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑29‑15.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Colleton County Board of Voter Registration and Elections with the approval of a majority of the Colleton County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑168; 1952 Code § 23‑168; 1950 (46) 2414; 1962 (52) 1710; 1967 (55) 891; 1968 (55) 2391, 2550; 1975 (59) 153; 1977 Act No. 197 § 1; 2005 Act No. 3, § 1, eff November 4, 2004; 2012 Act No. 193, § 1, eff June 7, 2012; 2015 Act No. 67 (H.4260), § 1, eff June 8, 2015.

§ 7‑7‑210. Designation of voting precincts in Darlington County.

(A) In Darlington County there are the following voting precincts:

Antioch

Auburn

Bethel

Burnt Branch

Black Creek‑Clyde

Darlington No. 1

Darlington No. 2

Darlington No. 3

Darlington No. 4

Darlington No. 5

Darlington No. 6

Dovesville

Hartsville No. 1

Hartsville No. 4

Hartsville No. 5

Hartsville No. 6

Hartsville No. 7

Hartsville No. 8

Hartsville No. 9

High Hill

Indian Branch

Kelleytown

Lake Swamp

Lamar No. 1

Lamar No. 2

Lydia

Mechanicsville

New Market

Oates

Palmetto

Society Hill

Swift Creek.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided for in subsection (A) are as shown on map document P‑31‑07 on file with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Darlington County as provided and maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Darlington County with the approval of a majority of the Darlington County Legislative Delegation to include the member or members from that district.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑169; 1952 Code § 23‑169; 1950 (46) 2414, 2529; 1951 (47) 309; 1955 (49) 240; 1967 (55) 632; 1968 (55) 2263; 1977 Act No. 204 § 1; 1992 Act No. 464, § 1, eff June 15, 1992; 1993 Act No. 109, § 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1995 Act No. 13, § 1, eff March 7, 1995; 1995 Act No. 78, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 13, 1995); 2004 Act No. 220, § 1, eff April 29, 2004; 2007 Act No. 63, § 1, eff June 8, 2007.

§ 7‑7‑220. Designation of voting precincts in Dillon County; polling places.

(A) In Dillon County there are the following voting precincts: Bermuda; Carolina; East Dillon; South Dillon; West Dillon; Floydale; Fork; Hamer; Kemper; Lake View; Latta; Little Rock; Manning; Minturn; Mt. Calvary; New Holly; Oak Grove; Oakland; and Pleasant Hill.

(B) The precinct lines defining these precincts are as shown on maps filed with the clerk of court of the county and also on file with the State Election Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document P-33-19.

(C) Polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Dillon County with the approval of a majority of the Senators and a majority of the members of the House of Representatives representing Dillon County.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑170; 1952 Code § 23‑170; 1950 (46) 2414; 1960 (51) 1710; 1977 Act No. 226 § 1; 2002 Act No. 180, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on February 27, 2002); 2017 Act No. 9 (H.3803), § 1, eff April 5, 2017; 2019 Act. 80 (H.4276), § 1, eff May 16, 2019.

§ 7‑7‑230. Designation of voting precincts in Dorchester County.

(A) In Dorchester County there are the following voting precincts:

Archdale
Archdale 2
Ashborough East
Ashborough East 2
Ashborough West
Ashborough West 2
Ashley River
Bacons Bridge
Bacons Bridge 2
Beech Hill
Beech Hill 2
Brandymill
Brandymill 2
Briarwood
Briarwood 2
Briarwood 3
Butternut
Carolina
Central
Central 2
Clemson
Clemson 2
Clemson 3
Coastal
Coastal 2
Coastal 3
Coosaw
Coosaw 2
Coosaw 3
Cypress
Cypress 2
Delemars
Dorchester
Dorchester 2
Flowertown
Flowertown 2
Flowertown 3
Four Hole
German Town
Givhans
Givhans 2
Greenhurst
Greenwave
Grover
Harleyville
Indian Field
Indian Field 2
Irongate
Irongate 2
Irongate 3
King’s Grant
King’s Grant 2
Knightsville
Lincoln
Miles/Jamison
Newington
Newington 2
North Summerville
North Summerville 2
Oakbrook
Oakbrook 2
Patriot
Reevesville
Ridgeville
Ridgeville 2
Rosinville
Rosses
Saul Dam
Sawmill Branch
Spann
St. George No. 1
St. George No. 2
Stallsville
Tranquil
Tranquil 2
Tranquil 3
Trolley
Tupperway
Tupperway 2
Windsor
Windsor 2

(B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on maps filed with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-35-19 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Dorchester 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 Dorchester County.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑171; 1952 Code § 23‑171; 1950 (46) 2414; 1972 (57) 2124; 1973 (58) 229; 1977 Act No. 229 § 1; 1982 Act No. 356, § 1, eff May 10, 1982 [Repealed 1983 Act 119, Section 3, eff June 14, 1983]; 1983 Act 119, § 1, eff June 14, 1983; 1984 Act No. 294, eff March 5, 1984; 1986 Act No. 536, Part IV, eff June 23, 1986; 1994 Act No. 422, § 1, eff May 25, 1994; 1996 Act No. 238, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on March 5, 1996); 2004 Act No. 182, § 1, eff July 1, 2004; 2008 Act No. 212, § 1, eff January 1, 2009; 2014 Act No. 141 (S.957), § 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2019 Act No. 9 (S.482), § 1, eff March 20, 2019.

§ 7‑7‑240. Designation of voting precincts in Edgefield County.

(A) In Edgefield County there are the following voting precincts:

Edgefield No. 1

Edgefield No. 2

Johnston No. 1

Johnston No. 2

Trenton No. 1

Trenton No. 2

Merriweather No. 1

Merriweather No. 2

West Side

Harmony

North Side

Brunson

(B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on maps provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Edgefield County as maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document P‑37‑13.

(C) Polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Edgefield County with the approval of a majority of the Edgefield County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑172; 1952 Code § 23‑172; 1950 (46) 2414; 1973 (58) 93; 1977 Act No. 232 § 1; 2005 Act No. 131, § 1, eff June 3, 2005; 2014 Act No. 122 (S.671), § 1, eff January 27, 2014.

§ 7‑7‑250. Designation of voting precincts in Fairfield County.

In Fairfield County there are the following voting precincts: Centerville; Feasterville; Horeb‑Glenn; Mitford; Monticello; Ridgeway; Winnsboro, composed of Winnsboro Polling Place No. 1 (area west of Congress Street) and Winnsboro Polling Place No. 2 (area east of Congress Street); Woodward; Greenbrier; Lebanon; Jenkinsville; Winnsboro Mills; South Winnsboro; New Hope; Blairs; Gladden Grove; Hickory Ridge; White Oak; Simpson; Dutchman Creek; and Blackstock.

The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Fairfield County by the Office of Research and Statistics. The official date of the map is June 15, 1989.

The polling places for the above precincts must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Fairfield County with the approval of a majority of the Fairfield County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑173; 1952 Code § 23‑173; 1950 (46) 2414; 1954 (48) 1553; 1956 (49) 1831; 1958 (50) 1588; 1960 (51) 1575, 1990; 1961 (52) 10, 18; 1966 (54) 2750; 1967 (55) 565; 1977 Act No. 199 § 1; 1983 Act No. 147, eff July 14, 1983; 1987 Act No. 122 § 1, eff June 1, 1987; 1990 Act No. 337, § 1, eff February 28, 1990.

§ 7‑7‑260. Designation of voting precincts in Florence County.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑174; 1952 Code § 23‑174; 1950 (46) 2414; 1956 (49) 1720; 1965 (54) 310; 1966 (54) 2064, 2091; 1967 (55) 1104; 1968 (55) 2714, 3118; 1970 (56) 1943, 2354, 2537; 1972 (57) 3143; 1976 Act No. 489; 1976 Act No. 499; 1979 Act No. 195 § 1, eff July 1, 1980; 1980 Act No. 398, eff April 30, 1980; 1984 Act No. 515, §§ 1, 2, effective August 9, 1984; 1985 Act No. 75 §§ 1, 2, eff May 9, 1985; 1999 Act No. 23, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 2, 1999; 2018 Act No. 128 (S.680), § 1, eff July 1, 2017.

§ 7‑7‑270. Designation of voting precincts in Georgetown County.

(A) In Georgetown County there are the following voting precincts:

Andrews

Andrews Outside

Bethel

Black River

Brown’s Ferry

Carvers Bay

Choppee

Dream Keepers

Folly Grove

Georgetown No. 1

Georgetown No. 3

Georgetown No. 4

Georgetown No. 5

Kensington

Lambert Town

Murrells Inlet No. 1

Murrells Inlet No. 2

Murrells Inlet No. 3

Murrells Inlet No. 4

Myersville

Pawleys Island No. 1

Pawleys Island No. 2

Pawleys Island No. 3

Pawleys Island No. 4

Pawleys Island No. 5

Pee Dee

Pennyroyal

Plantersville

Pleasant Hill

Potato Bed Ferry

Sampit

Santee

Spring Gulley

Winyah Bay

(B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts in Georgetown County are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑43‑17 and as shown on copies of the official map provided by the office to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Georgetown County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Georgetown County subject to approval by a majority of the Georgetown County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑175; 1952 Code § 23‑175; 1950 (46) 2414; 1957 (50) 574; 1958 (50) 1597; 1962 (52) 2296; 1964 (53) 1770; 1966 (54) 2061, 2736; 1977 Act No. 228 § 1; 1978 Act No. 420 § 1, became law without signature of Governor; 1979 Act No. 161 § 1, eff July 16, 1979; 1981 Act No. 175, eff August 27, 1981; 1987 Act No. 191 § 1, eff June 30, 1987; 1989 Act No. 182, § 1, eff June 6, 1989; 1998 Act No. 267, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on February 24, 1998); 2004 Act No. 223, § 1, eff April 29, 2004; 2009 Act No. 35, §§ 1, 2, eff June 2, 2009; 2017 Act No. 7 (H.3582), § 1, eff April 5, 2017.

§ 7‑7‑280. Designation of voting precincts in Greenville County.

(A) In Greenville County there are the following voting precincts:

Aiken

Altamont Forest

Asheton Lakes

Avon

Baker Creek

Belle Meade

Bells Crossing

Belmont

Berea

Boiling Springs

Botany Woods

Bridge Fork

Brookglenn

Canebrake

Carolina

Castle Rock

Chestnut Hills

Circle Creek

Clear Creek

Conestee

Darby Ridge

Del Norte

Devenger

Donaldson

Dove Tree

Dunklin

Eastside

Ebenezer

Edwards Forest

Enoree

Feaster

Fork Shoals

Fountain Inn 1

Fountain Inn 2

Fox Chase

Frohawk

Furman

Gowensville

Granite Creek

Graze Branch

Greenbriar

Greenville 1

Greenville 3

Greenville 4

Greenville 5

Greenville 6

Greenville 7

Greenville 8

Greenville 10

Greenville 14

Greenville 16

Greenville 17

Greenville 18

Greenville 19

Greenville 20

Greenville 21

Greenville 22

Greenville 23

Greenville 24

Greenville 25

Greenville 26

Greenville 27

Greenville 28

Greenville 29

Grove

Hillcrest

Holly Tree

Jennings Mill

Kilgore Farms

Lakeview

Laurel Ridge

Leawood

Locust Hill

Long Creek

Maple Creek

Maridell

Mauldin 1

Mauldin 2

Mauldin 3

Mauldin 4

Mauldin 5

Mauldin 6

Mauldin 7

Mission

Monaview

Moore Creek

Mountain Creek

Mountain View

Mt. Pleasant

Neely Farms

Northwood

Oakview

Oneal

Palmetto

Paris Mountain

Pebble Creek

Pelham Falls

Piedmont

Pineview

Poinsett

Raintree

Ranch Creek

Reedy Fork

Riverside

Riverwalk

Rock Hill

Rocky Creek

Rolling Green

Royal Oaks

Saluda

Sandy Flat

Sevier

Silverleaf

Simpsonville 1

Simpsonville 2

Simpsonville 3

Simpsonville 4

Simpsonville 5

Simpsonville 6

Skyland

Slater Marietta

Southside

Sparrows Point

Spring Forest

Standing Springs

Stonehaven

Stone Valley

Suber Mill

Sugar Creek

Sulphur Springs

Sycamore

Tanglewood

Taylors

Thornblade

Tigerville

Timberlake

Trade

Travelers Rest 1

Travelers Rest 2

Tubbs Mountain

Tyger River

Verdmont

Wade Hampton

Walnut Springs

Ware Place

Welcome

Wellington

Westcliffe

Westside

Woodmont

Woodruff Lakes.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenville County as provided and maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑45‑09.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in subsection (A) must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenville County with the approval of a majority of the members of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑176; 1952 Code § 23‑176; 1950 (46) 2414; 1951 (47) 96; 1952 (47) 2124; 1953 (48) 451; 1956 (49) 1733, 1781; 1957 (50) 39, 214; 1961 (52) 659; 1962 (52) 1731, 2273; 1963 (53) 231; 1964 (53) 1732, 1792, 2419; 1965 (54) 132; 1966 (54) 2273, 2317, 2774, 2775, 3287; 1967 (55) 531; 1968 (55) 2535, 2819; 1969 (56) 295, 816; 1970 (56) 2065; 1971 (57) 534; 1972 (57) 3062; 1974 (58) 2194; 1976 Act No. 627 § 1; 1977 Act No. 40 § 1; 1977 Act No. 59 § 1; 1977 Act No. 233; 1982 Act No. 298, eff March 5, 1982; 1983 Act No. 17, eff March 25, 1983; 1984 Act No. 495, eff June 27, 1984; 1985 Act No. 12, eff March 1, 1985; 1985 Act No. 71 §§ 1, 2, eff May 2, 1985; 1986 Act No. 339, eff March 7, 1986; 1988 Act No. 302, eff February 2, 1988; 1988 Act No. 403, eff March 21, 1988; 1988 Act No. 513, eff May 9, 1988; 1989 Act No. 4, § 1, eff February 15, 1989; 1990 Act No. 343, § 1, eff February 27, 1990; 1990 Act No. 371, § 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1991 Act No. 45, §§ 1,2, eff April 29, 1991; 1991 Act No. 60, §§ 1,2, eff May 22, 1991; 1992 Act No. 262, §§ 1‑5, eff February 18, 1992; 1992 Act No. 521, § 5, eff June 23, 1992; 1993 Act No. 14, § 1, eff March 18, 1993; 1995 Act No. 126, § 1, eff (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 13, 1995); 1998 Act No. 320, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 28, 1998); 2000 Act No. 271, § 1, eff May 1, 2000; 2003 Act No. 74, § 1, eff Jan. 1, 2004; 2006 Act No. 245, § 1, eff March 15, 2006; 2009 Act No. 64, § 1, eff June 2, 2009.

§ 7‑7‑290. Designation of voting precincts in Greenwood County.

(A) In Greenwood County there are the following voting precincts:

Angel Oaks Crossing
Ashley River Run
Bee’s Ferry
Fairhope Ferry
Graham’s Glen
Grandiflora Glen
Glendale
Harris
Hope’s Ferry
Laco
Livi’s Knoll
Loblolly Pines
Ninety Six
Ninety Six Mill
Pebble Stone Way
Ware Shoals
Hodges
Cokesbury
Coronaca
Greenwood High
Georgetown
Sandridge
Callison
Bradley
Troy
Epworth
Verdery
New Market
Emerald
Airport
Emerald High
Civic Center
Riley
Shoals Junction
Greenwood Mill
Stonewood
Mimosa Crest
Lower Lake
Pinecrest
Maxwellton Pike
New Castle
Rutherford Shoals
Liberty
Biltmore Pines
Marshall Oaks
Sparrows Grace
Mountain Laurel
Allie’s Crossing
Gideon’s Way
Parson’s Mill

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map designated as document P-47-19A on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenwood County. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly.

(C) The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenwood County shall designate the polling places of each precinct.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑177; 1952 Code § 23‑177; 1950 (46) 2414; 1955 (49) 663; 1958 (50) 1947; 1961 (52) 36; 1964 (53) 2210; 1965 (54) 25; 1966 (54) 2736; 1967 (55) 1153; 1973 (58) 311; 1977 Act No. 240 § 1; 1978 Act No. 642 § 1, became law without the signature of the Governor; 1979 Act No. 81 § 1, eff June 4, 1979; 1992 Act No. 346, § 1, eff May 4, 1992; 1995 Act No. 131, § 1, eff (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 13, 1995); 1997 Act No. 115, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 15, 1997); 2000 Act No. 309, § 1, eff May 30, 2000; 2005 Act No. 70, § 1, eff May 23, 2005; 2007 Act No. 22, § 1, eff May 14, 2007; 2009 Act No. 21, § 1, eff May 19, 2009; 2013 Act No. 89, § 1, eff June 13, 2013; 2014 Act No. 142 (S.989), § 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2017 Act No. 85 (H.4204), § 1, eff May 19, 2017; 2018 Act No. 136 (S.884), § 1, eff March 12, 2018.

§ 7‑7‑300. Designation of voting precincts and polling places in Hampton County.

(A) In Hampton County there are the following voting precincts:

Black Creek

Bonnett

Brunson

Crocketville‑Miley

Cummings

Early Branch

Estill

Furman

Garnett

Gifford

Hampton No. 1

Hampton No. 2

Hopewell

Horse Gall

Rivers Mill

Scotia

Varnville

Yemassee.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) are as shown on the map prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑49‑12 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Hampton County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Hampton County subject to the approval of a majority of the Hampton County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑178; 1952 Code § 23‑178; 1950 (46) 2414; 1963 (53) 602; 1967 (55) 463, 920; 1968 (55) 2299; 1969 (56) 840; 1977 Act No. 196 § 1; 1978 Act No. 477 § 1, became law without the signature of the Governor; 1984 Act No. 331, eff April 6, 1984; 1984 Act No. 428, eff June 5, 1984; 1986 Act No. 500, eff June 9, 1986; 2000 Act No. 230, § 1, eff February 25, 2000; 2004 Act No. 191, § 1, eff March 26, 2004; 2012 Act No. 141, § 1, eff April 2, 2012.

§ 7‑7‑310. Preparation of registration books for Estill precinct.

The registration books for the Estill Precinct shall be prepared in such manner as to reflect the names of persons entitled to vote at the respective polling places.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑178.1; 1967 (55) 920.

§ 7‑7‑320. Designation of voting precincts in Horry County.

(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

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

Forestbrook

Four Mile

Galivants Ferry

Garden City #1

Garden City #2

Garden City #3

Garden City #4

Glenns Bay

Green Sea

Hickory Grove

Hickory Hill

Homewood

Horry

Inland

Jackson Bluff

Jamestown

Jernigans X Roads

Jet Port #1

Jet Port #2

Jordanville

Joyner Swamp

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 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

Spring Branch

Surfside #1

Surfside #2

Surfside #3

Surfside #4

Sweet Home

Taylorsville

Tilly Swamp

Toddville

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‑51‑17.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑179; 1952 Code § 23‑179; 1950 (46) 2414; 1954 (48) 1532; 1957 (50) 656; 1958 (50) 1669; 1960 (51) 1574, 1711; 1961 (52) 121; 1962 (52) 2279; 1966 (54) 2597; 1968 (55) 2676; 1977 Act No. 202 § 1; 1978 Act No. 626; 1982 Act No. 443, eff June 8, 1982; 1985 Act No. 181, § 1, eff June 21, 1985; 1987 Act No. 183 § 1, eff June 30, 1987; 2000 Act No. 229, § 1, eff February 25, 2000; 2002 Act No. 170, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on February 12, 2002); 2003 Act No. 66, § 1, eff June 25, 2003; 2004 Act No. 247, § 1, eff May 24, 2004; 2005 Act No. 126, § 1, eff June 3, 2005; 2007 Act No. 64, § 1, eff June 8, 2007; 2010 Act No. 129, § 1, eff February 24, 2010; 2014 Act No. 137 (H.4468), § 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2015 Act No. 38 (H.3840), § 1, eff June 1, 2015; 2018 Act No. 133 (H.4268), § 1, eff February 12, 2018.

§ 7‑7‑330. Designation of voting precincts in Jasper County.

(A) In Jasper County there are the following voting precincts:

Coosawhatchie

Gillisonville

Grahamville 1

Grahamville 2

Grays

Hardeeville 1

Hardeeville 2

Levy

Okatie

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 Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑53‑14.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑180; 1952 Code § 23‑180; 1950 (46) 2414; 1957 (50) 287; 1967 (55) 35; 1976 Act No. 720; 1977 Act No. 200 § 1; 1980 Act No. 473, § 1, eff June 9, 1980; 1985 Act No. 193, § 1, eff June 21, 1985; 1999 Act No. 108, § 1, eff June 30, 1999; 2014 Act No. 132 (H.4521), § 1, eff July 1, 2014.

§ 7‑7‑340. Designation of voting precincts in Kershaw County.

(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

East Camden‑Hermitage

Elgin No. 1

Elgin No. 2

Elgin No. 3

Elgin No. 4

Elgin No. 5

Elgin No. 6

Gates Ford

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 Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑55‑12 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑181; 1952 Code § 23‑181; 1950 (46) 2414; 1958 (50) 1597; 1967 (55) 1140; 1968 (55) 2272; 1970 (56) 2074; 1989 Act No. 198, § 1, eff June 19, 1989; 2006 Act No. 265, § 1, eff May 2, 2006; 2007 Act No. 109, § 1, eff June 25, 2007; 2008 Act No. 216, § 1, eff May 13, 2008; 2009 Act No. 9, § 1, eff May 6, 2009; 2010 Act No. 131, § 1, eff February 24, 2010; 2012 Act No. 151, § 1, eff April 23, 2012.

§ 7‑7‑350. Designation of voting precincts in Lancaster County.

(A) In Lancaster County there are the following voting precincts:

Antioch

Black Horse Run

Camp Creek

Carmel

Chesterfield Avenue

College Park

Douglas

Dwight

Elgin

Erwin Farm

Gold Hill

Gooch’s Cross Road

Harrisburg

Heath Springs

Hyde Park

Jacksonham

Kershaw North

Kershaw South

Lake House

Lancaster East

Lancaster West

Lynwood Drive

Midway

Osceola

Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Valley

Possum Hollow

Rich Hill

River Road

Riverside

Shelley Mullis

Spring Hill

The Lodge

Unity

University

Van Wyck

(B) 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 designated as document P-57-18.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lancaster County subject to approval by a majority of the Lancaster County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑182; 1952 Code § 23‑182; 1950 (46) 2414; 1954 (48) 1438; 1972 (57) 2143; 1977 Act No. 220 § 1; 1978 Act No. 493, became law without signature of Governor; 1996 Act No. 440, § 1, eff January 1, 1997; 2006 Act No. 369, § 1, eff June 10, 2006; 2012 Act No. 156, § 1, eff May 14, 2012; 2015 Act No. 40 (H.4106), § 1, eff June 1, 2015; 2016 Act No. 176 (H.4705), § 1, eff May 23, 2016; 2018 Act No. 150 (H.4870), § 1, eff April 4, 2018.

§ 7‑7‑360. Designation of voting precincts in Laurens County.

(A) In Laurens County there are the following precincts:

Bailey

Barksdale‑Narnie

Brewerton

Clinton Mill

Clinton 1

Clinton 2

Clinton 3

Cooks

Cross Hill

Ekom

Gray Court

Greenpond

Hickory Tavern

Joanna

Jones

Laurens 1

Laurens 2

Laurens 3

Laurens 4

Laurens 5

Laurens 6

Long Branch

Lydia Mill

Madden

Martins‑Poplar Springs

Mount Olive

Mountville

Ora‑Lanford

Owings

Princeton

Trinity Ridge

Waterloo

Wattsville

Youngs.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map designated as P‑59‑15 and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on certified copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Laurens County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Laurens County with the approval of a majority of the Laurens County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑183; 1952 Code § 23‑183; 1950 (46) 2414; 1953 (48) 191; 1956 (49) 1621, 2114; 1958 (50) 1655; 1960 (51) 1709; 1964 (53) 1887; 1972 (57) 2275; 1976 Act No. 724 § 1; 1977 Act No. 167 § 1; 1977 Act No. 191 § 1; 1982 Act No. 383; 1982 Act No. 465, eff June 18, 1982; 1986 Act No. 319, eff February 20, 1986; 1990 Act No. 366, § 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1991 Act No. 26, §§ 1, 2, eff January 1, 1993; 1996 Act No. 267, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 2, 1996); 1998 Act No. 315, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 28, 1998); 1999 Act No. 123, § 1, eff June 30, 1999; 2002 Act No. 191, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on March 14, 2002); 2004 Act No. 174, § 1, eff February 18, 2004; 2012 Act No. 194, § 1, eff June 7, 2012; 2014 Act No. 138 (H.4647), § 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2014 Act No. 240 (S.1307), § 1, eff June 2, 2014; 2015 Act No. 39 (H.4076), § 1, eff August 1, 2015.

§ 7‑7‑370. Designation of voting precincts in Lee County.

(A)(1) In Lee County there are the following voting precincts:

Ashland/Stokes Bridge

Ashwood

Bishopville No. 1

Bishopville No. 2

Bishopville No. 3

Bishopville No. 4

Cedar Creek

Cypress

Elliott

Hickory Hill

Ionia

Lynchburg

Manville

Mt. Clio

Rattlesnake Springs

Schrocks Mill/Lucknow

South Lynchburg

Spring Hill

St. Charles

St. Matthews

Turkey Creek

Woodrow.

(2) The division line between the voting precincts at Bishopville is Main Street and Church Street, Bishopville No. 1 being the southwest corner, Bishopville No. 2 the southeast corner, Bishopville No. 3 the northeast corner, and Bishopville No. 4 the northwest corner.

(B) 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 Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑61‑04.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lee County upon approval of the Lee County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑184; 1952 Code § 23‑184; 1950 (46) 2414; 1977 Act No. 224 § 1; 2004 Act No. 213, § 1, eff April 22, 2004.

§ 7‑7‑380. Designation of voting precincts in Lexington County; determination of polling places by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lexington County.

(A) In Lexington County there are the following voting precincts:

Amicks Ferry

Barr Road 1

Barr Road 2

Batesburg

Beulah Church

Boiling Springs

Boiling Springs South

Bush River

Carolina Springs

Cayce No. 1

Cayce No. 2

Cayce No. 3

Cayce 2A

Cedar Crest

Chalk Hill

Challedon

Chapin

Coldstream

Congaree 1

Congaree 2

Cromer

Dreher Island

Dutchman Shores

Edenwood

Edmund 1

Edmund 2

Emmanuel Church

Fairview

Faith Church

Gardendale

Gaston 1

Gaston 2

Gilbert

Grenadier

Hollow Creek

Hook’s Store

Irmo

Kitti Wake

Lake Murray 1

Lake Murray 2

Leaphart Road

Leesville

Lexington No. 1

Lexington No. 2

Lexington No. 3

Lexington No. 4

Lincreek

Mack‑Edisto

Midway

Mims

Mt. Hebron

Mount Horeb

Murraywood

Oakwood

Old Barnwell Road

Old Lexington

Park Road 1

Park Road 2

Pelion 1

Pelion 2

Pilgrim Church

Pine Ridge 1

Pine Ridge 2

Pineview

Platt Springs 1

Platt Springs 2

Pond Branch

Providence Church

Quail Hollow

Quail Valley

Red Bank

Red Bank South 1

Red Bank South 2

Ridge Road

River Bluff

Round Hill

Saluda River

Sand Hill

Sandy Run

Seven Oaks

Sharpe’s Hill

Springdale

Springdale South

St. Davids

St. Michael

Summit

Swansea 1

Swansea 2

West Columbia No. 1

West Columbia No. 2

West Columbia No. 3

West Columbia No. 4

Westover

White Knoll

Whitehall

Woodland Hills

(B) The polling places of the various voting precincts in Lexington County must be designated by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lexington County. The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑63‑14 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lexington County. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑185; 1952 Code § 23‑185; 1950 (46) 2414, 2529; 1953 (48) 295; 1954 (48) 1563; 1955 (49) 292; 1958 (50) 1568; 1960 (51) 1527; 1970 (56) 1956; 1971 (57) 206, 1091; 1974 (58) 1957, 2805; 1984 Act No. 499, §§ 1, 2, & 4; 1985 Act No. 126, § 1, eff May 31, 1985; 1989 Act No. 30, § 1, eff March 31, 1989; 1993 Act No. 3, § 1, eff February 22, 1993; 1993 Act No. 103, § 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1995 Act No. 129, § 1, eff (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 13, 1995); 2002 Act No. 239, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on ) May 2, 2002; 2003 Act No. 41, § 1, eff June 2, 2003; 2005 Act No. 129, § 1, eff June 3, 2005; 2007 Act No. 37, § 1, eff June 6, 2007; 2010 Act No. 138, § 1, eff July 15, 2010; 2012 Act No. 254, § 1, eff June 18, 2012; 2014 Act No. 125 (S.807), § 1, eff March 4, 2014.

§ 7‑7‑390. Designation of voting precincts in McCormick County.

In McCormick County there are the following voting precincts:

Mt. Carmel

Willington

Savannah

McCormick No. 1

Bethany

McCormick No. 2

Plum Branch

Parksville

Modoc

Clarks Hill

Monticello

The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on official maps on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑65‑13 and as shown on certified copies provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of McCormick County.

Polling places must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of McCormick County with the approval of the McCormick County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑186; 1952 Code § 23‑186; 1950 (46) 2414; 1953 (48) 54; 1963 (53) 13; 1976 Act No. 719; 1977 Act No. 239 § 1; 1984 Act No. 297, eff March 5, 1984; 1987 Act No. 205 § 1, eff June 30, 1987; 2013 Act No. 8, § 1, eff March 22, 2013.

§ 7‑7‑400. Designation of voting precincts in Marion County.

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 Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑187; 1952 Code § 23‑187; 1950 (46) 2414; 1977 Act No. 235 § 1.

§ 7‑7‑410. Designation of voting precincts in Marlboro County.

(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 Office of Research and Statistics of 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑188; 1952 Code § 23‑188; 1950 (46) 2414; 1951 (47) 362; 1978 Act No. 406 § 1, became law without signature of Governor; 1984 Act No. 453, § eff June 15, 1984; 1993 Act No. 120, § 1, eff June 11, 1993.

§ 7‑7‑420. Designation of voting precincts in Newberry County.

(A) In Newberry County there are the following voting precincts:

Beth-Eden

Bush River

Chappells

Fairview

Hartford

Helena

Johnstone

Kinards-Jalapa

Little Mountain

Maybinton

Mt.Bethel-Garmany

Consolidated Number 5

Newberry Ward 1

Newberry Ward 2

Newberry Ward 3

Newberry Ward 4

Newberry Ward 5

Newberry Ward 6

Oakland

O’Neal

Peak

Pomaria

Prosperity City

Prosperity Outside

St.Phillips-Jolly Street

Silverstreet

Stoney Hill

Wheeland

Whitmire City

Whitmire Outside

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) in Newberry County are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-71-18A and as shown on copies of the official map provided by the office to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Newberry County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Newberry County subject to the approval of the majority of the Newberry County Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑189; 1952 Code § 23‑189; 1950 (46) 2414; 1960 (51) 1580; 1987 Act No. 38 § 1, eff April 13, 1987; 1991 Act No. 14, § 1, eff April 4, 1991; 2002 Act No. 355, § 1, eff July 19, 2002; 2005 Act No. 74, § 1, eff May 23, 2005; 2017 Act No. 82 (H.4178), § 1, eff May 19, 2017; 2018 Act No. 137 (S.885), § 1, eff March 12, 2018; 2018 Act No. 157 (S.1144), § 1, eff April 17, 2018.

§ 7‑7‑430. Designation of voting precincts in Oconee County.

(A) In Oconee County there are the following voting precincts:

Bounty Land
Earles Grove
Fair Play
Friendship
Holly Springs
Keowee
Long Creek
Madison
Mountain Rest
New Hope
Newry-Corinth
Oakway
Ravenel
Return
Richland
Salem
Seneca No. 1
Seneca No. 2
Seneca No. 3
Seneca No. 4
Shiloh
South Union
Stamp Creek
Tamassee
Tokeena/Providence
Utica
Walhalla No. 1
Walhalla No. 2
Westminster No. 1
Westminster No. 2
West Union

(B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts in Oconee County are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-73-19 and as shown on certified copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Oconee County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Oconee County.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑190; 1952 Code § 23‑190; 1950 (46) 2414; 1951 (47) 211; 1962 (52) 1655; 1966 (54) 2761; 1967 (55) 43; 1968 (55) 2275; 1979 Act No. 162 § 1, eff January 1, 1980; 1989 Act No. 107, §§ 1‑3, eff May 30, 1989; 1996 Act No. 379, § 1, eff January 1, 1997; 1998 Act No. 282, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 8, 1998); 2003 Act No. 75, § 1, eff June 25, 2003; 2012 Act No. 157, § 1, eff May 14, 2012; 2013 Act No. 52, § 1, eff June 7, 2013; 2019 Act No. 39 (S.546), § 1, eff May 13, 2019.

§ 7‑7‑440. Designation of voting precincts in Orangeburg County.

(A) In Orangeburg County there are the following voting precincts:

Precinct Name

Orangeburg Ward 1

Orangeburg Ward 2

Orangeburg Ward 3

Orangeburg Ward 4

Orangeburg Ward 5

Orangeburg Ward 6

Orangeburg Ward 7

Orangeburg Ward 8

Orangeburg Ward 9

Orangeburg Ward 10

Suburban 1

Suburban 2

Suburban 3

Suburban 4

Suburban 5

Suburban 6

Suburban 7

Suburban 8

Suburban 9

Bethel

Bolentown

Bowman 1

Bowman 2

Branchville 1

Branchville 2

Brookdale

Cope

Cordova 1

Cordova 2

Edisto

Elloree 1

Elloree 2

Eutawville 1

Eutawville 2

Four Holes

Holly Hill 1

Holly Hill 2

Jamison

Limestone 1

Limestone 2

Neeses‑Livingston

Nix

North 1

North 2

Norway

Pinehill

Providence

Rowesville

Santee 1

Santee 2

Springfield

Vance

Whittaker

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on official maps on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Orangeburg County by the office and designated as P‑75‑05.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Orangeburg County subject to the approval of a majority of the Orangeburg County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑191; 1952 Code § 23‑191; 1950 (46) 2414; 1952 (47) 2025; 1954 (48) 1730; 1956 (49) 1782; 1957 (50) 549; 1967 (55) 943; 1985 Act No. 150, § 1, eff June 7, 1985; 1996 Act No. 270, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 2, 1996); 2001 Act No. 88, § 1, eff August 10, 2001; 2002 Act No. 249, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 15, 2002); 2005 Act No. 93, § 1, eff May 26, 2005.

§ 7‑7‑450. Designation of voting precincts in Pickens County.

(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) 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑192; 1952 Code § 23‑192; 1950 (46) 2414; 1951 (47) 94; 1967 (55) 285; 1968 (55) 2555; 1971 (57) 537; 1977 Act No. 169 § 1; 1985 Act No. 94, eff May 21, 1985; 1986 Act No. 348, eff March 28, 1986; 1989 Act No. 13, § 1, eff February 15, 1989; 1990 Act No. 434, § 1, eff April 24, 1990; 1993 Act No. 107, § 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1996 Act No. 228, § 2, eff February 12, 1996; 2001 Act No. 108, § 1, eff September 20, 2001; 2012 Act No. 158, § 1, eff May 14, 2012.

§ 7‑7‑465. Designation of voting precincts in Richland County.

(A) In Richland County there are the following voting precincts:

Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Ward 10
Ward 11
Ward 12
Ward 13
Ward 14
Ward 15
Ward 16
Ward 17
Ward 18
Ward 19
Ward 20
Ward 21
Ward 22
Ward 23
Ward 24
Ward 25
Ward 26
Ward 29
Ward 30
Ward 31
Ward 32
Ward 33
Ward 34
Arcadia
Ardincaple
Ballentine 1
Ballentine 2
Barrier Free
Beatty Road
Bluff
Blythewood 1
Blythewood 2
Blythewood 3
Bookman
Brandon 1
Brandon 2
Briarwood
Bridge Creek
Caughman Road
College Place
Cooper
Dennyside
Dentsville
Dutch Fork 1
Dutch Fork 2
Dutch Fork 3
Dutch Fork 4
Eastover
Edgewood
Estates
Fairlawn
Fairwold
East Forest Acres
North Forest Acres
South Forest Acres
Friarsgate 1
Friarsgate 2
Old Friarsgate
Gadsden
Garners
Greenview
Gregg Park
Hampton
Harbison 1
Harbison 2
Hopkins 1
Hopkins 2
Horrell Hill
Hunting Creek
Keels 1
Keels 2
Keenan
Kelly Mill
Killian
Kingswood
Lake Carolina
Lincolnshire
Longcreek
Longleaf
Lykesland
Mallet Hill
Meadowfield
Meadowlake
McEntire
Midway
Mill Creek
Monticello
North Springs 1
North Springs 2
North Springs 3
Oak Pointe 1
Oak Pointe 2
Oak Pointe 3
Oakwood
Olympia
Parkridge 1
Parkridge 2
Parkway 1
Parkway 2
Parkway 3
Pennington 1
Pennington 2
Pine Grove
Pine Lakes 1
Pine Lakes 2
Pinewood
Polo Road
Pontiac 1
Pontiac 2
Rice Creek 1
Rice Creek 2
Ridge View 1
Ridge View 2
Ridgewood
Riverside
Riversprings 1
Riversprings 2
Riversprings 3
Riverwalk
Round Top
St. Andrews
Sandlapper
Satchelford
Skyland
South Beltline
Spring Hill
Spring Valley
Spring Valley West
Springville 1
Springville 2
Trenholm Road
Trinity
Valhalla
Valley State Park
Walden
Webber
Westminster
Whitewell
Wildewood
Woodfield
Woodlands

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-79-15 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County subject to the approval of the majority of the Richland County Legislative Delegation.

(D) If the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County determines that a precinct contains no suitable location for a polling place, the board, upon approval by a majority of the county’s legislative delegation, may locate the polling place inside the county and within five miles of the precinct’s boundaries.

HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 20, § 1, eff June 20, 1985; 1995 Act No. 127, § 1, eff (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 13, 1995); 1999 Act No. 35, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 2, 1999); 1999 Act No. 54, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 2, 1999); 2002 Act No. 186, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on) March 14, 2002; 2002 Act No. 221, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 23, 2002); 2007 Act No. 24, § 1, eff May 14, 2007; 2013 Act No. 93, § 1, eff January 1, 2014; 2015 Act No. 84 (H.4142), § 1, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑7‑480. Designation of voting precincts in Saluda County.

(A) In Saluda County there are the following voting precincts:

Centennial

Clyde

Delmar

Fruit Hill

Higgins/Zoar

Holly

Hollywood

Holstons

Mayson

Mt. Willing

Pleasant Cross

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‑81‑17 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑194; 1952 Code § 23‑194; 1950 (46) 2414; 1956 (49)1758; 1977 Act No. 172, § 1; 1994 Act No. 320, § 1, eff March 24, 1994; 1996 Act No. 286, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 7, 1996); 1996 Act No. 311, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 7, 1996); 2017 Act No. 73 (H.3667), § 1, eff May 19, 2017.

§ 7‑7‑490. Designation of voting precincts in Spartanburg County.

(A) In Spartanburg County there are the following voting precincts:

Abner Creek Baptist

Anderson Mill Baptist

Anderson Mill Elementary

Arcadia Elementary

Beaumont Methodist

Beech Springs Intermediate

Ben Avon Methodist

Bethany Baptist

Bethany Wesleyan

Boiling Springs Elementary

Boiling Springs High School

Boiling Springs Intermediate

Boiling Springs Jr. High

Boiling Springs 9th Grade

Canaan

Cannons Elementary

Carlisle Fosters Grove

Carlisle Wesleyan

Cavins Hobbysville

C.C. Woodson Recreation

Cedar Grove Baptist

Chapman Elementary

Chapman High School

Cherokee Springs Fire Station

Chesnee Elementary

Cleveland Elementary

Clifdale Elementary

Converse Fire Station

Cooley Springs Baptist

Cornerstone Baptist

Cowpens Depot Museum

Cowpens Fire Station

Croft Baptist

Cross Anchor Fire Station

Cudd Memorial

R. Hill Middle School

Daniel Morgan Technology Center

Drayton Fire Station

Duncan United Methodist

Eastside Baptist

Ebenezer Baptist

Enoree First Baptist

E.P. Todd Elementary

Fairforest Elementary

Fairforest Middle School

Gable Middle School

Glendale Fire Station

Gramling Methodist

Greater St. James

Hayne Baptist

Hendrix Elementary

Holly Springs Baptist

Hope

Jesse Bobo Elementary

Jesse Boyd Elementary

Lake Bowen Baptist

Landrum High School

Landrum United Methodist

Lyman Elementary

Lyman Town Hall

Mayo Elementary

Morningside Baptist

Motlow Creek Baptist

Mt. Calvary Presbyterian

Mt. Moriah Baptist

Mt. Zion Full Gospel Baptist

Oakland Elementary

Pacolet Elementary School

Park Hills Elementary

Pauline Glenn Springs Elementary

Pelham Fire Station

Poplar Springs Fire Station

Powell Saxon Una

R.D. Anderson Vocational

Rebirth Missionary Baptist

Reidville Elementary

Reidville Fire Station

River Ridge Elementary

Roebuck Bethlehem

Roebuck Elementary

Southside Baptist

Spartanburg High School

Startex Fire Station

St. John’s Lutheran

Swofford Career Center

Travelers Rest Baptist

Trinity Methodist

Trinity Presbyterian

Victor Mill Methodist

Wellford Fire Station

Holy Communion

West View Elementary

White Stone Methodist

Whitlock Jr. High

Woodland Heights Recreation Center

Woodruff Elementary

Woodruff Fire Station

Woodruff Leisure Center

(B) Precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Spartanburg County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑83‑17.

(C) Polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Spartanburg County with the approval of a majority of the Spartanburg County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑195; 1952 Code § 23‑195; 1950 (46) 2414; 1956 (49) 1751; 1958 (50) 1664; 1959 (51) 89; 1960 (51) 1516; 1967 (55) 968; 1968 (55) 2461; 1974 (58) 1986; 1975 (59) 770; 1977 Act No. 231 § 1; 1978 Act No. 620, became law without the signature of the Governor; 1985 Act No. 96, eff May 21, 1985; 1986 Act No. 364, §§ 1‑6, eff April 11, 1986, 1990 Act No. 384, § 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1992 Act No. 402, § 1, eff June 1, 1992; 2003 Act No. 67, § 1, eff June 25, 2003; 2004 Act No. 217, § 1, eff April 22, 2004; 2006 Act No. 272, § 1, eff May 2, 2006; 2009 Act No. 54, § 1, eff June 2, 2009; 2012 Act No. 167, § 1, eff May 14, 2012; 2014 Act No. 127 (S.987), § 1, eff March 4, 2014; 2014 Act No. 237 (S.1214), § 1, eff July 1, 2014; 2015 Act No. 57 (H.3888), § 1, eff June 3, 2015; 2016 Act No. 217 (S.1212), § 1, eff July 1, 2016; 2017 Act No. 58 (S.637), § 1, eff July 1, 2017.

§ 7‑7‑501. Designation of voting precincts in Sumter County.

(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 Office of Research and Statistics of 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.

HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 137, § 1; 1984 Act No. 348, eff January 1, 1985; 1985 Act No. 135, eff June 6, 1985; 1986 Act No. 315 § 2, eff February 20, 1986; 1988 Act No. 608, § 1, eff January 1, 1989; 1993 Act No. 108, § 1, eff June 11, 1993; 2002 Act No. 168, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on February 12, 2002); 2007 Act No. 62, § 1, eff June 8, 2007; 2010 Act No. 128, § 1, eff February 24, 2010.

§ 7‑7‑510. Designation of voting precincts in Union County.

(A) In Union County there are the following voting precincts:

Adamsburg

Black Rock

Bonham

Buffalo, Box 1

Carlisle

Cross Keys

East Buffalo

Excelsior

Jonesville, Box 1

Jonesville, Box 2

Kelton

Lockhart

Monarch, Box 1

Monarch, Box 2

Putnam

Santuck

Union, Ward 1, Box 1

Union, Ward 1, Box 2

Union, Ward 2

Union, Ward 3

Union, Ward 4, Box 1

Union, Ward 4, Box 2

West Springs

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the clerk of court of the county and also on file with the State Election Commission as provided and maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑87‑03.

(C) The polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Union County with the approval of a majority of the Union County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑197; 1952 Code § 23‑197; 1950 (46) 2414; 1951 (47) 361; 1953 (48) 140; 1955 (49) 21; 1958 (50) 1551, 1595, 1873; 1961 (52) 87; 1968 (55) 2301; 1977 Act No. 168 § 1; 1978 Act No. 581, became law without the signature of the Governor; 1985 Act No. 24, eff March 19, 1985; 1986 Act No. 406, eff May 12, 1986; 2000 Act No. 231, § 1, eff February 25, 2000; 2003 Act No. 46, Section 1, eff June 2, 2003.

§ 7‑7‑520. Designation of voting precincts in Williamsburg County.

(A) In Williamsburg County there are the following voting precincts:

Black River

Bloomingvale

Cades

Cedar Swamp

Central

Earles

Greeleyville

Harmony

Hebron

Hemingway

Henry‑Poplar Hill

Indiantown

Kingstree No. 1

Kingstree No. 2

Kingstree No. 3

Kingstree No. 4

Lane

Morrisville

Mount Vernon

Muddy Creek

Nesmith

Pergamos

Piney Forest

Salters

Sandy Bay

Singletary

Suttons

Trio.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Williamsburg County as provided and maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P‑89‑12.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Williamsburg County subject to the approval of a majority of the Williamsburg County Delegation, including the Senators.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑198; 1952 Code § 23‑198; 1950 (46) 2414; 1957 (50) 223; 1967 (55) 1151; 1977 Act No. 203 § 1; 1978 Act No. 455, became law without signature of Governor; 1990 Act No. 525, § 1, eff May 31, 1990; 2005 Act No. 130, § 1, eff June 3, 2005; 2006 Act No. 240, § 1, eff March 15, 2006; 2012 Act No. 160, § 1, eff May 14, 2012.

§ 7‑7‑530. Designation of voting precincts in York County.

(A) In York County there are the following voting precincts:

Adnah

Airport

Allison Creek

Anderson Road

Baxter

Bethany

Bethel

Bethel School

Bowling Green

Bullocks Creek

Cannon Mill

Carolina

Catawba

Celanese

Clover

Cotton Belt

Delphia

Dobys Bridge

Ebenezer

Ebinport

Edgewood

Fairgrounds

Ferry Branch

Fewell Park

Filbert

Fort Mill No. 1

Fort Mill No. 2

Fort Mill No. 3

Fort Mill No. 4

Fort Mill No. 5

Fort Mill No. 6

Friendship

Gold Hill

Hampton Mill

Harvest

Hickory Grove

Highland Park

Hollis Lakes

Hopewell

Independence

India Hook

Kanawha

Lakeshore

Lakewood

Larne

Laurel Creek

Lesslie

Manchester

McConnells

Mill Creek

Mt. Holly

Mt. Gallant

Nation Ford

Neelys Creek

New Home

Newport

Northside

Northwestern

Oakridge

Oakwood

Old Pointe

Ogden

Orchard Park

Palmetto

Pleasant Road

Pole Branch

River’s Edge

River Hills

Riverview

Rock Creek

Rock Hill No. 2

Rock Hill No. 3

Rock Hill No. 4

Rock Hill No. 5

Rock Hill No. 6

Rock Hill No. 7

Rock Hill No. 8

Roosevelt

Rosewood

Sharon

Shoreline

Six Mile

Smyrna

Springdale

Springfield

Stateline

Steele Creek

Tega Cay

Tirzah

Tools Fork

University

Waterstone

Windjammer

Wylie

York No. 1

York No. 2

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office, or its successor agency, designated as document P-91-18 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of York County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

(C) The polling places for the precincts in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of York County with the approval of a majority of the York County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑199; 1952 Code § 23‑199; 1950 (46) 2414; 1960 (51) 1684; 1970 (56) 2033; 1973 (58) 107; 1974 (58) 2874; 1976 Act No. 510; 1976 Act No. 570 § 1; 1977 Act No. 227 § 1; 1980 Act No. 635, § 1, eff Sept. 5, 1980; 1986 Act No. 354, eff January 1, 1987; 1987 Act No. 4, § 1, eff February 12, 1987; 1989 Act No. 138, § 1, eff June 8, 1989; 1992 Act No. 270, § 1, eff February 26, 1992; 1992 Act No. 508, § 1, eff July 10, 1992; 1995 Act No. 77, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 13, 1995); 1996 Act No. 269, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 2, 1996); 1997 Act No. 75, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 11, 1997); 1998 Act No. 296, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on April 21, 1998); 1999 Act No. 36, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on June 2, 1999); 2004 Act No; 194, § 1, eff March 26, 2004; 2007 Act No. 6, § 1, eff March 27, 2007; 2008 Act No. 209. § 1, eff May 13, 2008; 2008 Act No. 327, § 1, eff June 16, 2008; 2009 Act No. 53, § 1, eff June 2, 2009; 2014 Act No. 143 (S.995), § 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2014 Act No. 169 (S.1180), § 1, eff July 1, 2014; 2018 Act No. 151 (H.4981), § 1, eff April 4, 2018.

ARTICLE 3 – Alteration of Precincts

§ 7‑7‑710. State Election Commission shall report certain precincts to General Assembly for alteration; alteration by county boards of voter registration and elections where General Assembly fails to act.

The State Election Commission shall report the names of all polling precincts by county that have more than one thousand five hundred registered electors as of January first to the General Assembly not later than the fourth Tuesday of each odd‑numbered year. If, by April first of the same year, the General Assembly has failed to alter the precincts so that no precinct shall have more than one thousand five hundred qualified electors the State Election Commission shall notify the respective county boards of voter registration and elections which shall make such alterations as necessary to conform all precincts to such limitations. Provided, that precincts isolated by water shall not be required to meet minimum requirements.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑221; 1971 (57) 398.

§ 7‑7‑720. Notification to persons whose registration is transferred; removal from registration books of person whose notification is returned undelivered; restoration of name.

(A) A person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by virtue of the provisions of this article must be notified by mail by the county board of voter registration and elections of the transfer.

(B) A person whose notification is returned to the county board of voter registration and elections as undeliverable must be reported by the board to the State Election Commission. The State Election Commission must place the elector in an inactive status on the master file and may remove this elector’s name from inactive status upon compliance with the provisions of Section 7‑5‑330(F).

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑222; 1971 (57) 398; 1984 Act No. 510, § 10, eff June 28, 1984; 1996 Act No. 466, § 7, eff August 21, 1996.

§ 7‑7‑730. Division of precincts having more than 750 electors.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑223; 1971 (57) 398; 1994 Act No. 304, § 1, eff March 16, 1994.

ARTICLE 5 – Where Electors to Vote

§ 7‑7‑910. Designated polling places; alternative polling place.

(A) Subject to the provisions of Section 7‑7‑920 and Section 7‑5‑440 and except as provided in subsection (B) of this section, each elector must be registered and, unless otherwise specified on his voting certificate, shall vote at the designated polling place within the precinct of his residence, but in incorporated municipalities in which officers are elected by wards or other municipal subdivisions, electors must be registered and shall vote at their designated polling places.

(B)(1) For purposes of this subsection, an “emergency situation” means the designated polling place is not available for use as a polling place on the election day after the first notice of the election is published.

(2) If a designated polling place in a precinct is unavailable for use during an election as a result of an emergency situation, the authority charged by law with conducting the election shall designate an alternative polling place to be used for the electors in that precinct for any election occurring during the emergency situation. An alternative polling place for an emergency situation must be approved by the majority of the legislative delegation if the designation occurs more than seven days prior to the election. If an alternative polling place for an emergency situation is designated seven days or less prior to the election, the authority charged by law with conducting the election must notify the members of the legislative delegation of the alternative polling place.
(3) The alternative polling place is not required to be within the precinct of the elector’s residence; however, the authority charged by law with conducting the election may designate an alternative polling place outside the precinct only if no other location within the precinct is available for use as a polling place. If an alternative polling place is outside the precinct, it must be located in an adjoining precinct. The alternative polling place must be selected with consideration of the distance the electors would be required to travel in order to vote.
(4) Every attempt must be made to notify electors of the alternative polling place before the election and on the day of the election through the media and by posted notice at the designated polling place.

(C) If an alternative polling place outside of the precinct is selected pursuant to subsection (B) of this section, the authority charged by law with conducting the election shall certify in writing to the State Election Commission that no other location within the precinct is available for use as a polling place and that the selection of a polling place was made with consideration of the distance electors would have to travel to vote.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑211; 1952 Code § 23‑211; 1950 (46) 2059; 1967 (55) 657; 1996 Act No. 466, § 8, eff August 21, 1996; 2006 Act No. 339, § 1, eff June 8, 2006.

§ 7‑7‑920. Places where electors shall vote in municipal elections.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑211.1; 1952 Code § 23‑118; 1951 (47) 78, 229.

§ 7‑7‑940. Procedure upon removal of elector from one precinct to another.

In case of the moving of a registered elector from one precinct to another in the same county, the elector must notify the board of voter registration and elections of the county. The board must note the fact upon the proper book and give the elector a notification of the precinct into which he is moved.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑215; 1952 Code § 23‑215; 1950 (46) 2059; 1984 Act No. 510, § 11, eff June 28, 1984.

§ 7‑7‑950. Procedure where new precinct is established.

When a new voting precinct is established by law, the county board of voter registration and elections must transfer from the books of registration the names of electors registered to vote in other voting precincts as should register and vote in the new voting precinct and shall notify electors of the change of polling precincts.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑216; 1952 Code § 23‑216; 1950 (46) 2059; 1984 Act No. 510, § 12, eff June 28, 1984.

§ 7‑7‑960. Procedure upon change of ward or precinct boundaries; effect of annexation of part of county to municipality divided into wards.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑193.2; 1975 (59) 635; 1984 Act No. 510, § 13, eff June 28, 1984.

§ 7‑7‑970. Change of location of voting place or name of precinct.

When one voting place has been changed to another in the same township or polling precinct, or when the name of the voting place has been changed since the last general election, the registration of electors for the former voting place shall be valid and effectual for the new voting place.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑217; 1952 Code § 23‑217; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑7‑980. Registration of officers and their spouses temporarily residing at capital or county seat.

Federal, State and county officers and their spouses temporarily residing at or near the capital or county seat may register and vote in their former home precincts if they so desire.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑218; 1952 Code § 23‑218; 1950 (46) 2059; 1968 (55) 2693.

§ 7‑7‑990. Barrier‑free polling places for physically handicapped electors; criteria and procedures for use.

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.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 363, eff May 11, 1982; 1992 Act No. 494, § 1, eff July 1, 1992.

§ 7‑7‑1000. Pooling precincts in municipal elections.

For purposes of municipal elections only, a municipality may pool one or more precincts with other precincts and have one voting place for all of these pooled precincts upon the following conditions:

(1) Any precinct which contains five hundred or more registered voters within the municipality must have its own voting place.
(2) The total number of registered voters within the municipality in each group of pooled precincts cannot exceed one thousand five hundred.
(3) The voting place of any precinct pooled with others cannot be more than three miles from the nearest part of any pooled precinct.
(4) The notice requirements of Section 7‑7‑15 must be complied with and in addition to this requirement, the location of voting places for all precincts including those pooled must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality on the day of the election. If the newspaper is not published daily, then on the date of publication nearest and prior to the date of election.
(5) Whenever precincts are pooled in a municipal election, the voter registration lists, poll lists, and ballots for each precinct represented must be used by the managers of election. Results of the election must also be reported and certified by individual precinct.

HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 412, § 8, eff June 9, 1998.

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Chapter 9 – Party Organization

§ 7‑9‑10. Certification and decertification of political parties.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑251; 1952 Code § 23‑251; 1950 (46) 2059; 1974 (58) 2866; 1984 Act No. 263, § 1, eff January 27, 1984; 1986 Act No. 346, § 2, eff March 7, 1986.

§ 7‑9‑20. Qualifications for party membership and voting in primary election.

The qualifications for membership in a certified party and for voting at a party primary election include the following: the applicant for membership, or voter, must be at least eighteen years of age or become so before the succeeding general election, and must be a registered elector and a citizen of the United States and of this State. A person may not vote in a primary unless he is a registered elector. The state convention of any political party, organization, or association in this State may add by party rules to the qualifications for membership in the party, organization, or association and for voting at the primary elections if the qualifications do not conflict with the provisions of this section or with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑253; 1952 Code § 23‑253; 1950 (46) 2059; 1970 (56) 1899; 1974 (58) 2866; 1984 Act No. 510, § 14, eff June 28, 1984; 2010 Act No. 245, § 3, eff June 2, 2010.

§ 7‑9‑70. County conventions; notice, time.

A county convention must be held during a twelve‑month period ending March thirty‑first of each general election year during a month determined by the state committee as provided in Section 7‑9‑100. The county committee shall set the date, time, and location during the month designated by the state committee for the county convention to be held. The date set by the county committee for the county convention must be at least two weeks before the state convention. When a month in a nongeneral election year is chosen for the county convention, it must be held for the purpose of reorganization only. The date, time, and location that the county convention must be reconvened during the general election year to nominate candidates for public office to be filled in the general election must be set by county committee. Notices, both for the convention to be held for reorganization and for the reconvened convention to nominate candidates, must be published by the county committee, once a week for two consecutive weeks, not more than three nor less than two weeks, before the day in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑259; 1952 Code § 23‑259; 1950 (46) 2059; 1954 (48) 1447; 1964 (53) 1831; 1968 (55) 2349; 1974 (58) 2866; 1976 Act No. 479 § 1; 1977 Act No. 133 § 1; 1979 Act No. 173 § 1, eff July 25, 1979; 1986 Act No. 327, § 2, eff February 20, 1986; 2010 Act No. 245, § 4, eff June 2, 2010.

§ 7‑9‑80. County conventions; organization and conduct of business.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑260; 1952 Code § 23‑260; 1950 (46) 2059; 1964 (53) 1831; 1968 (55) 2349.

§ 7‑9‑90. State committee.

The state committee is composed of one member from each county, elected by the county conventions, the state chairman and state vice‑chairman, elected by the state convention; and for the Republican and Democratic party state committees, the president of the South Carolina Federation of Republican Women and the president of the South Carolina Federation of Democratic Women ex officio are members of their respective state committees. Those persons named as members of the national executive committee of a national party are ex officio members of the state committee. If the office of state chairman or state vice‑chairman becomes vacant, the state committee may fill the vacancy by electing a chairman or vice‑chairman to serve until the organization of the next regular state convention. The state committee shall choose its other officers, not necessarily from the membership. The state chairman may vote only in case of a tie. The state committee shall meet at the call of the state chairman or any five members and at a time and place as he may appoint. Vacancies on the state committee, other than in the offices of state chairman and state vice‑chairman, and the presidents of the women’s federations must be filled by the respective county committees. The members of the state committee shall continue in office for two years from the time of their election, and until their successors are elected. The state committee shall nominate presidential electors and a vacancy in the state ticket of electors or in the national committee of a party must be filled by the state committee by a majority of the whole committee.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑261; 1952 Code § 23‑261; 1950 (46) 2059; 1960 (51) 1612; 1992 Act No. 254, § 1, eff February 18, 1992.

§ 7‑9‑100. State convention.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑262; 1952 Code § 23‑262; 1950 (46) 2059; 1954 (48) 1447; 1964 (53) 1831; 1974 (58) 2866; 1976 Act No. 459; 1977 Act No. 133 § 2; 1986 Act No. 327, § 3, eff February 20, 1986; 1988 Act No. 423, § 1, eff April 5, 1988; 1989 Act No. 136, § 1, eff June 5, 1989.

§ 7‑9‑105. Use of state funds for state conventions prohibited.

No state funds shall in any manner be used for the purpose of holding conventions pursuant to the provisions of Section 7‑9‑100.

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 423, § 2, eff April 5, 1988.

§ 7‑9‑110. Conducting elections or primaries in facilities receiving state funds.

A political party or the State Election Commission may conduct a primary or election, without charge, in any facility that receives state funds for support or operation. The use of the facility, pursuant to the provisions of this section, is subject to the availability of the facility as determined by the facility’s governing entity.

HISTORY: 2007 Act No. 81, § 4, eff June 19, 2007.

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Chapter 11 – Designation and Nomination of Candidates

ARTICLE 1 – Methods of Nomination

§ 7‑11‑10. Methods of nominating candidates.

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 shall 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑263; 1952 Code § 23‑263; 1950 (46) 2059; 1982 Act No. 419, § 5, eff June 8, 1982; 2013 Act No. 61, § 1, eff June 25, 2013.

§ 7-11-12. Joint election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; qualifications; procedures.

(A) A person nominated for the Office of Governor by primary or convention, or seeking the Office of Governor as a petition candidate must designate a qualified elector to be elected jointly as Lieutenant Governor.

(B) A designee for Lieutenant Governor must possess all of the qualifications required to hold the Office of Governor.

(1) The appropriate political party shall determine if its gubernatorial candidate’s Lieutenant Governor designee is qualified.
(2) The State Election Commission shall determine whether a gubernatorial petition candidate’s Lieutenant Governor designee is qualified.

(C) No later than August first, a gubernatorial candidate’s designation for Lieutenant Governor must be in writing and filed either with the appropriate political party, or, in the case of a petition candidate, with the State Election Commission.

(D) No later than August tenth, a Lieutenant Governor designee must provide:

(1) to the State Election Commission:

(a) a copy of the gubernatorial candidate’s written designation for Lieutenant Governor; and
(b) a completed statement of intention of candidacy; and

(2) to the State Ethics Commission:

(a) a copy of the completed statement of intention of candidacy; and
(b) a current filed statement of economic interests.

(E)(1) If after being designated and before the general election the Lieutenant Governor candidate dies, becomes disqualified, or resigns for a legitimate nonpolitical reason as defined in Section 7-11-50, the gubernatorial candidate must make a substitution for the Lieutenant Governor candidate no later than ten days after the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs in the format provided in subsection (C).

(2) If a Lieutenant Governor candidate is substituted as provided in item (1), the substituted Lieutenant Governor candidate must file the documents required in subsection (D) no later than ten days after the substitution is made.
(3) The substitutions authorized in items (1) and (2) may be made after the general election if the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs before the general election. If the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs after the general election, the vacancy must be filled as provided in Section 1-3-125 by the Governor-elect.

(F) If the Lieutenant Governor candidate is not designated as provided in this section, the party or petition candidate for Governor shall not have his name placed on the ballot for the general election.

(G) A Lieutenant Governor candidate is not required to pay a separate filing fee.

(H) The provisions of Sections 7-11-10 and 7-11-210 are not applicable to a Lieutenant Governor candidate.

(I) If a Lieutenant Governor candidate has solicited or received contributions for another elective office, he must comply with the provisions of Sections 8-13-1350 and 8-13-1352. A contribution transferred to the single candidate committee of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly must comply with the requirements of Section 8-13-1314(A).

HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), § 2, eff March 15, 2018.

§ 7‑11‑15. Qualifications to run as a candidate in general elections.

(A) In order to qualify as a candidate to run in the general election, all candidates seeking nomination by political party primary or political party convention must file a statement of intention of candidacy and party pledge and submit any filing fees between noon on March sixteenth and noon on March thirtieth as provided in this section. If March thirtieth is on a Saturday or Sunday, the time for filing extends to the next regular business day. For purposes of this section and Section 7-13-45, “next regular business day” means a day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, candidates seeking nomination for a statewide, congressional, or district office that includes more than one county must file their statements of intention of candidacy, and party pledge and submit any filing fees with the State Election Commission.
(2) Candidates seeking nomination for the State Senate or House of Representatives must file their statements of intention of candidacy and party pledge and submit any filing fees with the State Election Commission or county board of voter registration and elections in the county of their residence. The state executive committees must certify candidates pursuant to Section 7-13-40.
(3) Candidates seeking nomination for a countywide or less than countywide office shall file their statements of intention of candidacy and party pledge and submit any filing fees with the county board of voter registration and elections in the county of their residence.

(B) Except as provided in this section, the board of voter registration and elections with whom the documents in subsection (A) are filed must provide a copy of all statements of intention of candidacy, the party pledge, receipt and filing fees, to the appropriate political party executive committee within two days following the deadline for filing. If the second day falls on Saturday, Sunday, or a legal holiday, the statement of intention of candidacy, party pledge, and filing fee must be filed by noon the following day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday. A candidate’s name may not appear on a primary election ballot, convention slate of candidates, general election ballot, or special election ballot, except as otherwise provided by law, if (1) the candidate’s statement of intention of candidacy and party pledge has not been filed with the county board of voter registration and elections or State Election Commission, as the case may be, as well as any filing fee, by the deadline and (2) the candidate has not been certified by the appropriate political party as required by Sections 7-13-40 and 7-13-350, as applicable. The candidate’s name must appear if the candidate produces the signed and dated copy of his timely filed statement of intention of candidacy. An error or omission by a person seeking to qualify as a candidate pursuant to this section who is not directly related to a constitutional or statutory qualification for that office must be construed in a manner that favors the person’s access to the ballot.

(C) The statement of intention of candidacy required in this section and in Section 7-13-190(B) must be on a form designed and provided by the State Election Commission. This form, in addition to all other information, must contain an affirmation that the candidate meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office sought. The candidate or his agent must file a signed statement of intention of candidacy and the election commission with whom it is filed must stamp the statement with the date and time received, keep the original statement, provide a copy to the candidate, and provide a copy to the appropriate political party executive committee.

(D) The candidate or his agent must file a signed party pledge, as required pursuant to Section 7-11-210, and the election commission with which it is filed must stamp the party pledge with the date and time received, provide a copy to the candidate, and provide a copy to the appropriate political party executive committee.

(E) The election commission with which the filing fee is filed must issue a receipt for the filing fee, stamp the receipt with the date and time the filing fee was received, provide a copy to the candidate or his agent, and provide a copy to the appropriate political executive party. The filing fee must be made payable to the appropriate political party.

(F) If, after the closing of the time for filing the documents required pursuant to this section, there are not more than two candidates for any one office and one or more of the candidates dies, or withdraws, the state or county committee, as the case may be, if the nomination is by political party primary or political party convention only may, in its discretion, afford opportunity for the entry of other candidates for the office involved; however, for the office of State House of Representatives or State Senator, the discretion must be exercised by the state committee.

(G) The county chairman of a political party and the chairman of the state executive committee of a political party may designate a person to observe the filings made at the election commission pursuant to this section.

(H) The provisions of this section do not apply to nonpartisan school trustee elections in a school district where local law provisions provide for other dates and procedures for filing statements of candidacy or petitions, and to the extent the provisions of this section and the local law provisions conflict, the local law provisions control.

HISTORY: 1988 Act No. 363, § 1, eff March 14, 1988; 1990 Act No. 583, § 1, eff June 11, 1990; 1996 Act No. 226, § 1, eff February 12, 1996; 2000 Act No. 236, § 1, eff March 7, 2000; 2003 Act No. 3, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on January 16, 2003); 2013 Act No. 61, § 2, eff June 25, 2013; 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), § 6, eff March 15, 2018

§ 7‑11‑20. Conduct of party conventions or party primary elections generally; presidential preference primaries.

(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), party conventions or party primary elections held by political parties certified as such by the State Election Commission pursuant to the provisions of this title to nominate candidates for any of the offices to be filled in a general or special election must be conducted in accordance with the provisions of this title and with party rules not in conflict with the provisions of this title or of the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.

(B)(1) Except as provided in item (2), a certified political party wishing to hold a presidential preference primary election may do so in accordance with the provisions of this title and party rules. However, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, the state committee of the party shall set the date and the hours that the polls will be open for the presidential primary election and the filing requirements. If a party holds a presidential preference primary election on a Saturday, an absentee ballot must be provided to a person who signs an affirmation stating that for religious reasons he does not wish to take part in the electoral process on a Saturday.

(2) If the state committee of a certified political party which received at least five percent of the popular vote in South Carolina for the party’s candidate for President of the United States decides to hold a presidential preference primary election, the State Election Commission must conduct the presidential preference primary in accordance with the provisions of this title and party rules provided that a registered elector may cast a ballot in only one presidential preference primary. However, notwithstanding any other provision of this title, (a) the State Election Commission and the authorities responsible for conducting the elections in each county shall provide for cost‑effective measures in conducting the presidential preference primaries including, but not limited to, combining polling places, while ensuring that voters have adequate notice and access to the polling places; and (b) the state committee of the party shall set the date and the filing requirements, including a certification fee. Political parties must verify the qualifications of candidates prior to certifying to the State Election Commission the names of candidates to be placed on primary ballots. The written certification required by this section must contain a statement that each certified candidate meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications in the United States Constitution, statutory law, and party rules to participate in the presidential preference primary for which he has filed. Political parties must not certify any candidate who does not or will not by the time of the general election meet the qualifications in the United States Constitution, statutory law, and party rules for the presidential preference primary for which the candidate desires to file, and such candidate’s name must not be placed on a primary ballot. Political parties may charge a certification fee to persons seeking to be candidates in the presidential preference primary for the political party. A filing fee not to exceed twenty thousand dollars, as determined by the State Election Commission, for each candidate certified by a political party must be transmitted by the respective political party to the State Election Commission and must be used for conducting the presidential preference primaries.
(3) The political party shall give written notice to the State Election Commission of the date set for the party’s presidential preference primary no later than ninety days before the date of the primary.
(4) Nothing in this section prevents a political party from conducting a presidential preference primary pursuant to the provisions of Section 7‑11‑25.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑252; 1952 Code § 23‑252; 1950 (46) 2059; 1974 (58) 2866; 1991 Act No. 47, § 1, eff May 1, 1991; 1992 Act No. 489, § 3, eff July 1, 1992; 2007 Act No. 81, § 1, eff June 19, 2007; 2014 Act No. 256 (H.4732), § 1, eff June 6, 2014.

§ 7‑11‑25. Advisory primaries conducted by political party.

Nothing in this chapter nor any other provision of law may be construed as either requiring or prohibiting a political party in this State from conducting advisory primaries according to the party’s own rules and at the party’s expense.

HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 253, § 14, eff February 19, 1992; 2007 Act No. 81, § 3, eff June 19, 2007; 2014 Act No. 256 (H.4732), § 2, eff June 6, 2014.

§ 7‑11‑30. Convention nomination of candidates.

(A) A party may choose to change from nomination of candidates by primary to a method to nominate candidates by convention for all offices including, but not limited to, Governor, United States Senator, United States House of Representatives, Circuit Solicitor, State Senator, and members of the State House of Representatives if:

(1) there is a three-fourths vote of the total membership of the convention to use the convention nomination process; and
(2) a majority of voters in that party’s next primary election approve the use of the convention nomination process.

(B) A party may not choose to nominate by party convention for an election cycle in which the filing period for candidates has begun.

(C) A political party nominating candidates by party convention shall nominate the party candidates and make the nominations public not later than the time for certifying candidates to the authority charged by law with preparing ballots for the general or special election.

(D) Nothing in this section requires a political party that has nominated candidates by convention in the previous election cycle to hold a primary in order to continue using the convention method to nominate candidates.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑264; 1952 Code § 23‑264; 1950 (46) 2059; 1964 (53) 1744; 1966 (54) 2093; 1968 (55) 2316; 1972 (57) 2531; 1974 (58) 2124; 1984 Act No. 403, § 1, eff May 24, 1984; 2013 Act No. 61, § 3, eff June 25, 2013; 2014 Act No. 196 (S.815), § 6, eff June 2, 2014; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), § 86, eff January 31, 2019.

§ 7‑11‑40. Names and addresses of candidates for House of Representatives shall be reported to State Election Commission.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑265.4; 1974 (58) 2400.

§ 7‑11‑50. Substitution where party nominee dies, becomes disqualified or resigns for legitimate nonpolitical reason.

If a party nominee who was nominated by a method other than party primary election dies, becomes disqualified after his nomination, or resigns his candidacy for a legitimate nonpolitical reason as defined in this section and sufficient time does not remain to hold a convention to fill the vacancy or to nominate a nominee to enter a special election, the respective state or county party executive committee may nominate a nominee for the office, who must be duly certified by the respective county or state chairman.

“Legitimate nonpolitical reason” as used in this section is limited to:

(a) reasons of health, which include any health condition which, in the written opinion of a medical doctor, would be harmful to the health of the candidate if he continued;
(b) family crises, which include circumstances which would substantially alter the duties and responsibilities of the candidate to the family or to a family business;
(c) substantial business conflict, which includes the policy of an employer prohibiting employees being candidates for public offices and an employment change which would result in the ineligibility of the candidate or which would impair his capability to carry out properly the functions of the office being sought.

A candidate who withdraws based upon a legitimate nonpolitical reason which is not covered by the inclusions in (a), (b) or (c) has the strict burden of proof for his reason. A candidate who wishes to withdraw for a legitimate nonpolitical reason shall submit his reason by sworn affidavit.

This affidavit must be filed with the state party chairman of the nominee’s party and also with the board of voter registration and elections of the county if the office concerned is countywide or less and with the State Election Commission if the office is statewide, multi‑county, or for a member of the General Assembly. A substitution of candidates is not authorized, except for death or disqualification, unless the election commission to which the affidavit is submitted approves the affidavit as constituting a legitimate nonpolitical reason for the candidate’s resignation within ten days of the date the affidavit is submitted to the commission. However, where this party nominee is unopposed, each political party registered with the State Election Commission has the privilege of nominating a candidate for the office involved. 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).

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑266; 1952 Code § 23‑266; 1950 (46) 2059; 1968 (55) 2316; 1978 Act No. 432, eff March 13, 1978; 1991 Act No. 81, § 1, eff May 27, 1991; 2006 Act No. 256, § 1, eff January 1, 2007.

§ 7‑11‑53. Nomination of substitute candidate.

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.

HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 337, § 1, eff June 8, 2006.

§ 7‑11‑55. Substitution of candidates where nominee selected by primary election.

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.

HISTORY: 1991 Act No. 81, § 2, eff May 27, 1991.

§ 7‑11‑70. Nomination by petition.

A candidate’s nominating petition for any office in this State shall contain the signatures of at least five percent of the qualified registered electors of the geographical area of the office for which he offers as a candidate; provided, that no petition candidate is required to furnish the signatures of more than ten thousand qualified registered electors for any office. The official number of qualified registered electors of the geographical area of any office must be the number of registered electors of such area registered one hundred twenty days prior to the date of the election for which the nomination petition is being submitted.

The petition must be certified to the State Election Commission in the case of national, state, circuit, and multicounty district offices; with the county board of voter registration and elections in the case of countywide or less than countywide offices with the exception of municipal offices; with the clerk of a municipality in case of a municipal office, and the certified petition shall constitute and be kept as a public record.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.16; 1952 Code § 23‑313; 1950 (46) 2059; 1956 (49) 1739; 1961 (52) 548; 1964 (53) 1744; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1972 (57) 2531; 1974 (58) 2124, 2866; 1984 Act No. 405, § 2, eff May 24, 1984.

§ 7‑11‑71. Petitions in election for commissioners of public service districts.

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7‑11‑70, petitions to nominate candidates elected in the general election to serve as commissioners of public service districts shall require signatures of not less than two hundred fifty qualified electors of the district concerned or five percent of the total number of electors of the district, whichever is the lesser, if such petitions are otherwise in compliance with this chapter.

HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 597 eff July 18, 1978.

§ 7‑11‑80. Form of nominating petition.

All nominating petitions for any political office or petition of any political party seeking certification as such in the State of South Carolina shall be standardized as follows:

(1) Shall be on good quality original bond paper sized 8 1/2’’ X 14’’.
(2) Shall contain a concise statement of purpose; in the case of nomination of candidates, the name of the candidate, the office for which he offers and the date of the election for such office shall be contained in such petition.
(3) Shall contain in separate columns from left to right the following:

(a) Signature of voter and printed name of voter;
(b) Address of residence where registered; and
(c) Precinct of voter.

(4) No single petition page shall contain the signatures of registered voters from different counties.
(5) All signatures of registered voters shall be numbered consecutively.
(6) Petitions with more than one page must have the pages consecutively numbered upon filing with the appropriate authority.

The State Election Commission may furnish petition forms to the county election officials and to interested persons.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.16:1; 1974 (58) 2866; 1984 Act No. 510, § 16, eff June 28, 1984.

§ 7‑11‑85. Verification of petition; bases for rejection of petitioners.

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 items (2) or (3) of Subsection (C) of Section 7‑3‑20.

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.

HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 263, § 2, eff January 27, 1984.

§ 7‑11‑90. Unopposed candidates.

After the closing of entries if any candidates shall be unopposed, the State committee in the case of State offices and the county committees in the case of county offices shall declare such unopposed candidates as party nominees, and the names of unopposed candidates shall not be placed upon the primary election ballots but shall be certified for the general election ballots.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.76; 1952 Code § 23‑375; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

ARTICLE 3 – Notice of Candidacy; Candidate’s Pledge and Affidavits

§ 7‑11‑210. Notice of candidacy and pledge.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.72; 1952 Code § 23‑373; 1950 (46) 2059; 1964 (53) 1778; 1966 (54) 2093, 2340; 1968 (55) 2277; 1974 (58) 2124; 1977 Act No. 133 § 4; 1996 Act No. 226, § 2, eff February 12, 1996; 2000 Act No. 236, § 2, eff March 7, 2000; 2013 Act No. 61, § 4, eff June 25, 2013.

§ 7‑11‑420. Amounts and proration of assessments to be paid by candidates for State Senator in multi‑county districts.

In multi‑county senatorial districts, the amounts of assessments to be paid by candidates for the office of State Senator at the time and place of filing notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7‑11‑410, shall be fixed by a majority of the county chairmen of the counties in the respective districts and shall be prorated among the county committees of the counties comprising the district in proportion to the number of precincts in each county. Provided, if such chairmen of any district fail to reach agreement within three days after the opening for entries the State executive committee shall fix the fee. Provided, further, that in 1966 only the chairmen shall have seven days in which to reach such agreement.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.75; 1966 (54) 2093, 2340.

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Chapter 13 – Conduct of Elections

ARTICLE 1 – When, Where and How Elections Held

§ 7‑13‑10. Time of general elections for Federal, State and county officers; conduct of general and special elections.

General elections for Federal, State and county officers in this State shall be held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even‑numbered year at such voting places as have been or may be established by law. All general or special elections held pursuant to the Constitution of this State shall be regulated and conducted according to the rules, principles and provisions herein prescribed.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑391; 1952 Code § 23‑302; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 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.

(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.

HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 253, § 16, eff February 19, 1992; 2007 Act No. 81, § 2, eff June 19, 2007; 2014 Act No. 256 (H.4732), § 3, eff June 6, 2014.

§ 7‑13‑20. Time of general election for certain county officers.

There shall be a general election for county supervisors, county superintendents of education, sheriffs, coroners and clerks of the courts of common pleas held in each county at every alternate general election, reckoning from the year 1960, except in those counties in which the term of office of any such officers may be for a period other than four years. In such cases elections to fill such offices shall be held at the general election next preceding the expiration of any such term of office.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑392; 1952 Code § 23‑303; 1942 Code § 2350; 1932 Code § 2350; Civ. C. ‘22 § 283; Civ. C. ‘12 § 280; Civ. C. ‘02 § 253; G. S. 160, 642, 701; R. S. 211; 1882 (17) 1125; 1885 (19) 144; 1889 (20) 281; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑30. Time of election of probate judges.

The probate judge in every county shall be elected at every alternate general election, reckoning from the year 1958.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑394; 1952 Code § 23‑305; 1942 Code § 2350; 1932 Code § 2350; Civ. C. ‘22 § 283; Civ. C. ‘12 § 280; Civ. C. ‘02 § 253; G. S. 160, 642, 701; R. S. 211; 1882 (17) 1125; 1885 (19) 144; 1889 (20) 281; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑35. Notice of general, municipal, special, and primary elections.

The authority charged by law with conducting an election must publish two notices of general, municipal, special, and primary elections held in the county in a newspaper of general circulation in the county or municipality, as appropriate. Included in each notice must be a reminder of the last day persons may register to be eligible to vote in the election for which notice is given, notification of the date, time, and location of the hearing on ballots challenged in the election, a list of the precincts involved in the election, the location of the polling places in each of the precincts, and notification that the process of examining the return‑addressed envelopes containing absentee ballots may begin at 2:00 p.m. on election day at a place designated in the notice by the authority charged with conducting the election. The first notice must appear not later than sixty days before the election and the second notice must appear not later than two weeks after the first notice.

HISTORY: 1978 Act No. 572, eff July 1, 1978; 1988 Act No. 422, § 2, eff March 28, 1988; 1990 Act No. 357, § 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1992 Act No. 253, § 1, eff February 19, 1992; 1996 Act No. 434, § 5, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑40. Time of party primary; certification of names; verification of candidates’ qualifications; filing fee.

In the event that a party nominates candidates by party primary, a party primary must be held by the party and conducted by the State Election Commission and the respective county boards of voter registration and elections on the second Tuesday in June of each general election year, and a second and third primary each two weeks successively thereafter, if necessary. Written certification of the names of all candidates to be placed on primary ballots must be made by the political party chairman, vice chairman, or secretary to the State Election Commission or the county board of voter registration and elections whichever is responsible under law for preparing the ballot, not later than twelve o’clock noon on April fifth, or if April fifth falls on a Saturday or Sunday, not later than twelve o’clock noon on the following Monday. Political parties nominating candidates by party primary must verify the qualifications of those candidates prior to certification to the appropriate election commission of the names of candidates to be placed on primary ballots. The written verification required by this section must contain a statement that each candidate certified meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for office for which he has filed. A political party must not certify any candidate who does not or will not by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, meet the qualifications for the office for which the candidate has filed, and such candidate’s name shall not be placed on a primary ballot. The filing fees for all candidates filing to run in all primaries, except municipal primaries, must be transmitted by the respective political parties to the State Election Commission and placed by the executive director of the commission in a special account designated for use in conducting primary elections and must be used for that purpose. The filing fee for each office is one percent of the total salary for the term of that office or one hundred dollars, whichever amount is greater.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑396; 1952 Code § 23‑372; 1950 (46) 2059; 1954 (48) 1447; 1966 (54) 2093, 2340; 1977 Act No. 133 § 3; 1988 Act No. 363, § 2, eff March 14, 1988; 1992 Act No. 253, § 2, eff February 19, 1992; 1994 Act No. 497, Part II, § 134, eff June 29, 1994; 1996 Act No. 226, § 3, eff February 12, 1996; 2000 Act No. 236, § 3, eff March 7, 2000; 2013 Act No. 61, § 5, eff June 25, 2013.

§ 7‑13‑45. Acceptance of filings.

In every general election year, the Executive Director of the State Election Commission and the director of each county board of voter registration and elections shall:

(1) accept filings during the regular business hours on the regular business days of the filing period as required by Section 7-11-15;

(2) place an advertisement to appear two weeks before the filing period begins in a newspaper of general circulation in the county at least five by seven inches in size that notifies the public of the dates of the filing periods, the offices that may be filed for, the place and street address where filings may be made, and the hours that an authorized person will be present to receive filings.

HISTORY: 1989 Act No. 166, § 1, eff January 1, 1990; 1996 Act No. 434, § 6, eff June 4, 1996; 2013 Act No. 61, § 6, eff June 25, 2013; 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), § 7, eff March 15, 2018.

§ 7‑13‑50. Second and other primaries.

A second primary, when necessary, must be held two weeks after the first and is subject to the rules governing the first primary. At the second primary the two candidates among those who do not withdraw their candidacies and who received more votes in the first primary than any other remaining candidate alone shall run for any one office and if only one candidate remains, he is considered nominated, except that if there are two or more vacancies for any particular office, the number of candidates must be double the number of vacancies to be filled if so many candidates remain. In all second primaries the candidate receiving the largest number of votes cast for a given office must be declared the nominee for the office whether or not he has received a majority of the votes cast for that office, and when there are several candidates for several different offices, then the several candidates receiving the largest number of votes for the several positions are considered as nominated for the offices whether or not they received a majority of the votes cast. Other primaries, if necessary, must be ordered in a similar manner by the county board of voter registration and elections or the State Election Commission, as appropriate.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑397; 1952 Code § 23‑387; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1988 Act No. 364, § 3, eff March 14, 1988; 1992 Act No. 253, § 3, eff February 19, 1992.

§ 7‑13‑60. Hours polls open.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑398; 1952 Code § 23‑342; 1950 (46) 2059; 1956 (49) 1775, 1799; 1965 (54) 466; 1966 (54) 2340; 1986 Act No. 342, eff March 7, 1986; 1992 Act No. 253, § 4, eff February 19, 1992.

§ 7‑13‑72. Managers of election.

For the general election held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November in each even-numbered year, the members of the county board of voter registration and elections must appoint three managers of election for each polling place in the county for which they must respectively be appointed for each five hundred electors, or portion of each five hundred electors, registered to vote at the polling place.

For primary elections held on the second Tuesday in June of each general election year, the members of the county board of voter registration and elections must appoint three managers of election for each polling place in the county for which they must respectively be appointed for the first five hundred electors registered to vote in each precinct in the county, and may appoint three additional managers for each five hundred electors registered to vote in the precinct above the first five hundred electors, or portion thereof. The members of the county board of voter registration and elections must also appoint from among the managers a clerk for each polling place in the county, and none of the officers may be removed from office except for incompetence or misconduct. All clerks appointed from among the managers must be residents and registered electors of the respective counties in which they are appointed to work or in an adjoining county.

For all other primary, special, or municipal elections, the authority charged by law with conducting the primary, special, or municipal elections must appoint three managers of election for the first five hundred electors registered to vote in each precinct in the county, municipality, or other election district and one additional manager for each five hundred electors registered to vote in the precinct above the first five hundred electors. The authority responsible by law for conducting the election must also appoint from among the managers a clerk for each polling place in a primary, special, or municipal election. All clerks appointed from among the managers must be residents and registered electors of the respective counties in which they are appointed to work or in an adjoining county.

Forty-five days prior to any primary, except municipal primaries, each political party holding a primary may submit to the county board of voter registration and elections a list of prospective managers for each precinct. The county board of voter registration and elections must appoint at least one manager for each precinct from the list of names submitted by each political party holding a primary. However, the county board of voter registration and elections may refuse to appoint any prospective manager for good cause.

No person may be appointed as a manager in a primary, general, or special election who has not completed a training program approved by the State Election Commission concerning his duties and responsibilities as a poll manager and who has not received certification of having completed the training program. The training program and the issuance of certification must be carried out by the county board of voter registration and elections. After their appointment, the managers and clerks must take and subscribe, before any officer authorized to administer oaths, the following oath of office prescribed by Section 26 of 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 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”.

The oath must be immediately filed in the office of the clerk of court of common pleas of the county in which the managers and clerks are appointed, or if there is no clerk of court, in the office of the Secretary of State. Before opening the polls, the managers of election must take and subscribe the oath provided for in Section 7-13-100. Upon the completion of the canvassing of votes, this oath must be filed with the members of the county board of voter registration and elections along with the ballots from that election precinct.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 465, § 4, eff August 21, 1996; 2019 Act No. 54 (H.3035), § 1, eff May 16, 2019.

§ 7‑13‑75. Members of local boards of voter registration and elections; political activity prohibited.

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.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 423, § 1, eff June 18, 1996; 2000 Act No. 392, § 1, eff August 1, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑80. Organization of board of voter registration and elections managers and clerks; oaths.

The board members, managers, and clerks at their first meeting, respectively, must proceed to organize as a board. The county board of voter registration and elections must appoint the chairman of the board of managers. The chairman must be a resident and registered elector of the respective county in which he is appointed to work or in an adjoining county. The chairman, in each instance, may administer oaths.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.1; 1952 Code § 23‑307; 1950 (46) 2059; 1961 (52) 48; 1966 (54) 2340; 1990 Act No. 357, § 3, eff March 19, 1990; 1996 Act No. 434, § 7, eff June 4, 1996; 2019 Act No. 54 (H.3035), § 2, eff May 16, 2019.

§ 7‑13‑100. Managers shall take oath before opening polls.

The managers before opening the polls, shall take and sign the following oath: “We do solemnly swear that we will conduct this election according to law and will allow no person to vote who is not entitled by law to vote in this election, and we will not unlawfully assist any voter to prepare his ballot and will not advise any voter as to how he should vote at this election.”

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.3; 1952 Code § 23‑378; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑110. Residency requirements of chairmen, clerks, and managers of elections.

Each chairman and clerk appointed from among the managers of election for the various polling places must be a resident and registered elector of the respective county in which he is appointed to work or in an adjoining county. All managers of election who are not appointed to serve as chairmen or clerks for the various polling places in the State must be residents and registered electors of the State of South Carolina. Any person qualified to serve as a manager who requests to work in his resident county or an adjoining county must be given priority over qualified persons from other counties for appointment to work in the resident county or an adjoining county. Any person at least sixteen years of age who has completed the training required by Section 7-13-72 and who is not otherwise disqualified by law may be appointed as a poll manager’s assistant by the appropriate county board of voter registration and elections. A sixteen- or seventeen-year-old appointed as a poll manager’s assistant may not serve as chairman of the managers or clerk in the polling place to which he or she is appointed. Sixteen- and seventeen-year-olds must serve under supervision of the chairman of the managers of the polling place, and their specific duties must be prescribed by the county board of voter registration and elections. One sixteen- or seventeen-year-old assistant poll manager may be appointed for every two regular poll managers appointed to work in a precinct.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.3:1; 1974 (58) 2367; 2000 Act No. 337, § 1, eff June 6, 2000; 2001 Act No. 53, § 1, eff May 29, 2001; 2019 Act No. 54 (H.3035), § 3, eff May 16, 2019.

§ 7‑13‑120. Candidates and their relatives shall not be managers or clerks.

(1) It shall be unlawful for a candidate or the spouse, parents, children, brothers or sisters of a candidate for public office to work as a manager or clerk of election at a polling place where such candidate’s name appears on the ballot.

(2) Any person violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction fined not more than one hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than thirty days.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23:400.3:2; 1974 (58) 2209.

§ 7‑13‑130. Managers’ table; guard rail; general arrangement; preservation of right to vote and secrecy of ballot.

The polling places shall be provided with a table for the managers. The polls shall be provided with a guard rail, so that no one except as herein authorized shall approach nearer than five feet to the booths in which the voters are preparing their ballots. The managers at each voting place shall arrange the table, desk or other place upon which the ballot boxes shall be placed so that there shall be no crowding or confusion immediately around the boxes, and suitable means shall be provided to enable each voter to approach the boxes and deposit his ballot without interference or hindrance. The right to vote of each person so entitled and the secrecy of the ballot shall be preserved at all times.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.4; 1952 Code § 23‑344; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑140. Maintenance of order; police powers of managers.

Managers of election are clothed with such police powers as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this article. The managers shall possess full authority to maintain good order at the polls and to enforce obedience to their lawful commands during an election and during the canvass and counting of the votes. All peace officers shall answer all such calls for help in preserving the peace as may be made by the managers of election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.5; 1952 Code § 23‑360; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑150. Penalty for failure to assist in maintaining order.

Any person who, when summoned or called upon by peace officers shall fail or refuse to assist him in maintaining the peace and good order at the polls shall be fined in a sum not to exceed one hundred dollars or imprisoned not to exceed thirty days.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.6; 1952 Code § 23‑361; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑160. Peace officers shall enter polling place only on request or to vote.

No sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman or other officers shall be allowed to come within the polling place except to vote unless summoned into it by a majority of the managers. On failure of any sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman or other officer to comply with the provisions of the preceding sentence, the managers of election, or one of them, shall make affidavit against such sheriff, deputy sheriff, policeman or other officer for his arrest.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23‑400.7; 1952 Code Section 23‑362; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑170. Procedure when managers fail to attend, take charge of, or conduct election.

If all of the managers fail to attend at the same time and place appointed for holding the poll, or shall refuse or fail to act, or if no manager has been appointed for the poll, it is lawful for the voters present at the precinct voting place on that day to appoint from among the qualified voters of the precinct the managers to act as managers in the place and stead of the absent managers, and any one of the managers appointed shall administer the oath to the other managers. But if the duly appointed managers attend in a reasonable time, they shall take charge of and conduct the election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.8; 1952 Code § 23‑343; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 2010 Act No. 245, § 5, eff June 2, 2010.

§ 7‑13‑180. Posting proposed constitutional amendments at polling place.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.23; 1952 Code § 23‑321; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑190. Special elections to fill vacancies in office.

(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.

[Subsection (E) deleted effective January 1, 2018 by 2017 Act No. 15, Section 2, see Code Commissioner’s Note and Effect of Amendment Note below].

(E)(1) A special election to fill a vacancy in an office is not required to be conducted if fourteen calendar days have elapsed since the filing period for that office has closed and:

(a) only one person has filed for the office; and

(b) no person has filed a declaration to be a write‑in candidate with the authority charged by law with conducting the election.

(2) In such an event, the candidate who filed for the office is deemed elected and shall take office on the Monday following certification.

(3) The provisions of this subsection also apply to municipal general elections.

When no person has filed a declaration to be a write‑in candidate pursuant to this section, the candidate who filed for the office must be declared the winner by the authority charged by law with conducting the election, and the votes for the election must not be counted or otherwise tabulated. Nothing in this section requires a ballot containing the name of a person who has been declared the winner pursuant to this section to be reprinted to delete the winning candidate’s name or candidates’ names from the ballot.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 493, eff June 9, 1986; 1988 Act No. 363, § 3, eff March 14, 1988; 1988 Act No. 380, eff March 14, 1988; 1991 Act No. 61, § 1, eff May 22, 1991; 1996 Act No. 226, § 4, eff February 12, 1996; 1996 Act No. 243, § 1, eff March 4, 1996; 1998 Act No. 412, § 4, eff June 9, 1998; 2003 Act No. 3, § 2, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on January 16, 2003); 2017 Act No. 15 (H.3150), § 1, eff May 4, 2017; 2017 Act No. 15 (H.3150), § 2, eff January 1, 2018.

ARTICLE 3 – Ballots for General and Special Elections

§ 7‑13‑310. Kinds of general election ballots; different colored paper shall be used.

In the general elections provided for in Section 7‑13‑10, there shall be four kinds of ballots called, respectively: “Official Ballot for Presidential Elector”; “Official Ballot for State Offices, United States Senator and Members of Congress”; “Official Ballot for State Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, County, Circuit and Other Offices” and “Official Ballot on Constitutional Amendments or other Propositions Submitted.” Each such kind of ballot shall be printed upon different colored paper as shall be provided for by the executive director.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.11; 1952 Code § 23‑308; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2124.

§ 7-13-315. Joint election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; qualifications; procedures.

(A) A person nominated for the Office of Governor by primary or convention, or seeking the Office of Governor as a petition candidate must designate a qualified elector to be elected jointly as Lieutenant Governor.

(B) A designee for Lieutenant Governor must possess all of the qualifications required to hold the Office of Governor.

(1) The appropriate political party shall determine if its gubernatorial candidate’s Lieutenant Governor designee is qualified.
(2) The State Election Commission shall determine whether a gubernatorial petition candidate’s Lieutenant Governor designee is qualified.

(C) No later than August first, a gubernatorial candidate’s designation for Lieutenant Governor must be in writing and filed either with the appropriate political party, or, in the case of a petition candidate, with the State Election Commission.

(D) No later than August tenth, a Lieutenant Governor designee must provide:

(1) to the State Election Commission:

(a) a copy of the gubernatorial candidate’s written designation for Lieutenant Governor; and
(b) a completed statement of intention of candidacy; and

(2) to the State Ethics Commission:

(a) a copy of the completed statement of intention of candidacy; and
(b) a current filed statement of economic interests.

(E)(1) If after being designated and before the general election the Lieutenant Governor candidate dies, becomes disqualified, or resigns for a legitimate nonpolitical reason as defined in Section 7-11-50, the gubernatorial candidate must make a substitution for the Lieutenant Governor candidate no later than ten days after the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs in the format provided in subsection (C).

(2) If a Lieutenant Governor candidate is substituted as provided in item (1), the substituted Lieutenant Governor candidate must file the documents required in subsection (D) no later than ten days after the substitution is made.
(3) The substitutions authorized in items (1) and (2) may be made after the general election if the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs before the general election. If the death, disqualification, or resignation occurs after the general election, the vacancy must be filled as provided in Section 1-3-125 by the Governor-elect.

(F) If the Lieutenant Governor candidate is not designated as provided in this section, the party or petition candidate for Governor shall not have his name placed on the ballot for the general election.

(G) A Lieutenant Governor candidate is not required to pay a separate filing fee.

(H) The provisions of Sections 7-11-10 and 7-11-210 are not applicable to a Lieutenant Governor candidate.

(I) If a Lieutenant Governor candidate has solicited or received contributions for another elective office, he must comply with the provisions of Sections 8-13-1350 and 8-13-1352. A contribution transferred to the single candidate committee of the Governor and Lieutenant Governor elected jointly must comply with the requirements of Section 8-13-1314(A).

HISTORY: 2018 Act No. 142 (H.4977), § 2, eff March 15, 2018.

§ 7‑13‑320. Ballot standards and specifications.

General election ballots shall conform to the following standards and specifications:

(A) The ballot shall be printed on paper of such thickness that the printing cannot be distinguished from the back and shall be of such size and color as directed by the State Election Commission. If more than one ballot is to be used in any election, each such ballot shall be printed upon different colored paper;

(B) Across the top of the ballot shall be printed “Official Ballot, General Election,” beneath which shall be printed the date of the election, the county and the precinct. Above the caption of each ballot shall be one stub, with a perforated line between the stub and the top of the ballot. The stub shall have printed thereon “Official Ballot, General Election” and then shall appear the name of the county, the precinct and the date of the election. On the right side there shall be a blank line under which there shall be “Initials of Issuing Officer.” Stubs on ballots for each precinct shall be prenumbered consecutively, beginning with No. 1;

(C) On the ballot for presidential electors there shall be printed, under the titles of the offices, the names of the candidates for President and Vice President of the United States nominated by each political party qualified under the provisions of Section 7‑9‑10 and those nominated by petition. A separate column shall be assigned to each political party with candidates and to each separate petition slate of candidates on the ballot and each party and each petition candidate’s columns shall be separated by distinct black lines. At the head of each column the party or petition name shall be printed in large type and below it a circle, one‑half inch in diameter, and below the circle the names of the party’s and petition candidates for President and Vice President in that order. On the face of the ballot above the party and petition candidate’s column division the following instruction shall be printed in heavy black type:

a. To vote this ballot make a cross (X) mark in the circle below the name of the political party or petition column for whose candidates you wish to vote.
b. A vote for the names of a political party’s candidates or petition candidates for President and Vice President is a vote for the electors of that party or petition candidates, the names of whom are on file with the Secretary of State.

On the bottom of the ballot shall be printed an identified facsimile of the signature of the Executive Director of the State Election Commission.

(D) The names of candidates offering for any other office shall be placed in the proper place on the appropriate ballot, stating whether it is a state, congressional, legislative, county or other office.

(E) The names of the several officers to be voted for and the tickets of the parties and petition candidates shall be placed on the ballots in an order as arranged by the State Election Commission as to those ballots for which it is responsible for distribution and by the board of voter registration and elections members for the respective counties as to the ballots for which they are responsible for distribution, including those for State Senator and member of the House of Representatives. If the State Senator or member of the House of Representatives or any other officer is to be elected from more than one county, the board of voter registration and elections members from the various counties from which they are to be elected shall assure that there shall be uniformity of placement on the ballots of their respective counties and should the board members fail to agree within sixty days prior to the general election, and upon receipt of written certification by at least one commissioner, that they have failed to act, the State Election Commission shall determine the order of placing the names on the ballots.

(F) Each county board of voter registration and elections must provide a copy of each ballot style to be used for primary, general, and special elections in the absentee precinct in the county to the Executive Director of the State Election Commission not later than September fifteenth in the case of general elections, and not later than forty days prior to the date of the election in the case of special and primary elections. If the ballot styles are not available by these deadlines, the executive director must determine when absentee ballots for that county will be available. If a determination is made that absentee ballots will not be available in sufficient time to adequately effectuate absentee voting, the executive director is empowered to direct the county board of voter registration and elections to provide the blank ballots provided by Section 7‑15‑360 until the regular ballots are available. The executive director must also notify the chairman of the county’s legislative delegation of his findings and the action taken.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.12; 1952 Code § 23‑309; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2124; 1982 Act No. 419, § 2, eff June 8, 1982; 1984 Act No. 402, § 1, eff May 24, 1984; 2000 Act No. 236, § 4, eff March 7, 2000; 2006 Act No. 223, § 2, eff February 3, 2006.

§ 7‑13‑325. Use of candidate’s given name, derivative thereof, or nickname on ballot.

The name of a candidate authorized by law to appear on a ballot in a general, special, or primary election in this State for any office may be one of the following or a combination of them:

(1) the candidate’s given name;

(2) a derivative of the candidate’s given name properly acquired under the common law and used in good faith for honest purposes; or

(3) a nickname which bears no relation to the candidate’s given name but which is used in good faith for honest purposes and does not exceed fifteen letters on the ballot.

The derivative name or nickname may not imply professional or social status, an office, or military rank.

A candidate wanting to use a derivative name or a nickname, as permitted by items (2) and (3), respectively, of this section, shall notify the authority responsible by law for conducting the election, in writing, before a deadline for receiving or certifying candidates’ names for inclusion on the ballot, the name he wishes to have appear and shall present evidence required by the authority conducting the election that the name indicated is his derivative name or nickname. In deciding whether the name indicated is the candidate’s derivative name or nickname, the authority conducting the election shall consider appropriate criteria, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) whether the name is the designation by which the candidate is usually and commonly known in the community in which he resides or called by other persons;

(b) whether the name is the designation by which the candidate calls himself or which he has adopted;

(c) whether the name is the designation under which the candidate transacts private and official business.

The State Election Commission may promulgate regulations to carry out the provisions of the section, including, but not limited to, forms to be completed by the candidate and the deadline by which a candidate shall indicate the name he wished to have appear on the ballot.

HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 180 § 1, eff June 30, 1987; 1989 Act No. 106, § 1, eff May 31, 1989.

§ 7‑13‑330. Form of ballot; instructions.

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:

 

	GENERAL ELECTION OFFICIAL BALLOT
	No. __________________ COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
			November ___, _____
			______________
			Initials of Issuing Officer
	OFFICIAL BALLOT
	GENERAL ELECTION
	____________________ County, South Carolina
			November ___, _____
			Precinct __________

 

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.

 

			Nomination by
	Name of Party	Name of Party	Petition
Names of Office	0	0
STATE	Governor	Governor	Governor
Governor	[] Name of	[] Name of	[] Name of
	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate
Lieutenant	Lieut. Governor	Lieut. Governor	Lieut. Governor
Governor	[] Name of	[] Name of	[] Name of
	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate
Secretary of	Sec. of State	Sec. of State	Sec. of State
State	[] Name of	[] Name of	[] Name of
	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate
CONGRES‑	U.S. Senator	U.S. Senator	U.S. Senator
SIONAL	[] Name of	[] Name of	[] Name of
Senator	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate
Representative	U.S. Repre‑	U.S. Repre‑	U.S. Repre‑
in Congress	sentative	sentative	sentative
	[] Name of	[] Name of	[] Name of
District	Candidate	Candidate	Candidate

 

 

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.13; 1952 Code § 23‑310; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 2000 Act No. 236, § 5, eff March 7, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑335. Arrangement of names on certain ballots.

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.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 242, § 1, eff March 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑340. Printing and distribution of ballots.

All ballots cast in general elections for national, State, county, municipal, district and circuit officers in the towns, counties, districts, circuits, cities and other political divisions shall be printed and distributed at public expense. The printing and distribution of all ballots, other than the county, State Senator, member of the House of Representatives, local or circuit ballots herein designated, the ballots for elections in cities and towns and the ballots for election on bonds or other local measures, shall be arranged and handled by the State Election Commission and shall be paid for by the State. The State Election Commission shall have all necessary ballots for elections for presidential electors, State officers, United States Senators and members of Congress printed, and shall deliver such ballots to the various county board of voter registration and elections at least ten days prior to the date of the election and the county board of voter registration and elections shall place such ballots in ballot boxes for distribution to the election managers of the various precincts.

The printing and distribution of ballots in all State Senate, member of the House of Representatives, county, local and circuit elections shall be arranged and handled by the board of voter registration and elections members of the several counties and shall be paid for by the respective counties, and the board members shall place such ballots in ballot boxes for distribution to the election managers of the various precincts. The printing and distribution of ballots in all municipal elections shall be arranged and handled by the municipal authorities conducting such elections and shall be paid for by the municipalities.

The terms “municipal” and “municipalities” as used in this section shall be construed to include school districts, public service districts and like political subdivisions.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.14; 1952 Code § 23‑311; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2124.

§ 7‑13‑350. Certification of candidates; verification of qualifications.

(A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the nominees in a party primary or party convention held under the provisions of this title by any political party certified by the commission for one or more of the offices, national, state, circuit, multi‑county district, countywide, less than countywide, or municipal to be voted on in the general election, held on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November, must be placed upon the appropriate ballot for the election as candidates nominated by the party by the authority charged by law with preparing the ballot if the names of the nominees are certified, in writing, by the political party chairman, vice‑chairman, or secretary to the authority, for general elections held under Section 7‑13‑10, not later than twelve o’clock noon on August fifteenth or, if August fifteenth falls on Saturday or Sunday, not later than twelve o’clock noon on the following Monday; and for a special or municipal general election, by at least twelve o’clock noon on the sixtieth day prior to the date of holding the election, or if the sixtieth day falls on Sunday, by twelve o’clock noon on the following Monday. Political parties nominating candidates by primary or convention must verify the qualifications of those candidates prior to certification to the authority charged by law with preparing the ballot. The written certification required by this section must contain a statement that each candidate certified meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office for which he has filed. Any candidate who does not, or will not by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, meet the qualifications for the office for which he has filed shall not be nominated and certified, and such candidate’s name shall not be placed on a general, special, or municipal election ballot.

(B) Candidates for President and Vice President must be certified not later than twelve o’clock noon on the first Tuesday following the first Monday in September to the State Election Commission.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.15; 1952 Code § 23‑312; 1950 (46) 2059; 1958 (50) 1860; 1959 (51) 285; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2866; 1976 Act No. 644; 1984 Act No. 263, § 3, eff January 27, 1984; 1984 Act No. 405, § 1, eff May 24, 1984; 1986 Act No. 344, § 1, eff March 7, 1986; 1998 Act No. 412, § 5, eff June 9, 1998; 2000 Act No. 236, § 6, eff March 7, 2000; 2000 Act No. 392, § 3, eff August 1, 2000; 2003 Act No. 3, § 3, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on January 16, 2003); 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 1, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑13‑351. Nominees by petition.

Any nominee by petition for one or more of the national, state, circuit, multi‑county district, countywide, or less than countywide offices, to be voted on in the general election must be placed upon the appropriate ballot by the officer, commissioners, or other authority charged by law with preparing the ballot if the petition is submitted to the officer, commissioner, or other authority, as the case may be, for general elections held under Section 7‑13‑10, not later than twelve o’clock noon on July fifteenth or, if July fifteenth falls on Saturday or Sunday, not later than twelve o’clock noon on the following Monday. At the time the petition is submitted, the authority charged with accepting it shall issue a receipt to the person submitting the petition which must reflect the date it was submitted and the total number of signatures contained in the petition. The county board of voter registration and elections of each respective county must check the petition at the request of the authority charged with printing the ballot for that office and must certify the results to the authority not later than twelve o’clock noon August fifteenth or, if August fifteenth falls on Sunday, not later than twelve o’clock noon on the following Monday.

The petition of any candidate in any special election, including municipal special elections, must be submitted to the authority charged with printing the ballot for those offices not later than twelve o’clock noon on the sixtieth day prior to the date of the holding of the election, or if the sixtieth day falls on Sunday, by not later than twelve o’clock noon on the following Monday. At the time a petition is submitted, the authority charged with accepting it must issue a receipt to the person submitting the petition which must reflect the date the petition was submitted and the total number of signatures contained in the petition. The candidate submitting the petition must certify, on a form designed and provided by the State Election Commission, that he meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office sought. The board of voter registration and elections of each respective county must check the petition at the request of the authority charged with printing of the ballots for that office and must certify the results thereof to the authority not later than twelve o’clock noon on the forty‑fifth day prior to the date of holding the election, or if the forty‑fifth day falls on Sunday, by twelve o’clock noon on the following Monday.

Once submitted for verification, a petition for nomination of a candidate for any office may not be returned to the petitioner, but must be retained by the authority to whom the petition was submitted and must become a part of the records of the election for which the petition was submitted.

In the event of an emergency declared by the Governor and the conditions precipitating the emergency declaration prevent a candidate from filing the nominating petition within the time required by this section, the candidate has an additional five days to submit the nominating petition to the appropriate office.

The authority to whom a petition is submitted must verify that qualifications of each potential petition candidate prior to certification of that candidate to be placed on the ballot. The written certification required by this section must contain a statement that each candidate certified meets, or will meet by the time of the general election, or as otherwise required by law, the qualifications for the office for which the petition is submitted. 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.

HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 263, § 4, eff January 27, 1984; 1986 Act No. 344, § 2, eff March 7, 1986; 1991 Act No. 62, § 1, eff May 27, 1991; 1998 Act No. 412, § 6, eff June 9, 1998; 2000 Act No. 236, § 7, eff March 7, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑352. Date by which statement of candidacy must be filed; verification of candidates’ qualifications.

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.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 344, § 3, eff March 7, 1986; 1998 Act No. 412, § 7, eff June 9, 1998; 2000 Act No. 236, § 8, eff March 7, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑355. Time for submitting question to election commission for submission as referendum to electors.

No question may be submitted to the qualified electors in a referendum held at the time of a general election unless the question is submitted to the appropriate election commission to be placed on the ballot no later than 12:00 noon on August fifteenth or, if August fifteenth falls on Saturday or Sunday, not later than 12:00 noon on the following business day.

HISTORY: 1987 Act No. 131 § 1, eff June 3, 1987; 2000 Act No. 236, § 9, eff March 7, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑360. Place on ballot for write‑in names.

The ballots shall also contain a place for voters to write in the name of any other person for whom they wish to vote except on ballots for the election of the President and Vice President.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.17; 1952 Code § 23‑314; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1982 Act No. 419, § 4, eff June 8, 1982.

§ 7‑13‑370. Death, withdrawal or disqualification of candidate after name printed on ballot.

If any candidate dies, withdraws or otherwise becomes disqualified after his name has been printed on an official election ballot and if any person is nominated, as authorized by law, to fill such vacancy, the name of the candidate so nominated to fill such vacancy need not be printed upon the ballots, but the name of such candidate so nominated shall be certified by the party executive committee making the nomination to the officer, commissioners or other authority charged with the duty of printing such ballots and a vote cast by a voter for the name of the candidate printed on the ballot who has either died, withdrawn or otherwise become disqualified shall be counted as a vote for the candidate subsequently nominated to fill such vacancy whose name is on file with such officer, board of voter registration and elections, or other authority.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.18; 1952 Code § 23‑315; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑380. Reprinting ballots to delete name of deceased or withdrawn candidate is optional.

After the official ballots have been printed by the proper officer, board of voter registration and elections, or other authority, the death or withdrawal of a candidate whose name is printed on the official ballot does not require the officer, board of voter registration and elections, or other authority to reprint the official ballots, but the officer, board of voter registration and elections, or other authority having jurisdiction over the printing and distribution of the ballots concerned may (1) cause the ballots to be reprinted and be substituted in all respects for the first printed ballots if this substitution is considered feasible and advisable or (2) affix a blank label to cover the name of the deceased or withdrawn candidate on voting systems where possible or appropriate.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.19; 1952 Code § 23‑316; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1996 Act No. 434, § 8, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑390. Limitations on withdrawal of candidacy.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.20; 1952 Code § 23‑317; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑400. Form of ballot when questions are submitted.

The form of ballot in an election on the issuance of bonds or in which any other question or issue is submitted to a vote of the people shall be a statement of the question or questions and shall thereafter have the following words:

In favor of the question or issue (as the case may be)[]

Opposed to the question or issue (as the case may be)[]

The voter shall be instructed in substance, if he wishes to vote in favor of the proposition to place a check or cross mark in the square after the words first above written and if he wishes to vote against the proposition to place a check or cross mark in the square after the words second above written.

Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent any party from submitting to party members any question or issue.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.21; 1952 Code § 23‑318; 1950 (46) 2059, 2355; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑410. Ballots where both state‑wide and local constitutional amendments are submitted.

Whenever at any general election proposed amendments to the Constitution of both state‑wide and local natures are submitted to the qualified electors of the State, the State officer charged with the duty of preparing the ballots shall arrange and classify the proposed amendments on such ballots as follows:

At the top of one ballot shall be printed the words “Statewide Constitutional Amendments.” Under this heading there shall be placed the various proposed amendments of a state‑wide nature. At the top of a separate ballot shall be printed the words “Local Constitutional Amendments.” Under this heading there shall be printed in alphabetical order the names of the various counties of the State affected by any proposed local amendments and under the name of each county the particular amendment affecting such county, or any particular subdivision thereof, or municipality situated therein, but when any proposed amendment relates to two or more counties such proposed amendment shall be listed under a joint heading combined of the names of such counties. The heading shall be printed in larger type than that used in printing the proposed amendment.

Ballots for the state‑wide constitutional amendments shall be printed on white paper and ballots for the local constitutional amendments shall be printed on a paper other than white.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.22; 1952 Code § 23‑319; 1950 (46) 2059; 1965 (54) 175; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑420. Oath of printer of ballots and assistants.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.24; 1952 Code § 23‑320; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316.

§ 7‑13‑430. Ballots provided where voting machines not used; substitute ballots; penalties for failure to provide; failsafe ballots.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.25; 1952 Code § 23‑347; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1990 Act No. 331, § 1, eff February 20, 1990; 2000 Act No; 392, § 4, eff August 1, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑440. Voting machine ballots; arrangement of nominations.

In every county, city or town providing voting machines, the board of voter registration and elections shall furnish to the managers of election a sufficient number of ballots printed on clear white paper, of such form and size as will fit the ballot frames of the machines, the arrangement of the names of the candidates on such ballots to be prescribed by the board of voter registration and elections. Party nominations shall be arranged on each voting machine either in columns or horizontal rows, as shall nominations by petition, and the captions of the various ballots on such machines shall be so placed as to indicate to the voter what push knob, key lever or other device is to be used or operated in order to vote for the candidate or candidates of his choice.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.26; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑450. Use of voting machines shall not prohibit use of separate ballots on certain questions.

The use of voting machines in an election shall not prohibit the use of a separate ballot for constitutional amendments and other public measures.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.27; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑460. Use of paper ballots.

(A) In special elections to fill vacancies in office, if the use of voting machines is not practicable or cost efficient, the county election officials may use paper ballots in these elections.

(B) If paper ballots are used, the procedure for their use and the counting of these ballots must be in accordance with the provisions of law governing the use of paper ballots, mutatis mutandis.

HISTORY: 1996 Act No. 367, § 1, eff May 29, 1996.

ARTICLE 5 – Ballots for Primary Elections

§ 7‑13‑610. Ballot specifications; separate ballots for each party.

(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) 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.31; 1952 Code § 23‑377; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1981 Act No. 1 § 1, eff January 14, 1981; 1992 Act No. 253, § 6, eff February 19, 1992; 1996 Act No. 242, § 2, eff March 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑611. Arrangement of official county and state primary ballots.

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:

 

OFFICIAL COUNTY BALLOT, ____________________ PRIMARY
(NAME OF PARTY)
__________________ COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
NO: ______	__________________________
	Initials of Issuing Officer
__________________________, 19______
(DATE OF ELECTION)
__________________________
(NAME OF PRECINCT)
OFFICIAL COUNTY BALLOT, ____________________ PRIMARY
(NAME OF PARTY)
__________________ COUNTY, SOUTH CAROLINA
__________________________, 19______
(DATE OF ELECTION)
__________________________
(NAME OF PRECINCT)

 

INSTRUCTIONS ‑
	Make a cross (X) in the voting square [] opposite the name of each candidate on the ballot for whom you wish to vote. Before leaving the booth, fold the ballot so that the initials of the manager may be seen on the outside.
You may vote for one, less than one, but not more than one candidate.

 

SHERIFF		ONE SEAT TO FILL
(Example)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
You may vote for three, less than three, but not more than three candidates.

 

COUNTY COUNCIL		THREE SEATS TO FILL
(Example)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)
	[]	(NAME OF CANDIDATE)

 

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.

HISTORY: 1992 Act No. 253, § 7, eff February 19, 1992.

ARTICLE 7 – Voting Provisions Applicable to All Elections

§ 7‑13‑710. Proof of right to vote; signing poll list; comparison of signatures; provisional ballot; purpose of requirement.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.51; 1952 Code §§ 23‑322, 23‑380; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1984 Act No. 510, § 17, eff June 28, 1984; 1988 Act No. 507, § 2, eff May 9, 1988; 1993 Act No 181 § 65, eff July 1, 1993; 1996 Act No. 459, § 5, eff June 5, 1996; 2011 Act No. 27, § 5, eff upon contingency.

§ 7‑13‑720. Oath of voter.

In the event the oath is not printed at the top of the poll list as provided for in Section 7‑13‑710, the managers of election shall administer to each person offering to vote an oath that he is qualified to vote at this election, according to the laws and Constitution of this State, and that he has not voted during this election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.52; 1952 Code § 23‑346; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑730. Delivery and marking of ballot; deposit into ballot box.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.53; 1952 Code §§ 23‑323, 23‑381; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑740. Number and construction of booths; only one voter in booth at a time; speaking to voter prohibited.

There must be provided at each polling precinct at least one booth. At least one booth must be provided for each two hundred and fifty registered electors or a major fraction thereof of the precinct. The booths must be made of wood, sheet metal, or other suitable substance; must not be less than thirty‑two inches wide, thirty‑two inches deep, and six feet six inches high; must have a curtain hanging from the top in front to within three feet of the floor; and must have a suitable shelf on which the voter can prepare his ballot. In primary, general, and special elections, the booths must be provided by the board of voter registration and elections. Only one voter shall be allowed to enter a booth at a time, and no one except as provided herein is allowed to speak to a voter while in the booth preparing his ballot.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.54; 1952 Code § 23‑348; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1996 Act No. 434, § 9, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑760. Time when voter must leave booth and voting place; voter must be alone in booth and must not talk while voting.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.55; 1952 Code § 23‑349; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑770. Unauthorized persons within guard rails; voters requiring assistance; minor children of qualified elector accompanying parent into booth.

(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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.56; 1952 Code § 23‑350; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1970 (56) 1913; 1984 Act No. 445, eff June 15, 1984; 2008 Act No; 205, § 1, eff May 14, 2008.

§ 7‑13‑771. Voting by handicapped and elderly electors who cannot enter the polling place or cannot stand in line to vote.

(A) Any elector who, because of physical handicap or age, cannot enter the polling place in the precinct in which he is registered to vote, or is unable to stand in line to vote, may vote outside that polling place in the closest available parking area utilizing the vehicle in which he has been driven, or has driven to the polls.

(B) When the managers are informed that a handicapped or elderly voter cannot enter the polling place or cannot stand in line to vote, the voter’s identification required by Section 7‑13‑710 must be presented to the managers who must verify that the voter is eligible to vote. Upon verification of the voter’s eligibility, two managers shall take the poll list and the voter’s ballot to the voter in his vehicle outside the polling place. The managers shall notify any poll watchers present who, at their discretion, may accompany the managers as observers. Where the polling place uses machines for the purposes of voting, the poll managers must use the ballots provided under Sections  7‑13‑1470 or 7‑13‑1870 for those voters who cannot enter the polling place.

(C) No person other than the voter is permitted in the vehicle in which the voter is casting his ballot unless the voter is entitled to assistance as provided in Section 7‑13‑770.

(D) After the voter has voted his ballot, he must fold it so that the secrecy of the ballot is preserved and return it to the managers waiting outside the vehicle. The managers shall carry the ballot to the ballot box, taking care not to violate the secrecy of the ballot, and after detaching the stub, deposit the ballot in the ballot box.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 407, § 1, eff May 12, 1986.

§ 7‑13‑780. Designation of voters who may receive assistance.

Only those persons who are unable to read or write or who are physically unable or incapacitated from preparing a ballot or voting shall be entitled to receive assistance of any kind in voting.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.57; 1952 Code § 23‑351; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑790. Substitute for marred or defaced ballot.

If a voter shall mar or deface his ballot, he may obtain one additional ballot upon returning to the managers in charge of the ballots the ballot so marred or defaced with the stub attached. The manager in charge of the poll list shall change the number of the ballot on the poll list and place the marred or defaced ballot in a file. No voter shall be given a second ballot until he has returned the first one with the stub attached.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.58; 1952 Code § 23‑352; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑800. Write‑ins shall be in handwriting of voter or authorized manager.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.59; 1952 Code § 23‑324; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1995 Act No. 145, Part II, § 59B, eff June 29, 1995.

§ 7‑13‑810. Prevention of illegal voting or taking too much time; challenging voters.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.60; 1952 Code § 23‑353; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1974 (58) 2641; 1990 Act No. 357, § 4, eff March 19, 1990; 1996 Act No. 466, § 9, eff August 21, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑820. Voting by person whose name is not on registration book.

When any person presents himself with a valid South Carolina driver’s license or other form of identification required by Section 7‑13‑710, if he is not licensed to drive, at the polling precinct and his name does not appear on the registration book a manager must call the county registration office from any phone available at or away from the polling precinct. The manager shall give only the name of the elector as it appears on the driver’s license or other form of identification. The member of the board of voter registration and elections taking the call must check the records of the board and if the name of the person is found and he is eligible to vote in the precinct the date of birth of the person must be read to the manager who must then ask the person for such date. Upon answering correctly, the person may vote. When a manager is to make a call for such purpose, he must notify the poll watchers who may accompany the manager and have the information repeated to each of them. The manager must fill in the information on the driver’s license or other form of identification on a form provided for that purpose before permitting such person to vote. In the event such call is a toll call it may be made collect and the registration office must accept the call.

If the name cannot be verified by the board of voter registration and elections, or if a phone is not available, the poll manager or his designee may permit the person to vote after following the procedures set forth in Section 7‑13‑830, and the vote must be processed as a provisional vote. The poll manager must be listed as the challenger.

The provisions of this section are in addition to the procedure provided in Section 7‑5‑440.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.60:1; 1974 (58) 2641; 1978 Act No. 521, eff May 30, 1978; 1984 Act No. 510, § 18, eff June 28, 1984; 1996 Act No. 434, § 10, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑830. Procedure when voter challenged.

When any person is so challenged, the manager must explain to him the qualifications of an elector and may examine his as to the same. If the person insists that he is qualified and the challenge is not withdrawn, his provisional vote must be received and placed in an envelope on which must be written the name of the voter and that of the challenger. The provisional votes must be kept separate and apart and not counted but turned over to the board of voter registration and elections or other authority having supervision of the election. At the meeting specified in either Section 7‑17‑10 or 7‑17‑510, whichever is applicable, this authority must hear all objections to these votes, and when no person appears or offers evidence before the meeting to sustain an objection made at the polls, the ballot is no longer a provisional ballot. When the challenger appears or produces witnesses or evidence in support of the challenge, the authority in charge must proceed to hear and determine the question. Its decision is final. Each provisional ballot which is no longer challenged and each ballot whose challenge was decided in favor of the voter must be removed from the envelope, mingled, and counted and the totals added to the previously counted regular ballot total of all precincts without attribution to a particular precinct. If the voting at the voting place is being done upon a voting machine, the managers must provide a paper ballot which must be placed in an envelope and treated as provided in this section.

Where, pursuant to Section 7‑13‑820, a person’s name could not be verified by the board of voter registration and elections or where a telephone was not available and the person was allowed to vote a provisional ballot, the board of voter registration and elections, before the meeting, must certify to the authority in charge whether or not the voter is a qualified elector of the precinct in which he voted his provisional ballot. If the board certifies the person challenged is not a qualified elector of the precinct, this certification is considered an administrative challenge and is clear and convincing evidence for the meeting authority to disallow the ballot. Nothing in this section prohibits the county board of voter registration and elections from continuing any challenge administratively as long as it has evidence to sustain the challenge.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.61; 1952 Code § 23‑383; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1973 (58) 1861; 1987 Act No. 121, § 1, eff June 2, 1987; 1987 Act No. 126, § 1, eff June 8, 1987; 1988 Act No. 472, eff May 2, 1988; 1992 Act No. 253, § 8, eff February 19, 1992; 1996 Act No. 434, § 11, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑840. Ballot boxes; number, location, construction, color, labeling.

There shall be provided for each voting place a sufficient number of boxes to meet the anticipated requirements. In general and special elections they shall be provided by the board of voter registration and elections; in primaries by the county committee. There shall always be provided at least one box for each kind of ballot used. An opening shall be made in the lid of each box not larger than sufficient for a single ballot to be inserted therein at one time, through which the ballot shall be inserted by the person voting and by no other. Each box shall be provided with a sufficient lock and shall be publicly opened and inspected, to show that it is empty and secure, and locked just before the opening of the poll. The keys shall be returned to the managers and the box shall not be opened during the election. Each box shall be labeled in plain and distinct roman letters with the office or officers voted for and shall be painted in a color corresponding to the proper ballot to be placed therein, or have sample ballots conspicuously affixed to the box in which like ballots are to be deposited, and the managers, on the demand of the voter, shall be required to read to him the names of the boxes. The ballot boxes shall be so located as to be in view of the persons outside of the rail at the polling place during the time of the voting.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.62; 1952 Code § 23‑354; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑850. Closing polls; voters waiting may vote.

At the time for closing the polls the chairman of the managers shall announce that the polls are closed, but any voters who are in the process of voting or are present waiting to vote shall be allowed to vote before the polls close.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.63; 1952 Code § 23‑355; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑860. Watchers; appointment, qualifications, identification, and conduct.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.64; 1952 Code § 23‑345; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1996 Act No. 252, § 1, eff April 1, 1996; 1996 Act No. 434, § 12, eff June 4, 1996.

ARTICLE 9 – Voting Provisions Applicable to All Elections

§ 7‑13‑860. Watchers; appointment, qualifications, identification, and conduct.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.64; 1952 Code § 23‑345; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1996 Act No. 252, § 1, April 1, 1996; 1996 Act No. 434, § 12, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑1010. Additional oath of voters.

The managers at each box shall require every voter to take the following additional oath and pledge: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that I am duly qualified to vote at this primary election and that I have not voted before at this primary election or in any other party’s primary election or officially participated in the nominating convention for any vacancy for which this primary is being held.”

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.71; 1952 Code § 23‑379; 1950 (46) 2059; 1964 (53) 1809; 1966 (54) 2340; 1972 (57) 2441.

§ 7‑13‑1020. Absentee voting not permitted in primaries; exceptions.

Absentee enrollment and absentee voting may not be provided for by party rules or permitted in any primary election, except as provided in Section 7‑13‑1030 or in Chapter 15 of this Title.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.77; 1952 Code § 23‑384; 1950 (46) 2059; 1953 (48) 423; 1960 (51) 1598; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑1030. Voting by National Guard when on duty.

In case the National Guard of South Carolina is called to active duty, is mobilized or is participated in field training, the State committee shall provide for the voting of all members of the National Guard qualified to vote, whether such members are within the State or elsewhere.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.78; 1952 Code § 23‑385; 1950 (46) 2059; 1953 (48) 423; 1960 (51) 1598; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑1040. No person to vote in more than one primary on same day.

No person shall be entitled to vote in more than one party primary election held the same day.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.79; 1952 Code § 23‑382; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

ARTICLE 11 – Canvassing and Counting of Ballots

§ 7‑13‑1110. Counting ballots and declaration of result; volunteer personnel may assist.

At the close of the election the managers and clerk shall immediately proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein and shall continue such count, without adjournment or interruption, until it is completed. They shall then make and sign such statement of the result thereof as the nature of the election shall require. At the completion of the vote counting a duplicate of the statement and return of votes must be published by posting it in a conspicuous site at the polling places, except in counties where vote recorders are used for voting.

Managers of election are authorized to use additional volunteer personnel in counting the ballots. None of such personnel shall be a candidate or watcher for a candidate for an office voted on in the election and shall be required to take the following oath prior to assuming their duties: “I do solemnly swear or affirm that I am not a candidate or watcher in this election, am a qualified elector of this county, that I will count the ballots entrusted to my care in a fair and impartial manner, and make to the best of my ability a correct tabulation of the results.” The managers shall be required to make a list of all such counters and turn such list in with other election material. The provisions of this section shall not apply to the counting of ballots at any precinct using vote recorders which require the ballot cards to be counted with the use of a tabulating machine.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.91; 1952 Code § 23‑356; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316; 1970 (56) 1998; 1982 Act No. 280, § 2, eff February 24, 1982; 1986 Act No. 398, eff May 6, 1986.

§ 7‑13‑1120. Disposition of improperly marked ballots.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.92; 1952 Code § 23‑357; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1972 (57) 2383.

§ 7‑13‑1130. Disposition of ballots found in wrong box and ballots folded together.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.93; 1952 Code § 23‑358; 1950 (46) 2059; 1965 (54) 242; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑1140. Procedure when too many ballots found in box or too many votes tabulated.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.94; 1952 Code § 23‑359; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340; 1973 (58) 1860.

§ 7‑13‑1150. Accounting for ballots after election; returns; delivery of poll lists and other matters; unused ballots.

When the canvassing and counting of the votes are completed, the chairman of the managers, or one of them to be designated in writing by the managers, shall deliver to the board of voter registration and elections the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and a written return of the result of the election in the voting precinct. Managers shall account to the board of voter registration and elections of the county for all ballots delivered to them and make the following returns, (a) the number of official ballots furnished to each voting precinct, (b) the number of official ballots spoiled and returned by voters, (c) the number of official ballots returned to the board of voter registration and elections and (d) the number of official ballots actually voted.

The board of voter registration and elections shall keep in possession all unused ballots, as well as those that have been spoiled, until the time for contesting the election has expired. Any ballot that has been lost must be accounted for by a certificate from the chairman of the managers of the particular precinct covering the circumstances.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.95; 1952 Code §§ 23‑325, 23‑386; 1950 (46) 2059; 1966 (54) 2340.

§ 7‑13‑1160. Reporting of election results to State Election Commission.

Within twenty‑four hours of the completion of the canvassing and counting of ballots, the persons in charge of each such election in each county shall notify the State Election Commission of the unofficial results of such election in each such county; provided, however, that failure to comply with the provisions of this section shall not invalidate the votes cast therein.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.96; 1966 (54) 2340; 1968 (55) 2316.

§ 7‑13‑1170. Ordering of new election by Governor.

When any election official of any political subdivision of this State charged with ordering, providing for, or holding an election has neglected, failed, or refused to order, provide for, or hold the election at the time appointed, or if for any reason the election is declared void by competent authority, and these facts are made to appear to the satisfaction of the Governor, he shall, should the law not otherwise provide for this contingency, order an election or a new election to be held at the time and place, and upon the notice being given which to him appears adequate to insure the will of the electorate being fairly expressed. To that end, he may designate the existing election official or other person as he may appoint to perform the necessary official duties pertaining to the election and to declare the result.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.97; 1952 Code § 23‑326; 1942 Code § 2330; 1932 Code § 2330; 1931 (37) 272; 1966 (54) 2340; 1988 Act No. 364, § 4, eff March 14, 1988.

ARTICLE 13 – Vote Recorders

§ 7‑13‑1320. Use of vote recorders in certain precincts; use of vote recorders of different kinds; number and capacity of vote records.

(a) The use of an optical scan voting system may be authorized for use in absentee precincts in a county.

(b) The county board of voter registration and elections shall provide an optical voting system in such numbers as it considers necessary in good working order and of sufficient capacity to accommodate the names of all candidates for all party offices and nominations and public offices that, under the provisions of existing laws and party rules, are to be voted for at any primary or other election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.102; 1970 (56) 2022; 2005 Act No. 63, § 2, eff May 16, 2005.

§ 7‑13‑1330. Vote recorders and optical scan voting systems; approval process; duration and changes.

(A) 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 federal voting system standards.

(B) 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.

(C) 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 (A).

(D) 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.

(E) 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.

(F) 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.

(G) 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.

(H) 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.

(I) 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 reader to electronically count and record votes or to a printer to accurately reproduce vote totals.

(J) 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 (A) and (C) 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 (A) and (C).

(K) 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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.103; 1970 (56) 2022; 1999 Act No. 103, § 4, eff June 30, 1999; 2005 Act No. 63, § 3, eff May 16, 2005.

§ 7‑13‑1340. Requirements for vote recorders or optical scan voting devices.

A vote recorder or optical scan voting device must not be adopted or used unless it:

(a) provides facilities for voting for the candidates as may be nominated and upon the questions as may be submitted;
(b) permits each elector, at other than primaries, to vote a straight party or body ticket, in one operation; and, in one operation, to vote for all the candidates of one party or body for every office to be voted for, except those offices as to which the elector votes for individual candidates;
(c) permits each elector, at other than primaries, to vote a ticket selected from the nominees of any and all parties or bodies, from independent nominations, and from persons not in nomination;
(d) permits each elector to vote, at any election, for any person and for any office for whom and for which the elector is lawfully entitled to vote, whether or not the name of the person or persons appears upon a ballot label as a candidate for election, and to vote for as many persons for an office as the elector is entitled to vote for, and to vote for or against any question upon which the elector is entitled to vote;
(e) precludes, when used in conjunction with a tabulating machine, the counting of votes for any candidate, or upon any question, for whom or upon which an elector is not entitled to vote, and precludes the counting of votes for more persons for any office than the elector is entitled to vote for or for fewer than the elector is required to vote for, and precludes the counting of votes for any candidate for the same office or upon any question more than once;
(f) permits voting in absolute secrecy, so that a person shall not see or know for whom any other elector has voted or is voting, except an elector whom the person has assisted or is assisting in voting, as prescribed by law;
(g) is constructed of material of good quality, in a neat and workmanlike manner;
(h) records, when properly operated, correctly and accurately every vote cast;
(i) is constructed so that an elector may readily learn the method of operating it;
(j) is safely transportable; and
(k) if approved after July 1, 1999, or if an upgrade in software, hardware, or firmware is submitted for approval as required by Section 7‑13‑1330(C), is able to electronically transmit vote totals for all elections to the State Election Commission in a format and time frame specified by the commission.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.104; 1970 (56) 2022; 1999 Act No. 103, § 5, eff June 30, 1999; 2006 Act No. 223, § 1, eff February 3, 2006.

§ 7‑13‑1350. Payment for vote recorders.

The governing body of any county which adopts vote recorders in the manner provided for by this article shall, upon the purchase thereof, provide for payment therefor by the county.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.105; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1360. Form and contents of ballot labels; primary elections.

(a) The ballot labels shall be printed in black ink, upon clear, white material, of such size and arrangement as will suit the construction of the vote recorder, and in plain, clear type so as to be easily readable by persons with normal vision.

(b) The arrangement of offices, names of candidates and questions upon the ballot labels shall conform as nearly as practicable to the provisions of law for the arrangement of same on paper ballots. Provided, however, that such form may be varied in order to present a clear presentation of candidates and questions to the electors. In the event that there are more candidates for any office than can be placed upon one page, the label shall be clearly marked to indicate that the names of candidates for the office are continued on the following page.

(c) The form and arrangement of ballot labels shall be prescribed and prepared by the State Election Commission.

(d) In primaries, separate vote recorders may be used for each political party. If the same vote recorder is used for two or more political parties on the same day, the ballot cards of each party shall be clearly identified and so designed that only votes cast for candidates of that party will be counted by the tabulating machine.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.106; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1370. Ballot cards.

Ballot cards shall be of suitable design, size and stock, as prescribed by the State Election Commission, to permit processing by a tabulating machine. A serially‑numbered stub and strip shall be attached to each ballot card in a manner and form similar to that prescribed by law for paper ballots.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.107; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1371. Ballot cards used in conjunction with optical scanning device; instructions.

(A) Ballot cards used in conjunction with an optical scanning device must include an instruction to vote both sides of the ballot card. This instruction must appear conspicuously at the top and at the bottom of the front side of the ballot card and must be printed in bold‑faced type at least as large as the largest type on the ballot card.

(B) The State Election Commission must establish the form of a sign to be displayed in any polling place utilizing an optical scanning device. This sign must notify voters to vote both sides of the ballot card and must be displayed in three conspicuous places in the polling place.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 418, eff May 13, 1986; 1992 Act No. 418, § 1, eff June 1, 1992.

§ 7‑13‑1380. Write‑in votes.

Electors shall be permitted to cast write‑in votes. The design of the ballot card shall permit the managers in counting the write‑in votes to determine readily whether an elector has cast any write‑in vote not authorized by law. The State Election Commission in specifying the form of the ballot shall provide for ballot secrecy in connection with write‑in votes.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.108; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1390. Labeling, preparation, and testing of vote recorders; custodians and deputies; examination by interested persons.

(a) The election officials of each county shall cause the proper ballot labels to be placed on each vote recorder which is to be used in any election within such county and shall cause each vote recorder to be placed in proper order for voting.

(b) The election officials of each county shall appoint one custodian of vote recorders, and such deputy custodians as may be necessary, whose duty it shall be to prepare the vote recorders to be used in county elections. Each custodian and deputy custodian shall receive such compensation as provided for in the annual county appropriation. Such custodian shall, under the direction of the county election officials, have charge of and represent them during the preparation of the vote recorders as required by this article, and he and the deputy custodians, whose duty it shall be to assist him in the discharge of his duties, shall serve at the pleasure of the county election officials.

(c) On or before the third day preceding an election, the county election officials shall have the tabulating machines tested to ascertain that they will correctly count the votes cast for all offices and on all questions. Public notice of the time and place of the test shall be made at least five days prior thereto. Representatives of political parties and bodies, candidates, news media and the public shall be permitted to observe such tests. The test shall be conducted by processing a preaudited group of ballot cards clearly marked for such purpose, not to exceed fifty for each candidate or question, so punched or marked as to record a predetermined number of valid votes for each candidate and on each question, and shall include for each office one or more ballot cards which have votes in excess of or less than the number allowed by law in order to test the ability of the tabulating machine to reject such votes. The tabulating machine shall not be approved unless it produces an errorless counting. If any error is detected, the cause therefor shall be ascertained and corrected, and an errorless count shall be made before the machine is approved. The same test shall be repeated immediately before the start of the official count of the ballot cards and at the conclusion of such count. The county election officials or custodian shall also prepare the vote recorders for voting at the various polling places to be used in the election. In preparing the vote recorders, they shall arrange the recorders and the ballot labels so that they meet all requirements of voting and counting at such primary or election, thoroughly inspect and test the vote recorders, and file a certificate, as prescribed by the State Election Commission, in the office of the county election officials that the recorders are in proper order with correct ballot labels.

(d) Prior to the election, no county election officials, nor custodian, nor other employee shall in any way prevent free access to and examination of all voting machines which are to be used at the election under proper supervision and, at reasonable times, by any interested persons.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.109; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1400. Delivery of vote recorders; duties of officials at polling places.

(a) The county election officials shall deliver the proper vote recorder or vote recorders, properly furnished with ballot labels, to the polling places at least one hour before the time set for opening the polls at each election, and shall cause each vote recorder to be set up in the proper manner for use in voting. Such election officials shall place each vote recorder in a voting booth so that the ballot labels on the recorder can be plainly seen by the poll officers when not being voted on.

(b) The county election officials shall provide ample protection against molestation of and injury to the vote recorder and, for that purpose, shall call upon any law‑enforcement officer to furnish such assistance as may be necessary, and it shall be the duty of the law‑enforcement officer to furnish such assistance when so requested by such officials.

(c) The poll manager shall furnish for each vote recorder at least one hour before the opening of the polls:

(1) Sufficient light to enable electors, while in the voting booth, to read the ballot labels and suitable for the use of poll officers in examining the vote recorder.
(2) Two sample ballots printed on a single sheet of white paper or a number of sheets stapled together which shall be a reasonable facsimile of the ballot labels to be used in the primary or election, and accompanied by directions for voting on the vote recorder; and such sample ballots shall be posted prominently outside the enclosed space within the polling place.
(3) A seal for sealing the vote recorder after the polls are closed and such other materials and supplies as may be necessary or as may be required by law or by rules and regulations of the State Election Commission.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.110; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1410. Duties of officials after closing of polls; review of ballots; duplicate ballots.

Immediately following the closing of the polls, the manager shall:

(a) Count the number of electors who voted, as shown in the poll list.
(b) Count the unused ballots without removing stubs.
(c) Count the soiled and defaced ballots.
(d) Insert the totals of (a), (b) and (c) of this section on the report forms provided therefor.
(e) Count and secure or inactivate all marking devices in the polling place so that no device may be used or operated by any unauthorized person in the polling place.
(f) Remove the voted ballots from the containers and sort them according to types or parts of ballots if more than one type or part has been used. If the number of voted ballots exceeds the number of voters whose names appear upon the poll list, the managers shall enter on the poll list an explanation of such discrepancy. Any manager having a different explanation shall enter it on the poll list and subscribe to it.

Before leaving the precinct, each ballot shall be reviewed and, if there appear markings other than by the marking device or there are names of candidates in spaces authorized for write‑in votes, such write‑in votes shall be tabulated by the precinct officials and the results certified to the counting station. In such instance, the precinct officials shall first determine, for the contest in which a write‑in vote has been cast, that the voter on such ballot has not, for such contest, voted contrary to the voting instructions for such contest. If it is determined that the voter has not violated such instructions, write‑in votes shall be tabulated and the ballot shall be reinserted with the remainder of the ballots. If it is determined that the voter has violated the instruction for marking the ballot, then the entire ballot shall be tabulated by the precinct officials and the results certified to the counting station, or the county board of voter registration and elections may cause a duplicate to be made of that part of the ballot marked according to such instructions.

Provided, that if it appears that a ballot is so torn, bent, or otherwise defaced or has been marked by other than the marking device, so that it cannot be counted by the automatic tabulating equipment, the county board of voter registration and elections may cause a duplicate of each such ballot to be marked so that it can be so counted.

Such duplicate ballots, when so authorized by the board of voter registration and elections, shall be prepared at the counting station in the presence of witnesses and substituted for the original ballots, which duplicate ballots shall be counted by the automatic tabulating equipment. The original ballots shall be preserved and all such duplicate ballots shall be clearly labeled with the word “duplicate” and shall bear a serial number which shall also be recorded on the original. At the counting station, write‑in votes tabulated by the precinct officials shall be added to the results from ballots tabulated with the automatic tabulating equipment and the totals certified as the precinct count on the summary sheet.

(g) Put the unused ballots with the stubs attached, and soiled and defaced ballots with the stubs attached, in the envelopes or containers provided and certify the number. The voted ballots shall be placed in designated containers provided by the county board of voter registration and elections for use with automatic tabulating equipment, sealed, and the containers shall be sealed. Officials duly authorized by the county board of voter registration and elections shall then transport all of the ballots, precinct election supplies and records to the location designated by the board of voter registration and elections for the processing or counting, or both, of such ballots.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.111; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1420. Observation by poll watchers after polls close.

Poll watchers shall be allowed to remain in the polling place after the polls close and may observe the processing of the ballots and the sealing of the containers.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.112; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1430. Counting stations; processing and counting of ballots and preparation of summary sheets.

In counties where marking devices and automatic tabulating equipment have been adopted, the county board of voter registration and elections shall establish one or more counting stations to receive voted ballots and other precinct election supplies after the polling precincts are closed. Such stations shall be under the supervision and direction of the board of voter registration and elections. Processing and counting of voted ballots and the preparation of summary sheets shall be done in the presence of witnesses approved by the board of voter registration and elections.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.113; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1440. Witnesses are to observe at counting station.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.114; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1450. Public display of vote recorders preceding election.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.115; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1460. Use of paper ballots where use of vote recorders is not possible or practicable.

If a method of election for any candidate or office or of voting on any question is prescribed by law in which the use of vote recorders is not possible or practicable, or in case at any election the number of candidates seeking nomination or nominated for any office renders the use of vote recorders for such office at such election impracticable, or if for any other reason at any election the use of vote recorders wholly or in part is not practicable, the county election officials may arrange to have the voting for such candidates or offices or for such questions conducted by paper ballots. In such cases, paper ballots shall be printed for such candidates, offices or questions, and the election conducted by the poll managers herein provided for, and the ballots counted and return thereof made in the manner required by law for such nominations, offices or questions, insofar as paper ballots are used.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.116; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1470. Procedure where vote recorder becomes out of order.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.117; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1480. Custody, storage, and care of vote recorders.

The county election officials shall designate a person who shall have the custody of the vote recorders of the county when they are not in use at an election and shall provide for his compensation and for the safe storage and care of the vote recorders. All vote recorders when not in use shall be properly covered and stored in a suitable place or places.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.118; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1490. Regulations, instructions and forms.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.119; 1970 (56) 2022.

§ 7‑13‑1500. Oath of person preparing or operating tabulating devices.

Any person who prepares or operates the tabulating devices in any election or preparatory thereto shall take an oath as a custodian and file in accordance with law.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑400.120; 1970 (56) 2022.

ARTICLE 15 – Voting Machines

§ 7‑13‑1610. State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners.

The Board of State Canvassers shall, ex officio, constitute the State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑401; 1952 Code § 23‑401; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1620. Voting system approval process.

(A) Before any kind of voting system, including an electronic voting system, is used at an election, it must be approved by the State Election Commission, which shall examine the voting system and make and file in the commission’s office a report, attested to by the signature of the commission’s executive director, stating whether, in the commission’s opinion, the kind of voting system examined may be accurately and efficiently used by electors at elections, as provided by law. A 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 federal voting system standards.

(B) A person or company who requests an examination of any type of voting system shall pay a nonrefundable examination fee of one thousand dollars for a new voting system. A nonrefundable examination fee of five hundred dollars must be paid for an upgrade to any existing system. The State Election Commission may reexamine any 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.

(C) A person or company who seeks approval for any type of voting system in this State shall file with the State Election Commission a list of all states or jurisdictions in which that voting 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 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.

(D) A person or an individual who seeks approval for any type of voting system shall 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.

(E) A person or company who seeks approval for any voting system shall 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 must 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 use of 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 units required for the efficient operation of an election. The test also must demonstrate the accuracy of votes reported on the system.

(F) Before a 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.

(G) After a 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. This requirement does not apply to the technical capability of a general purpose computer, reader, or printer used for election preparation or ballot tallying.

(H) If the State Election Commission determines that a voting system that was approved no longer meets the requirements of Title 7, the commission shall decertify that system. A decertified system must not be used in an election unless it is reapproved by the commission pursuant to the provisions of Title 7.

(I)(1) A vendor of any voting system that has been approved by the State Election Commission shall report in writing to the Director of the State Election Commission any decertification, ethical, or technical violations against the voting system in any state within ninety days after the decertification, ethical, or technical violations are issued by the other state. If the vendor does not provide evidence to the State Election Commission’s satisfaction that the voting system deficiencies have been corrected to comply with the provisions of South Carolina law, then the voting system may be decertified.

(2) A vendor seeking the approval of a voting system by the State Election Commission shall report in writing to the Director of the State Election Commission any decertification, ethical, or technical violations issued against the voting system in any state that have occurred prior to or during the time the vendor seeks approval of the voting system by the State Election Commission. If the vendor does not provide evidence to the State Election Commission’s satisfaction that the voting system deficiencies have been corrected to comply with the provisions of South Carolina law, then the voting system may not be approved.

(J) A member of the State Election Commission, county board of voter registration and elections, custodian, or member of a county governing body may not have a pecuniary interest in any voting system or in the manufacture or sale of any voting system.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑402; 1952 Code § 23‑402; 1950 (46) 2059; 1971 (57) 85; 1999 Act No. 103, § 6, eff June 30, 1999; 2005 Act No. 63, § 4, eff May 16, 2005.

§ 7‑13‑1640. Voting machine requirements.

(A) Any kind or type of voting machine may be approved by the State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners which is so constructed as to fulfill the following requirements. It shall:

(1) provide facilities for voting for all candidates of as many political parties or organizations as may make nominations of candidates at any election, for or against as many questions as may be submitted at any election, and at all general or special elections, permit the voter to vote for all of the candidates of one party or in part for the candidates of one or more parties;
(2) permit the voter to vote for as many persons for any office as he is lawfully entitled to vote for, but no more;
(3) prevent the voter from voting for the same person more than once for the same office;
(4) permit the voter to vote for or against any question he may have the right to vote on, but no other;
(5) if used at a primary election, be so equipped that all rows except those of the voter’s party can be locked out by the managers of election by means of an adjustment on the outside of the machine;
(6) correctly register or record and accurately count all votes cast for any and all candidates and for or against all questions;
(7) be provided with a “protective counter” or “protective device” whereby any operation of the machine before or after the election will be detected;
(8) be provided with a counter which shows at all times during an election how many persons have voted;
(9) be provided with either an illustration or a mechanical model, illustrating the manner of voting on the machine, suitable for the instruction of voters; and
(10) ensure voting in absolute secrecy.

(B) A machine must be provided with a device for each party and for each nomination by petition for voting for presidential and vice‑presidential candidates in one operation and listing the candidates by name and by party or indicating the candidate is nominated by petition.

(C) If approved after July 1, 1999, or if an upgrade in software, hardware, or firmware is submitted for approval as required by Section 7‑13‑1620(B), the voting system must be able to electronically transmit vote totals for all elections to the State Election Commission in a format and time frame specified by the commission.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑404; 1952 Code § 23‑404; 1950 (46) 2059; 1982 Act No. 419, § 3, eff June 8, 1982; 1996 Act No. 316, § 1, eff May 20, 1996; 1999 Act No. 103, § 7, eff June 30, 1999.

§ 7‑13‑1650. Experimental use of voting machines.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑405; 1952 Code § 23‑405; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1655. “Voting system” defined; State Election Commission duties.

(A) As used in this section, “voting system” means:

(1) the total combination of mechanical, electromechanical, or electronic equipment, including the software, firmware, and documentation required to program, control, and support the equipment that is used to:

(a) define ballots;
(b) cast and count votes;
(c) report or display election results; and
(d) maintain and produce audit trail information;

(2) the practices and associated documentation used to:

(a) identify system components and versions of these components;
(b) test the system during its development and maintenance;
(c) maintain records of system errors and defects;
(d) determine specific system changes to be made to a system after the initial qualification of the system; and
(e) make available materials to the voter, such as notices, instructions, forms, or paper ballots.

(B) The State Election Commission shall:

(1) either approve and adopt one voting system to be used by authorities charged by law with conducting elections, or approve and adopt multiple voting systems if the commission, in its discretion, determines not to adopt one voting system;
(2) support the authorities charged by law with conducting elections by providing basic level training for personnel in the operation of the voting system approved and adopted by the commission;
(3) support all aspects of creating the ballots and the database of the voting system that is approved and adopted; and
(4) comply with the provisions of Chapter 35 of Title 11 in procuring a voting system or systems, as defined in subsection (A).

HISTORY: 2005 Act No. 63, § 1, eff May 16, 2005.

§ 7‑13‑1670. Demonstrations with machines for instruction of voters.

In any county, city or town in which voting machines are to be used, the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board may designate suitable and adequate times and places for the exhibition and demonstration of a voting machine containing sample ballots, showing the title of offices to be filled and, so far as practicable, the names of the candidates to be voted for at the next election for the purpose of giving instruction as to the use of a voting machine to all voters who may apply for it. No voting machine shall be used for such instruction after being prepared and sealed for use in an election. During such exhibition the counting mechanism of the voting machine shall be concealed from view.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑407; 1952 Code § 23‑407; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1680. Number of voting machines; type and use; repair; custody.

The governing body of any county or municipality providing voting machines at polling places for use at elections shall provide for each polling place at least one voting machine for each two hundred fifty registered voters or portion thereof or as near thereto as may be practicable. The machines shall be of the type approved as provided for in this title and shall be kept in complete and accurate working order and in proper repair. The machines may be used in such election districts or precincts in the county or municipality as the officials holding the election or conducting the primary may determine. The governing body of the county or municipality owning the machines shall have custody of such machines and other furniture or equipment of the polling places when not in use at an election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑408; 1952 Code § 23‑408; 1950 (46) 2059; 1968 (55) 2316; 2000 Act No. 392, § 5, eff August 1, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑1690. Employment and qualifications of custodians of voting machines.

For the purpose of placing ballots in the frames of a machine, putting it in order and setting, testing, adjusting and delivering the machine, the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board may employ one or more competent persons, to be known as the custodians of voting machines, who shall be fully competent, thoroughly instructed and sworn to perform their duties honestly and faithfully. For such purpose such persons shall be appointed and instructed at least thirty days before the election and shall be considered as election officers.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑409; 1952 Code § 23‑409; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1700. Instruction of managers and clerks in use of machines; appointment of manager or clerk in emergency.

Not more than thirty days before each primary or general election, the board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board must instruct the managers and clerks appointed to serve in the election in the use of the machine and their duties in connection therewith; and the board of voter registration and elections shall not permit a person to serve as a manager or clerk, if there are clerks, who is not fully qualified to conduct an election with the machine. However, nothing in this section may be construed to prevent the appointment of a person as a manager or clerk of election to fill a vacancy in an emergency.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑410; 1952 Code § 23‑410; 1950 (46) 2059; 1996 Act No. 434, § 13, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑1710. Voting machine ballots; arrangement of nominations.

In every county, city or town providing voting machines, the board of voter registration and elections shall furnish to the managers of election a sufficient number of ballots printed on clear white paper, of such form and size as will fit the ballot frames of the machines, the arrangement of the names of the candidates on such ballots to be prescribed by the board of voter registration and elections. Party nominations shall be arranged on each voting machine either in columns or horizontal rows, as shall nominations by petition, and the captions of the various ballots on such machines shall be so placed as to indicate to the voter what push knob, key lever or other device is to be used or operated in order to vote for the candidate or candidates of his choice.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑411; 1952 Code § 23‑411; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1720. Unopposed candidates in primaries.

In any party primary in which voting machines shall be used in one or more voting precincts, the name of any unopposed candidate for nomination for any office shall be omitted from the ballot used in any such voting machine, and such unopposed candidate shall be declared to have received the total number of votes cast in such voting precinct.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑412; 1952 Code § 23‑412; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1730. Use of separate ballots on constitutional amendments and other public measures.

Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the use of a separate ballot for constitutional amendments and other public measures.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑413; 1952 Code § 23‑413; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1740. Sample or instruction ballots.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑414; 1952 Code § 23‑414; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1750. Preparation of machines for elections; party representatives may examine machines.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑415; 1952 Code § 23‑415; 1950 (46) 2059; 1996 Act No. 434, § 14, eff June 4, 1996; 2000 Act No. 392, § 6, eff August 1, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑1760. The boards of voter registration and elections shall see that machines and other equipment are in place and good order.

The board of voter registration and elections or other electoral board, as the case may be, shall have the voting machines and all necessary furniture and equipment at the polling places before the time fixed for the opening of the polls, have the counters on the machines set at zero (000) and otherwise have the machines in good and proper order for use at such election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑416; 1952 Code § 23‑416; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1770. Duties of managers prior to opening polls; when machines may not be used for voting purposes.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑417; 1952 Code § 23‑417; 1950 (46) 2059; 2000 Act No. 392, § 7, eff August 1, 2000.

§ 7‑13‑1780. Placement of voting machines in polling places.

At all elections at which voting machines are used the exterior of the voting machine and every part of the polling place shall be in plain view of the managers and clerks, if there be clerks of election. The voting machine shall be placed at least three feet from every wall or partition of the polling place and at least five feet from any table at which any of the election managers or clerks, if there be clerks, may be engaged or seated. The voting machine shall be so placed that the ballots on the face of the machine can be plainly seen by the managers of the election when not in use by voters. The managers of election shall not themselves be, or permit any other person to be, in any position or near any position that will permit them to see or ascertain how a voter votes or how he has voted.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑418; 1952 Code § 23‑418; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1790. Lights and screens.

Every voting machine shall be furnished with a lantern or other proper light, if necessary, to enable the voters while voting to read the ballots. All voting machines used in any election shall be provided with screen, hood or booth which shall conceal the voter and his action while voting.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑419; 1952 Code § 23‑419; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1800. Inspection of machines; covering of counter compartment shall be kept locked; attendance at voting places.

One of the managers of election may inspect the face of the machine after each voter has cast his vote, to see that the ballots on the face of the machine are in their proper places and that the machine has not been injured. During an election the door or other covering of the counter compartment of the machine shall not be unlocked or open or the counters exposed except for good and sufficient reasons, a statement of which shall be made and signed by the managers of election and attached to the returns of election. No person shall be permitted in or about the voting place except as otherwise provided by law in elections in which paper ballots and ballot boxes are used.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑420; 1952 Code § 23‑420; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1810. Instructions of voters by model machine at polling place.

For the instruction of voters on any election day, there shall be provided for each polling place either an illustration or a mechanically operated model of a portion of the face of the machine. The illustration or model shall be located on the table of one of the managers or in some other place accessible to the voters. Each voter so desiring shall, before entering the machine, be instructed regarding its operation on either the illustration or the model and the voter given an opportunity personally to operate the model. The voter’s attention may also be called to the diagram of the face of the machine so that the voter may become familiar with the location of the questions and names of the offices and candidates.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑421; 1952 Code § 23‑421; 1950 (46) 2059; 1996 Act No. 316, § 2, eff May 20, 1996.

§ 7‑13‑1820. Persons within guard rail; time permitted voters to vote.

After the opening of the polls, the managers of election shall not permit any voter or other person to pass within the guard rail until they ascertain that he or she is entitled to vote, in the manner required by Section 7‑13‑710, as the case may be, and only one voter at a time for each voting machine at the voting place shall be permitted to pass within or be within the guard rail to vote. No voter shall remain within the voting machine booth longer than three minutes, and if he shall refuse to leave it after the lapse of three minutes, he may be removed by the managers.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑422; 1952 Code § 23‑422; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1830. Instruction after voter has entered machine.

In case any voter, after entering the voting machine, shall ask for further instructions concerning the manner of voting, two of the managers shall give such instructions to him, but no manager or other election officer shall in any manner request or seek to persuade or induce any such voter to vote any particular ticket or for or against any particular candidate or for or against any particular amendment, question or proposition. After giving such instructions the managers shall, before the voter has voted, retire and such voter shall cast his ballot in secret.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑423; 1952 Code § 23‑423; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑13‑1840. Assistance may be given to voters.

The provisions of this Title relating to the assistance to be given to voters shall also apply where voting machines are used.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑424; 1952 Code § 23‑424; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 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 § 23‑425; 1952 Code § 23‑425; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 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 § 23‑426; 1952 Code § 23‑426; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 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 § 23‑427; 1952 Code § 23‑427; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 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 § 23‑428; 1952 Code § 23‑428; 1950 (46) 2059; 2000 Act No. 392, § 8, eff August 1, 2000.

§ 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 § 23‑429; 1952 Code § 23‑429; 1950 (46) 2059; 2000 Act No. 392, § 9, eff August 1, 2000.

§ 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 § 23‑430; 1952 Code § 23‑430; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 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 § 23‑432; 1952 Code § 23‑432; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 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 § 23‑433; 1952 Code § 23‑433; 1950 (46) 2059; 1960 (51) 1602.

§ 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 § 23‑431; 1952 Code § 23‑431; 1950 (46) 2059.

ARTICLE 17 – Explanation of Proposed Constitutional Amendments

§ 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.

§ 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.

§ 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.

ARTICLE 19 – General, Special, and Primary Elections Resulting in a Tie

§ 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, § 2, eff March 14, 1988.

§ 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, § 2, eff March 14, 1988.

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Chapter 15 – Absentee Registration and Voting

ARTICLE 1 – General Provisions

§ 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 § 23‑450.3; 1975 (59) 263; 1962 Code § 23‑449.13; 1976 Act No. 479 § 2; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1996 Act No. 434, § 15, eff June 4, 1996; 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 2, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 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 § 23‑450.4; 1975 (59) 263; 1962 Code § 23‑449.14; 1976 Act No. 479 § 2; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 3, eff June 11, 2015.

ARTICLE 3 – Absentee Registration

§ 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 § 23‑445; 1975 (59) 263; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, §§ 1, 2, eff January 27, 1984; 1988 Act No. 422, § 5, eff March 28, 1988; 1996 Act No. 434, § 16, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 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 § 23‑446; 1975 (59) 263; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, § 3, eff January 27, 1984; 1986 Act No. 407, §§ 2, 3, eff May 12, 1986; 1994 Act No. 365, § 2, eff May 3, 1994; 1996 Act No. 434, § 17, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 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 § 23‑450.1; 1975 (59) 263; 1962 Code § 23‑449.3; 1976 Act No. 479 § 2; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1996 Act No. 222, § 2, eff February 12, 1996.

§ 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 § 23‑449.6; 1976 Act No. 479 § 2.

§ 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 § 23‑449.7; 1976 Act No. 479 § 2.

§ 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 § 23‑449.8; 1976 Act No. 479 § 2; 2011 Act No. 43, § 6, eff upon contingency, see editor’s note, (approved June 7, 2011).

§ 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 § 23‑449.9; 1976 Act No. 479 § 2.

§ 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 § 23‑449.12; 1976 Act No. 479 § 2; 1996 Act No. 434, § 18, eff June 4, 1996.

ARTICLE 5 – Absentee Voting

§ 7‑15‑310. Definitions.

As used in this article:

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑441; 1953 (48) 423; 1966 (54) 2376; 1973 (58) 73; 1975 (59) 815; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No; 266, §§ 5, 6, eff January 27, 1984; 2000 Act No. 392, § 10, eff August 1, 2000; 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 4, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑320. Persons qualified to vote by absentee ballot.

(A) Qualified electors in any of the following categories must be permitted to vote by absentee ballot in all elections when they are absent from their county of residence on election day during the hours the polls are open, to an extent that it prevents them from voting in person:

(1) students, their spouses, and dependents residing with them;
(2) persons serving with the American Red Cross or with the United Service Organizations (USO) who are attached to and serving with the Armed Forces of the United States, their spouses, and dependents residing with them;
(3) governmental employees, their spouses, and dependents residing with them;
(4) persons on vacation (who by virtue of vacation plans will be absent from their county of residence on election day); or
(5) overseas citizens.

(B) Qualified electors in any of the following categories must be permitted to vote by absentee ballot in all elections, whether or not they are absent from their county of residence on election day:

(1) physically disabled persons;
(2) persons whose employment obligations require that they be at their place of employment during the hours that the polls are open and present written certification of that obligation to the county board of voter registration and elections;
(3) certified poll watchers, poll managers, county board of voter registration and elections members and staff, county and state election commission members and staff working on election day;
(4) persons attending sick or physically disabled persons;
(5) persons admitted to hospitals as emergency patients on the day of an election or within a four‑day period before the election;
(6) persons with a death or funeral in the family within a three‑day period before the election;
(7) persons who will be serving as jurors in a state or federal court on election day;
(8) persons sixty‑five years of age or older;
(9) persons confined to a jail or pretrial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial; or
(10) members of the Armed Forces and Merchant Marines of the United States, their spouses, and dependents residing with them.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑442; 1953 (48) 423; 1960 (51) 1598; 1966 (54) 2376; 1975 (59) 815; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, § 7, eff January 27, 1984; 1987 Act No. 130 § 1, eff June 3, 1987; 1989 Act No. 48, § 1, eff April 6, 1989; 1989 Act No. 193, § 2, eff June 20, 1989; 1992 Act No. 489, § 1, eff July 1, 1992; 1994 Act No. 365, § 3, eff May 3, 1994; 1995 Act No. 80, § 1, eff June 12, 1995; 1996 Act No. 434, § 19, eff June 4, 1996; 1997 Act No. 25, § 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor’s signature on May 22, 1997); 2011 Act No. 43, § 8, eff upon contingency, see editor’s note, (approved June 7, 2011); 2014 Act No. 289 (S.825), Pt V, § 6, eff June 23, 2014.

§ 7‑15‑330. Time of application for absentee ballot; application in person.

To vote by absentee ballot, a qualified elector or a member of his immediate family must request an application to vote by absentee ballot in person, by telephone, or by mail from the county board of voter registration and elections, or at an extension office of the board of voter registration and elections as established by the county governing body, for the county of the voter’s residence. A person requesting an application for a qualified elector as the qualified elector’s authorized representative must request an application to vote by absentee ballot in person or by mail only and must himself be a registered voter and must sign an oath to the effect that he fits the statutory definition of a representative. This signed oath must be kept on file with the board of voter registration and elections until the end of the calendar year or until all contests concerning a particular election have been finally determined, whichever is later. A candidate or a member of a candidate’s paid campaign staff, including volunteers reimbursed for time expended on campaign activity, is not allowed to request applications for absentee voting for any person designated in this section unless the person is a member of the immediate family. A request for an application to vote by absentee ballot may be made anytime during the calendar year in which the election in which the qualified elector desires to be permitted to vote by absentee ballot is being held. However, completed applications must be returned to the county board of voter registration and elections in person or by mail before 5:00 p.m. on the fourth day before the day of the election. Applications must be accepted by the county board of voter registration and elections until 5:00 p.m. on the day immediately preceding the election for those who appear in person and are qualified to vote absentee pursuant to Section 7‑15‑320. A member of the immediate family of a person who is admitted to a hospital as an emergency patient on the day of an election or within a four‑day period before the election may obtain an application from the board on the day of an election, complete it, receive the ballot, deliver it personally to the patient who shall vote, and personally carry the ballot back to the board of voter registration and elections. The board of voter registration and elections shall serially number each absentee ballot application form and keep a record book in which must be recorded the number of the form, the name, home address, and absentee mailing address of the person for whom the absentee ballot application form is requested; the name, address, voter registration number, and relationship of the person requesting the form, if other than the applicant; the date upon which the form is requested; and the date upon which the form is issued. This information becomes a public record at 9:00 a.m. on the day immediately preceding the election, except that forms issued for emergency hospital patients must be made public by 9:00 a.m. on the day following an election. A person who violates the provisions of this section is subject to the penalties provided in Section 7‑25‑170.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑443; 1953 (48) 423; 1960 (51) 1598; 1971 (57) 85; 1975 (59) 815; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, § 8, eff January 27, 1984; 1988 Act No. 422, § 6, eff March 28, 1988; 1989 Act No. 193, § 3, eff June 20, 1989.

§ 7‑15‑340. Form of application for absentee ballot.

The application required in Section 7‑15‑330 to be submitted to these election officials must be in a form prescribed and distributed by the State Election Commission; except that persons listed in Section 7‑15‑320(2), (3), (6), and (10) may use Standard Form 76, or any subsequent form replacing it, provided by the federal government as a simultaneous request for registration and an absentee ballot or a request for an absentee ballot if already registered.

The application must contain the following information: name, registration certificate number, address, absentee address, election of ballot request, election date, runoff preference, party preference, reason for request, oath of voter, and voter’s signature.

The oath must be as follows: “I do swear or affirm that I am a qualified elector, that I am entitled to vote in this election, and that I will not vote again during this election. The information above is true in all respects, and I hereby apply for an absentee ballot for the reason indicated above.” Any person who fraudulently applies for an absentee ballot in violation of this section, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 7‑25‑20.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑444; 1953 (48) 423; 1971 (57) 85; 1975 (59) 815; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, § 9, eff January 27, 1984; 1984 Act No. 402, § 2, eff May 24, 1984; 1989 Act No. 48, § 1, eff April 6, 1989; 1990 Act No. 356, § 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1992 Act No. 489, § 2, eff July 1, 1992; 1994 Act No. 365, § 4, eff May 3, 1994; 1995 Act No. 80, § 2, eff June 12, 1995; 1996 Act No; 434, § 20, eff June 4, 1996; 2004 Act No. 236, § 1, eff May 24, 2004.

§ 7‑15‑360. Furnishing ballots and envelopes.

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.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1996 Act No. 434, § 21, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑15‑365. Ballots and instructions furnished by county board of voter registration and elections.

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

HISTORY: 1984 Act No. 266, § 10, eff January 27, 1984; 1996 Act No. 434, § 22, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑15‑370. Furnishing ballots and envelopes; duties of county board of voter registration and elections.

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.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1990 Act No. 357, § 5, eff March 19, 1990; 1996 Act No. 434, § 23, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑15‑375. Return envelope for absentee ballot.

The return‑addressed envelope required by item (4) of Section 7‑15‑370 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 county board of voter registration and elections prior to the issuance 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.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982.

§ 7‑15‑380. Oath of absentee ballot applicant; exception.

(A) The oath, which is required by Section 7‑15‑370 to be imprinted on the return‑addressed envelope, furnished each absentee ballot applicant, must be signed by the absentee ballot applicant and witnessed. The address of the witness shall appear on the oath. In the event the voter cannot write because of a physical handicap or illiteracy, the voter must make his mark and have the mark witnessed by someone designated by the voter. The oath must 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 contained in this envelope 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: 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1996 Act No. 416, § 1, eff June 4, 1996; 2011 Act No. 43, § 7, eff upon contingency, see editor’s note, (approved June 7, 2011).

§ 7‑15‑385. Marking ballot; return; records; storage.

Upon receipt of the ballot or ballots, the absentee ballot applicant must mark each ballot on which he wishes to vote and place each ballot in the single envelope marked “Ballot Herein” which in turn must be placed in the return‑addressed envelope. The applicant must then return the return‑addressed envelope to the board of voter registration and elections by mail, by personal delivery, or by authorizing another person to return the envelope for him. The authorization must be given in writing on a form prescribed by the State Election Commission and must be turned in to the board of voter registration and elections at the time the envelope is returned. The voter must sign the form, or in the event the voter cannot write because of a physical handicap or illiteracy, the voter must make his mark and have the mark witnessed by someone designated by the voter. The authorization must be preserved as part of the record of the election, and the board of voter registration and elections must note the authorization and the name of the authorized returnee in the record book required by Section 7‑15‑330. A candidate or a member of a candidate’s paid campaign staff including volunteers reimbursed for time expended on campaign activity is not permitted to serve as an authorized returnee for any person unless the person is a member of the voter’s immediate family as defined in Section 7‑15‑310. The oath set forth in Section 7‑15‑380 must be signed and witnessed on each returned envelope. The board of voter registration and elections must record in the record book required by Section 7‑15‑330 the date the return‑addressed envelope with witnessed oath and enclosed ballot or ballots is received by the board. The board must securely store the envelopes in a locked box within the office of the board of voter registration and elections.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1987 Act No. 59 § 1, eff April 28, 1987; 1996 Act No. 416, § 2, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑15‑390. Absentee balloting in primary and special elections; municipal elections.

Absentee balloting in the primary, special, and municipal elections must be in accordance with the provisions of Title 7.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, § 11, eff January 27, 1984.

§ 7‑15‑395. Responsibilities of political parties; expenses.

Any political party conducting a primary in this State is responsible for carrying out the provisions of this article by making ballots and election material available so that the persons named in Section 7‑15‑320 may be enabled to vote in primary elections. All expenses incurred by any political party in conducting elections subject to the provisions of this article shall be borne by such political party.

HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982.

ARTICLE 7 – Absentee Voting Precincts

§ 7‑15‑410. Absentee voting precinct shall be established in each county; location.

In each county there must be established an absentee voting precinct located in the office of the county board of voter registration and elections. The county board of voter registration and elections, municipal election commission, county committee for each political party, or executive committee of each municipal party in the case of primary elections is responsible for the tabulation and reporting of ballots at the absentee voting precinct. The absentee ballots must remain in the custody of the county board of voter registration and elections until transferred to the county board of voter registration and elections, municipal election commission, county committee for each political party or executive committee of each municipal party for the purpose of tabulation and reporting as provided in Section 7‑15‑420.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑450.1; 1971 (57) 97; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, § 12, eff January 27, 1984.

§ 7‑15‑420. Receipt, tabulation and reporting of absentee ballots.

The county board of voter registration and elections, municipal election commission, or executive committee of each municipal party in the case of municipal primary elections is responsible for the tabulation and reporting of absentee ballots. At 9:00 a.m. on election day, the managers appointed pursuant to Section 7‑5‑10, and in the presence of any watchers who have been appointed pursuant to Section 7‑13‑860, may begin the process of examining the return‑addressed envelopes that have been received by the county board of voter registration and elections making certain that each oath has been properly signed and witnessed and includes the address of the witness. All return‑ addressed envelopes received by the county board of voter registration and elections before the time for closing the polls must be examined in this manner. A ballot may not be counted unless the oath is properly signed and witnessed nor may any ballot be counted which is received by the county board of voter registration and elections after time for closing of the polls. The printed instructions required by Section 7‑15‑370(2) to be sent each absentee ballot applicant must notify him that his vote will not be counted in either of these events. If a ballot is not challenged, the sealed return‑addressed envelope must be opened by the managers, and the enclosed envelope marked “Ballot Herein” removed and placed in a locked box or boxes. After all return‑addressed envelopes have been emptied in this manner, the managers shall remove the ballots contained in the envelopes marked “Ballot Herein”, placing each one in the ballot box provided for the applicable contest. Beginning at 9:00 a.m. on election day, the absentee ballots may be tabulated, including any absentee ballots received on election day before the polls are closed. If any ballot is challenged, the return‑addressed envelope must not be opened, but must be put aside and the procedure set forth in Section 7‑13‑830 must be utilized; but the absentee voter must be given reasonable notice of the challenged ballot. Results of the tabulation must not be publicly reported until after the polls are closed.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑450.2; 1971 (57) 97; 1980 Act No. 376, § 1, eff April 23, 1980; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, § 13, eff January 27, 1984; 1990 Act No. 357, § 6, eff March 19, 1990; 1992 Act No. 253, § 9, eff February 19, 1992; 1996 Act No. 227, § 1, eff February 12, 1996; 2006 Act No. 284, § 3, eff May 19, 2006.

§ 7‑15‑430. Absentee voters shall be noted on registration lists; voting by persons who have been issued absentee ballots.

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 has voted by absentee ballot the fact of such voting or that an absentee ballot has been issued to a voter, as the case may be.

No voter whose name is so marked on the registration list as having voted shall be permitted to vote in person in his resident precinct and no voter who has been issued an absentee ballot may vote whether such ballot has been cast or not, unless he shall furnish to the officials of his resident precinct a certificate from the county board of voter registration and elections that his absentee ballot has been returned to the board unmarked.

Should any voter be issued 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 and the registration books must be appropriately marked that the voter has been issued an absentee ballot.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑450.3; 1971 (57) 97; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1984 Act No. 266, § 14, eff January 27, 1984.

§ 7‑15‑440. List of persons issued and who cast absentee ballots.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑450.4; 1971 (57) 97.

§ 7‑15‑450. Application of article.

This article applies to political parties holding a primary and any other authorities conducting an election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑450.5; 1975 (59) 815; 1982 Act No. 280, § 1, eff February 24, 1982; 1992 Act No. 253, § 10, eff February 19, 1992.

§ 7‑15‑470. Absentee ballots other than paper ballots.

Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a county board of voter registration and elections may use other methods of voting by absentee ballot instead of by paper ballot. No voting machine or voting system, other than a paper‑based system, may be used for in‑person absentee voting that has not received written certification from the State Election Commission that the voting machine or voting system meets all statutory requirements for use in the State and certification that the machine can be secured against voting at times other than business hours of the county board of voter registration and elections, that the results of elections can be held secure from release until the time for counting ballots at any polling place, and votes cast using the machine can be challenged and held secure until the hearing on challenged ballots required by Section 7‑13‑830 is held. The State Election Commission must develop standards and guidelines for these purposes.

HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 83, § 1, eff August 10, 2001.

ARTICLE 9 – South Carolina Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act

§ 7‑15‑600. Short title.

This article may be cited as the “South Carolina Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act”.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑610. Definitions.

As used in this article:

(1) “Members of the Armed Forces of the United States” means members of the United States Army, the United States Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Air Force, the United States Coast Guard, or any of their respective components.

(2) “Members of the Merchant Marine of the United States” means all officers and men engaged in maritime service on board ships.

(3) “Registration form” means Standard Form 76, or a subsequent form replacing it, authorized by the federal government or the state form described in Section 7‑15‑120.

(4) “Overseas citizen” means a citizen of the United States residing outside of the United States who is a:

(a) member of the Armed Forces of the United States;
(b) member of the Merchant Marine of the United States;
(c) person serving with the American Red Cross or the United Service Organizations (USO) attached to and serving with the Armed Forces of the United States outside of the county of his residence in South Carolina;
(d) members or employees of any department of the United States Government serving overseas;
(e) citizen of the United States residing outside the United States:

(i) if he last resided in South Carolina immediately before his departure from the United States;
(ii) if he could have met all qualifications to vote in federal elections in South Carolina even though while residing outside the United States he does not have a place of abode or other address in South Carolina; even if his intent to return to South Carolina may be uncertain, as long as he has complied with all applicable South Carolina qualifications and requirements which are consistent with the Uniformed and Overseas Absentee Voting Act (Public Law 99‑410).

(5) “Covered voter” means:

(a) a uniformed‑service voter or an overseas voter who is registered to vote in this State;
(b) a uniformed‑service voter whose voting residence is in this State and who otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements;
(c) an overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, was last eligible to vote in this State and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements;
(d) an overseas voter who, before leaving the United States, would have been last eligible to vote in this State had the voter then been of voting age and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements; or
(e) an overseas voter who was born outside the United States, is not described in subitem (c) or (d), and, except for a state residency requirement, otherwise satisfies this state’s voter eligibility requirements, if:

(i) the last place where a parent or legal guardian of the voter was, or under this article would have been, eligible to vote before leaving the United States is within this State; and
(ii) the voter has not previously registered to vote in any other state.

(6) “Dependent” means an individual recognized as a dependent by a uniformed service.

(7) “Federal postcard application” means the application prescribed under Section 101(b)(2) of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff(b)(2), or its successor.

(8) “Federal write‑in absentee ballot” means the ballot described in Section 103 of the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff‑2, or its successor.

(9) “Military‑overseas ballot” means:

(a) a federal write‑in absentee ballot;
(b) a ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this article; or
(c) a ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this article.

(10) “Overseas voter” means a United States citizen who resides outside the United States.

(11) “Uniformed service” means:

(a) active and reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States;
(b) the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States; or
(c) the National Guard or organized militia.

(12) “Uniformed‑service voter” means an individual who is qualified to vote and is:

(a) a member of the active or reserve components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard of the United States who is on active duty;
(b) a member of the Merchant Marine, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, or the commissioned corps of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration of the United States;
(c) a member on activated status of the National Guard or organized militia; or
(d) a spouse or dependent of a member referred to in this item.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑620. Eligible voters may utilize absentee ballot process.

Notwithstanding other provisions of law, a voter who meets the requirements of this article may utilize the absentee ballot process established by this article, or as otherwise permitted by state or federal law.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑630. Application for special write‑in absentee ballot; qualifications; issuance.

(A) A qualified elector of this State who is 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, may apply not earlier than ninety days before an election for a special write‑in absentee ballot. This ballot must be used for each general and special election and primaries for federal offices, statewide offices, and members of the General Assembly.

(B) The application for a special write‑in absentee ballot may be made on the federal postcard application form, or its electronic equivalent or on a form prescribed by the State Election Commission.

(C) In order to qualify for a special write‑in absentee ballot, the voter must state that he is unable to vote by regular absentee ballot or in person due to requirements of military service or due to living in isolated areas or extremely remote areas of the world. This statement may be made on the federal postcard application or on a form prepared by the State Election Commission and supplied and returned with the special write‑in absentee ballot.

(D) Upon receipt of this application, the county board of voter registration and elections shall issue the special write‑in absentee ballot which must be prescribed and provided by the State Election Commission. The ballot shall list the offices for election in the general election. It may list the candidates for office if known at the time of election. This ballot shall permit the elector to vote by writing in a party preference for each federal, state, and local office, the names of specific candidates for each federal, state, and local office, or the name of the person whom the voter prefers for each office.

(E) A qualified elector may alternatively submit a federal write‑in absentee ballot for any federal, state, or local office or state or local ballot measure.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑640. Application to register to vote.

(A) A covered voter may use a federal postcard application, the federal postcard application’s electronic equivalent, or another method approved by the federal government or the State Election Commission to apply to register to vote.

(B) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write‑in absentee ballot to apply to register to vote simultaneously with the submission of the federal write‑in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received before the closure of the registration books for that election pursuant to Section 7‑5‑120, 7‑5‑150 or 7‑5‑155, as appropriate. If the declaration is received after that date, it must be treated as an application to register to vote for subsequent elections.

(C) The Executive Director of the State Election Commission shall ensure that the election commission’s electronic transmission system is capable of accepting both a federal postcard application and any other approved electronic registration application sent to the appropriate election official. The voter may use the electronic transmission system or any other approved method to register to vote.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑650. Absentee instant runoff ballots; instructions; regulations.

(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.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑660.Voting precinct assignment.

An overseas voter who is registering to vote, and who is eligible to vote in this State shall use, and must be assigned to, the voting precinct of the address of the voter’s last place of residence in this State, or in the case of a voter described by Section 7‑15‑610(5)(e), the address of the voter’s parent’s or legal guardian’s place of last residence in this State. If that address is no longer a recognized residential address, the overseas voter must be assigned an address within the voting precinct of the last place of residence for voting purposes.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑670. Declaration by covered voter.

(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.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑680. Sending absentee ballot to covered voter.

An absentee ballot must be sent to a covered voter, upon the voter’s request, at least forty‑five days prior to any election. However, if a ballot application from a covered voter arrives within the forty‑five day period, an absentee ballot must be sent to the covered voter no later than five o’clock p.m. on the next business day after the application arrives.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑690. Duty of State Election Commission; regulations.

(A) To ensure that all South Carolina residents 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, have the opportunity to receive and cast any ballot they would have been eligible to cast if they resided in and had remained in South Carolina, the State Election Commission must, in cooperation with United States government agencies, take all steps and action as may be necessary including, but not limited to, electronic transmissions of Standard Form 76A, or its successor form, issued by the federal government as an application for voter registration and an application for absentee ballots and electronic transmissions of absentee ballots for all elections for federal, state, and local offices to voters in accordance with his preferred method of transmission.

(B) The State Election Commission shall promulgate regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑700. Delivery of valid military‑overseas ballot; declaration of voter.

(A) A valid military‑overseas ballot must be counted if it is delivered to the address that the State Election Commission or county board of voter registration and elections, as appropriate, has specified by the close of business on the business day before the county canvass.

(B) If, at the time of completing a military‑overseas ballot and balloting materials, the voter has declared under penalty of perjury that the ballot was timely submitted, the ballot may not be rejected on the basis that it has a late postmark, an unreadable postmark, or no postmark as long as the ballot was received in accordance with subsection (A).

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑710. Ballot to include signed declaration by voter.

A military‑overseas ballot must include, or be accompanied by, a declaration signed by the voter that a material misstatement of fact in completing the ballot may be grounds for a conviction of perjury under the laws of the United States or this State.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑720. Electronic free‑access system.

The Executive Director of the State Election Commission, in coordination with the county boards of voter registration and elections shall implement an electronic free‑access system by which a covered voter may determine whether:

(1) the voter’s federal postcard application or other registration or military‑overseas ballot application has been received and accepted; or

(2) the voter’s military‑overseas ballot has been received and the current status of the ballot.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑730. Request for electronic‑mail address; standing request for electronic delivery of ballot.

(A) The county board of voter registration and elections or the State Election Commission, as appropriate, shall request an electronic‑mail address from each covered voter who registers to vote after the effective date of this article. An electronic‑mail address provided by a covered voter may not be made available to the public or any individual or organization other than an employee or official with the county board of voter registration and elections or the State Election Commission, and is exempt from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act of this State. The electronic‑mail address may be used only for official communication with the covered voter about the voting process, including transmitting military‑overseas ballots and election materials if the voter has requested electronic transmission, and verifying the covered voter’s mailing address and physical location. The request for an electronic‑mail address must describe the purposes for which the electronic‑mail address may be used and include a statement that any other use or disclosure of the electronic‑mail address is prohibited.

(B) A covered voter who provides an electronic‑mail address may request that the voter’s application for a military‑overseas ballot be considered a standing request for electronic delivery of a ballot for all elections held through December thirty‑first of the year following the calendar year of the date of the application or another shorter period the voter specifies, including for any runoff elections that occur as a result of those elections. An election official or employee shall provide a military‑overseas ballot to a covered voter who makes a standing request for each election to which the request is applicable. A covered voter who is entitled to receive a military‑overseas ballot for a primary election under this subsection is entitled to receive a military‑overseas ballot for the general election.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑740. Preparation of election notices.

(A) At least one hundred days before a regularly scheduled election and as soon as practicable before an election not regularly scheduled, the Executive Director of the State Election Commission shall prepare appropriate election notices to be used in conjunction with a federal write‑in absentee ballot. The election notice must contain a list of all of the ballot measures and federal, state, and local offices that as of that date the official expects to be on the ballot on the date of the election. The notice also must contain specific instructions for how a voter is to indicate on the federal write‑in absentee ballot the voter’s choice for each office to be filled and for each ballot measure to be contested.

(B) A covered voter may request a copy of an election notice. The executive director shall send the notice to the voter by facsimile, electronic mail, or regular mail, as the voter requests.

(C) As soon as ballot styles are certified, and not later than the date ballots are required to be transmitted to voters pursuant to Article 5, Chapter 15, the executive director shall update the notice with the certified candidates for each office and ballot measure questions and make the updated notice publicly available.

(D) A county board of voter registration and elections that maintains an online website shall make the election notice available by linking to the State Election Commission website.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑750. Effect of mistakes or omissions in document completion; notarization.

(A) If a covered voter’s mistake or omission in the completion of a document pursuant to this article does not prevent determining whether a covered voter is eligible to vote, the mistake or omission does not invalidate the document. Failure to satisfy a nonsubstantive requirement, such as using paper or envelopes of a specified size or weight, does not invalidate a document submitted pursuant to this article. In a write‑in ballot authorized by this article or in a vote for a write‑in candidate on a regular ballot, if the intention of the voter is discernable pursuant to the laws of this State, an abbreviation, misspelling, or other minor variation in the form of the name of a candidate or a political party must be accepted as a valid vote.

(B) Notarization is not required for the execution of a document pursuant to this article. An authentication, other than the declaration specified in Section 7‑15‑710, or the declaration on the federal postcard application and federal write‑in absentee ballot, is not required for execution of a document pursuant to this article. The declaration and any information in the declaration may be compared with information on file to ascertain the validity of the document.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

§ 7‑15‑760. Equitable relief.

A court may issue an injunction or grant other equitable relief appropriate to ensure substantial compliance with, or enforce, this article on application by:

(1) a covered voter alleging a grievance under this article; or
(2) an election official in this State.

HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), § 5, eff June 11, 2015.

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Chapter 17 – Canvass of Votes; Certificates and Records of Results

ARTICLE 1 – County Boards of Canvassers

§ 7‑17‑10. Meeting and organization of county boards of canvassers.

The commissioners of election for Governor and Lieutenant Governor, state officers, circuit solicitors, members of the General Assembly, and county officers or any of these officers shall meet in some convenient place at the county seat on the Friday next following the election, before one o’clock in the afternoon of that day, and shall proceed to organize as the county board of canvassers. They may appoint some competent person as secretary. The chairman then shall proceed to administer the constitutional oath to each member of the board, as canvassers, and shall administer the constitutional oath to the secretary, and the secretary shall administer to the chairman the same oath that he has administered to the other members of the board. The commissioners of election for members of Congress and presidential electors or any of these officers likewise shall meet at the same time at the county seat and in the same manner shall proceed to organize as the county board of canvassers for the election of the federal officers.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑451; 1952 Code § 23‑451; 1942 Code § 2310; 1932 Code § 2310; Civ. C. ‘22 § 244; Civ. C. ‘12 § 242; Civ. C. ‘02 § 216; G. S. 220; R. S. 174; 1882 (17) 1119; 1968 (55) 2316; 2002 Act No. 261, § 1, eff May 20, 2002; 2019 Act No. 1 (S.2), § 87, eff Jan. 31, 2019.

§ 7‑17‑20. Canvass of votes.

The county board of canvassers, respectively, shall then proceed to canvass the votes of the county and make such statements of such votes as the nature of the election shall require no later than noon on the Saturday next following the election and at such time shall transmit to the State Board of Canvassers the results of their findings.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑452; 1952 Code § 23‑452; 1942 Code § 2311; 1932 Code § 2311; Civ. C. ‘22 § 245; Civ. C. ‘12 § 243; Civ. C. ‘02 § 217; G. S. 121; R. S. 175; 1882 (17) 1119, 1170, 1172 § 3; 1968 (55) 2316.

§ 7‑17‑30. Protests and contests.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑453; 1952 Code § 23‑453; 1942 Code § 2311; 1932 Code § 2311; Civ. C. ‘22 § 245; Civ. C. ‘12 § 243; Civ. C. ‘02 § 217; G. S. 121; R. S. 175; 1882 (17) 1119, 1170, 1172 § 3; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2124; 1993 Act No. 91, § 1, eff June 14, 1993; 1996 Act No. 434, § 24, eff June 4, 1996.

§ 7‑17‑40. Poll lists shall accompany ballots in protests.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑453.01; 1973 (58) 1859.

§ 7‑17‑50. Hearings on protests or contests.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑453.1; 1968 (55) 2316; 1993 Act No. 91, § 2, eff June 14, 1993.

§ 7‑17‑60. Right to and notice of appeal from decision of county board.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑453.2; 1968 (55) 2316.

§ 7‑17‑70. Hearing of appeals.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑453.3; 1968 (55) 2316; 1992 Act No. 276, § 2, eff March 10, 1992; 1993 Act No. 91, § 3, eff June 14, 1993; 1997 Act No. 16, § 1, eff April 23, 1997.

§ 7‑17‑80. Statements and returns.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑454; 1952 Code § 23‑454; 1942 Code § 2311; 1932 Code § 2311; Civ. C. ‘22 § 245; Civ. C. ‘12 § 243; Civ. C. ‘02 § 217; G. S. 121; R. S. 175; 1882 (17) 1119, 1170, 1172 § 3; 1968 (55) 2787.

§ 7‑17‑90. Duplicate statements shall be filed with clerk of county.

Except in the case of the election for electors for President and Vice‑President, duplicate statements shall be made and filed in the office of the clerk of the county or, if there be no such clerk duly qualified according to law, in the office of the State Election Commission.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑455; 1952 Code § 23‑455; 1942 Code § 2312; 1932 Code § 2312; Civ. C. ‘22 § 246; Civ. C. ‘12 § 244; Civ. C. ‘02 § 218; G. S. 122; R. S. 176; 1882 (17) 1119, 1170, 1172 § 3; 1971 (57) 85.

§ 7‑17‑100. Separate statements of votes given for each candidate.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑456; 1952 Code § 23‑456; 1942 Code § 2313; 1932 Code § 2313; Civ. C. ‘22 § 247; Civ. C. ‘12 § 245; Civ. C. ‘02 § 219; G. S. 123; R. S. 177; 1882 (17) 1119, 1170, 1172 § 3; 1968 (55) 2787.

ARTICLE 3 – Board of State Canvassers; Duties of Secretary of State

§ 7‑17‑210. State Election Commission constitutes Board.

The State Election Commission shall, ex officio, constitute the Board of State Canvassers.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑471; 1952 Code § 23‑471; 1942 Code § 2318; 1932 Code § 2318; Civ. C. ‘22 § 252; Civ. C. ‘12 § 250; Civ. C. ‘02 § 224; G. S. 128; R. S. 182; 1882 (17) 1120 § 41; 1968 (55) 2316.

§ 7‑17‑220. Meeting of Board; telecommunication or electronic communication; public access.

Unless otherwise provided in Section 7‑3‑10(c), the Board of State Canvassers shall convene a meeting scheduled through the office of the Election Commission within ten days after any general election for the purpose of canvassing the vote for all officers voted for at such election, including the vote for the electors for President and Vice President, and for the purpose of canvassing the vote on all Constitutional Amendments and questions and other issues. Nothing in this section prohibits the meeting from being conducted by using telephone conference or other means of telecommunication or electronic communication. Any meeting of the Board of Canvassers as provided in this section must be accessible and without cost to the public and must comply with the notice requirements of Chapter 4, Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑473; 1952 Code § 23‑473; 1942 Code § 2317; 1932 Code § 2317; Civ. C. ‘22 § 251; Civ. C. ‘12 § 249; Civ. C. ‘02 § 223; G. S. 127; R. S. 181; 1882 (17) 1120; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2188; 1992 Act No. 276, § 3, eff March 10, 1992; 2010 Act No. 205, § 1, eff June 8, 2010.

§ 7‑17‑230. Power to adjourn; procedure when all certified statements have not been received.

The Board shall have power to adjourn from day to day for a term not exceeding fifteen days. In case all the certified statements for the election of electors for President and Vice‑President shall not have been received on the day set for the meeting of the Board, the Board may adjourn from day to day until the same shall have been received, not exceeding five days; and if at the expiration of four days certified copies of the statements of the county canvassers shall not have been received from any county, the Board shall proceed to canvass upon such of the statements as shall have been received.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23‑474; 1952 Code § 23‑474; 1942 Code §§ 2323, 2339; 1932 Code §§ 2323, 2339; Civ. C. ‘22 §§ 257, 272; Civ. C. ‘12 §§ 255, 269; Civ. C. ‘02 §§ 229, 242; G. S. 133, 146; R. S. 187, 200; 1882 (17) 1123.

§ 7‑17‑240. Board shall make certified statement of all votes cast.

The Board when thus formed shall, upon the certified copies of the statements made by the boards of county canvassers, proceed to make a statement of the whole number of votes given at such election for and against constitutional amendments and other questions and issues and for the various officers, including electors for President and Vice‑President and for each of them voted for, distinguishing the several counties in which they were given. They shall certify such statements to be correct and subscribe the same with their proper names.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑475; 1952 Code § 23‑475; 1942 Code § 2320; 1932 Code § 2320; Civ. C. ‘22 § 254; Civ. C. ‘12 § 252; Civ. C. ‘02 § 226; G. S. 130; R. S. 184; 1884 (17) 1120 § 43; 1974 (58) 2187.

§ 7‑17‑250. Board shall declare persons elected and decide contested or protested cases; appeals.

Upon such statements the Board shall then proceed to determine and declare what persons have been duly elected to such offices. The Board shall act in an appellate judicial capacity in all cases contested or protested that come before it on appeals from county boards of canvassers.

Appeals from decisions of the State Board shall be taken directly to the Supreme Court on petition for a writ of certiorari only based on the record of the State Board hearing and shall be granted first priority of consideration by the Court. Notice of appeals shall be served within ten days of the Board’s decision. Provided, however, that when a contest or protest concerns the election of a State Senator, appeals from decisions of the State Board shall be only to the Senate and when the election of a member of the House of Representatives is concerned, the appeal shall be only to the House of Representatives.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑476; 1952 Code § 23‑476; 1942 Code § 2322; 1932 Code § 2322; Civ. C. ‘22 § 256; Civ. C. ‘12 § 254; Civ. C. ‘02 § 228; G. S. 132; R. S. 186; 1882 (17) 1120; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2182.

§ 7‑17‑260. Cases decided by State Board; filing and service.

The state board shall decide all cases under protest or contest that may arise in the case of federal officers, state officers, members of the State Senate and the State House of Representatives, and offices involving more than one county. Any such protest or contest shall be filed in writing with the chairman of the board, together with a copy for each candidate in the race, not later than noon five days following the canvassing of the votes for such offices by the board; provided, however, that service upon the board may be perfected by depositing at the office of the Chief of the State Law Enforcement Division a copy of the protest, together with a copy for each candidate in the race. The chief shall take immediate steps to deliver such copies to the chairman. The protest shall contain each ground thereof concisely stated separately. The chairman of the board shall forthwith serve upon each candidate in the protested race a copy of the protest and serve a notice of the time and place of the meeting of the board for the purposes of hearing the protest. A protest or contested case heard by the state board pursuant to Chapter 17 of Title 7 shall be considered an “administrative action” pursuant to Section 15‑36‑10.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑476.1; 1968 (55) 2316; 1993 Act No. 91, § 4, eff June 14, 1993; 2006 Act No. 284, § 4, eff May 19, 2006.

§ 7‑17‑270. Hearing of protest or contest; procedure at hearing; notice of decision; appeals.

The board, acting in a judicial capacity, shall hear the protest or contest not earlier than the fifth nor later than the twenty‑fifth day following receipt of the protest. 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 shall have the right to be present at the hearing, to be represented by counsel, to examine and cross‑examine witnesses, and to produce evidence relevant to the grounds of the protest. The chairman of the 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 shall be immediately notified of the board’s decisions.

Appeals from decisions of the State Board shall be taken directly to the Supreme Court on petition for a writ of certiorari only based on the record of the State Board hearing and shall be granted first priority of consideration by the Court.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑476.2; 1968 (55) 2316; 1974 (58) 2197; 1993 Act No. 91, § 5, eff June 14, 1993.

§ 7‑17‑275. Petitioning Supreme Court for costs and attorney’s fees associated with election protest.

(A) A party opposing an election protest that prevails at the hearing before the board may petition the circuit court for reasonable costs and attorney’s fees associated with the defense of the protest if the protestant does not appeal the board’s decision to the Supreme Court. The board may also petition the circuit court for reasonable costs and expenses associated with hearing the protest. For appeals filed pursuant to Section 7‑17‑70, the petition must be filed and heard in the county where the protest was originally filed. For protests filed pursuant to Section 7‑17‑260, involving officers elected on a statewide basis, the petition must be filed and heard in Richland County. For all other protests filed pursuant to Section 7‑17‑260, the petition may be filed in any county where voting precincts comprising the election district for the office under protest are located. In order to award costs and attorney’s fees pursuant to this section, the court must find that the protestant brought the protest for an improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay, or that the protest was not warranted by existing law, the facts of the case, or that it was frivolous in nature.

(B) Upon appeal from a decision of the board, the Supreme Court may award costs and attorney’s fees associated with the appeal to the party prevailing on appeal when the Supreme Court finds that there were no reasonable grounds to appeal the decision of the board. In cases where the prevailing party is the party opposing the protest, the Supreme Court may award costs and attorney’s fees associated with the entire defense of the protest if it finds that the protestant brought the protest for an improper purpose, such as to harass or to cause unnecessary delay, or that the protest was not warranted by existing law, the facts of the case, or that it was frivolous in nature.

HISTORY: 2006 Act No. 284, § 1, eff May 19, 2006.

§ 7‑17‑280. Mandatory recounts.

Whenever the difference between the number of votes received by a candidate who has been declared nominated for an office in a primary election or who has been declared elected to an office in a general election and the number of votes received by any other candidate or candidate not declared so nominated or elected or whenever the difference between the number of votes received by a candidate who received the least number of votes to qualify for a runoff election and a candidate or candidates who did not so qualify shall be not more than one percent of the total votes which were cast for such office therein, the committee or board charged by law with canvassing such votes shall order a recount of such votes to be made forthwith unless such other candidate or candidates shall waive a recount in writing.

Whenever the difference between the number of votes cast in favor of and opposed to any constitutional amendment, question or other issue is not more than one percent of the total cast thereon, the Board of State Canvassers shall order a recount of such votes to be made forthwith.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑476.3; 1964 (53) 1744; 1974 (58) 2189; 1977 Act No. 21, eff March 23, 1977.

§ 7‑17‑290. Certificate of determination shall be delivered to Secretary of State.

The Board shall make and subscribe, on the proper statement, a certificate of their determination and shall deliver the same to the Secretary of State.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑477; 1952 Code § 23‑477; 1942 Code § 2321; 1932 Code § 2321; Civ. C. ‘22 § 255; Civ. C. ‘12 § 253; Civ. C. ‘02 Section 227; G. S. 113; R. S. 185; 1882 (17) 1120 Section 44.

§ 7‑17‑300. Secretary of State shall record result of canvass.

The Secretary of State shall record in his office, in a book to be kept by him for that purpose, each certified statement and determination which shall be delivered to him by the Board of State Canvassers and every dissent or protest that shall have been delivered to him by a canvasser.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑478; 1952 Code § 23‑478; 1942 Code § 2325; 1932 Code § 2325; Civ. C. ‘22 § 259; Civ. C. ‘12 § 257; Civ. C. ‘02 § 231; G. S. 135; R. S. 189; 1882 (17) 1121 § 48.

§ 7‑17‑310. Copies of determinations transmitted to persons elected and Governor.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑479; 1952 Code § 23‑479; 1942 Code § 2326, 2341; 1932 Code §§ 2326, 2341; Civ. C. ‘22 §§ 260, 274; Civ. C. ‘12 §§ 257, 271; Civ. C. ‘02 §§ 231, 244; G. S. 135, 148; R. S. 189, 202; 1882 (17) 1121, 1123; 1968 (55) 2316.

§ 7‑17‑320. Statements shall be printed in public newspapers.

The Secretary of State shall cause a copy of such certified statements and determinations to be printed in one or more public newspapers of this State.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑480; 1952 Code § 23‑480; 1942 Code § 2327; 1932 Code § 2327; Civ. C. ‘22 § 261; Civ. C. ‘12 § 259; Civ. C. ‘02 § 233; G. S. 137; R. S. 191; 1882 (17) 1121 § 50.

§ 7‑17‑330. Certain certificates of election shall be sent to Congress.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑481; 1952 Code § 23‑481; 1942 Code § 2328; 1932 Code § 2328; Civ. C. ‘22 § 262; Civ. C. ‘12 § 260; Civ. C. ‘02 § 234; G. S. 138; R. S. 192; 1882 (17) 1121 § 51.

§ 7‑17‑340. Record of elected county officers.

The Secretary of State shall enter in a book to be kept in his office the names of the respective county officers elected in this State, specifying the counties for which they were severally elected, their place of residence, the office for which they were respectively elected and their term of office.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑482; 1952 Code § 23‑482; 1942 Code § 2329; 1932 Code § 2329; Civ. C. ‘22 § 263; Civ. C. ‘12 § 261; Civ. C. ‘02 § 235; G. S. 139; R. S. 193; 1882 (17) 1121 § 52.

ARTICLE 5 – Provisions Applicable to Primary Elections

§ 7‑17‑510. Convening of county board of voter registration and elections as county boards of canvassers; canvass and certification of primary results; canvass and declaration of results by Board of State Canvassers; telecommunication or electronic communication; public access.

The board of voter registration and elections for the counties shall convene a meeting on the Thursday next following the primary, before one o’clock p.m. of that day and shall organize as the county board of canvassers for primaries. They may appoint a competent person as secretary. The chairman shall administer the constitutional oath to each member of the board and to the secretary. The secretary shall administer to the chairman the same oath. Each county board of canvassers for primaries shall canvass the votes of the county and declare the results. The county board of canvassers for primaries shall make statements of the votes of the precincts of its county as the nature of the primary requires not later than twelve o’clock noon on the Saturday next following the primary and at that time transmit and certify to the Board of State Canvassers the results of its findings. This procedure must be repeated following every primary runoff. The Board of State Canvassers shall convene a meeting scheduled through the office of the State Election Commission and shall canvass the vote and declare the results of the primaries and the runoffs no later than twelve o’clock noon on the Saturday next following the primary in the State for state offices, federal offices, and offices involving more than one county. Nothing in this section prohibits any meeting required by this section from being conducted by using telephone conference or other means of telecommunication or electronic communication. Any meeting provided for in this section must be accessible and without cost to the public and must comply with the notice requirements of Chapter 4, Title 30, the Freedom of Information Act.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑491; 1952 Code § 23‑491; 1950 (46) 2059; 1992 Act No. 253, § 11, eff February 19, 1992; 2010 Act No. 205, § 2, eff June 8, 2010.

§ 7‑17‑520. Protests and contests generally; filing and service.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑492; 1952 Code § 23‑492; 1950 (46) 2059; 1968 (55) 2316; 1997 Act No. 63, § 1, eff June 10, 1997.

§ 7‑17‑530. Hearing by county executive committee.

The executive committee shall hear the protest or contest on Thursday 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 set by the committee, to be represented by counsel, to examine and cross‑examine witnesses, and to produce evidence relevant to the grounds of protest.

The chairman of the committee must 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 has authority to administer oaths and subpoena witnesses. Upon the conclusion of the hearing on the protests, the committee shall determine all issues by majority vote and forthwith certify the results of the election. The State Election Commission shall pay for the costs of the court reporter and the transcript of the hearing. This transcript must be filed with the appropriate state executive committee no later than 10:00 a.m. Saturday next following the decision of the county executive committee.

The committee must remain in session until a conclusion has been reached. All candidates in the protested or contested race and the chairman of the state executive committee must be immediately notified of the decision.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑492.1; 1968 (55) 2316; 1997 Act No. 63, § 2, eff June 10, 1997.

§ 7‑17‑540. Right to and notice of appeal from decision of county executive committee.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑492.2; 1968 (55) 2316.

§ 7‑17‑550. Hearing of appeals by state executive committee.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑492.3; 1968 (55) 2316; 1997 Act No. 63, § 3, eff June 10, 1997.

§ 7‑17‑560. State executive committee to hear certain protests and contests; place of hearing; filing; notice and service.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑492.5; 1968 (55) 2316; 1997 Act No. 63, § 4, eff June 10, 1997.

§ 7‑17‑570. Procedure for hearing protest or contest; notice of decision.

The executive committee shall hear the protest or contest on Thursday following the deadline for filing the same. Testimony at the hearing shall be limited to the grounds stated in the written protest.

The protestant and each other candidate in the protested race shall have the right to be present at the hearing, to be represented by counsel, to examine and cross‑examine witnesses and to produce evidence relevant to the grounds of the protest. The chairman of the committee shall provide for and conduct the hearing as nearly as possible in accordance with the procedures and rules of evidence observed by the circuit courts of this State. The chairman shall have authority to administer oaths and subpoena witnesses. Upon the conclusion of the hearing of the protest the committee shall determine all issues by majority vote and forthwith certify the results of the election. The State Election Commission shall pay for the costs of the court reporter and the transcript of the hearing.

The committee shall remain in session until a conclusion has been reached. All candidates in the protested or contested race shall be immediately notified of the committee’s decision.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑492.6; 1968 (55) 2316; 1992 Act No. 253, § 12, eff February 19, 1992.

§ 7‑17‑580. Appeal of protests and contests in municipal primaries.

In every political primary election held by any political party, organization or association in any of the cities or towns of this State for the purpose of choosing candidates for offices therein or the election of delegates to conventions thereof, the decision of any protest or contest that may arise shall be subject to appeal to the Board of State Canvassers of Municipal Primaries of this State herein provided for, and upon such appeal it shall be the duty of the committee or canvassing officers from whose decision such appeal may be made to transmit to said Board any protest and all papers relating to the election, with a copy of any evidence taken before them within ten days from their first meeting to canvass the returns of managers of such election.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑493; 1952 Code § 23‑493; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑17‑590. Board of State Canvassers for Municipal Primaries.

The State executive committee of every political party in this State which may have such a committee shall immediately after its appointment elect from its body a committee of one from each congressional district which shall constitute the Board of State Canvassers for Municipal Primaries, each of whom, before hearing any appeal, shall take and subscribe an oath that he will fairly, impartially and honestly decide such an appeal. The Board shall, upon collection by their chairman of the estimated amount of the expenses of such appeal from the person or persons making it, decide as judicial officers all cases under protest or contest that may come before them on appeal from any decision of such committees or canvassing officers from whose decisions appeal is made upon the papers transmitted to them by such committees or canvassing officers, and the person or persons declared by the Board to be nominated at such election shall be the nominee or nominees of such political party in the respective elections for which such nominations were made. Any vacancies in said Board shall be filled by the State executive committee or, in case it should not be in session, by the chairman of the State executive committee. The members of said board shall serve until the meeting of the next State executive committee. A majority of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum at any meeting.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑494; 1952 Code § 23‑494; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑17‑600. No candidate shall be declared nominated in first primary without majority vote.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑496; 1952 Code § 23‑496; 1950 (46) 2059.

§ 7‑17‑610. What constitutes majority vote.

It is the intent of the South Carolina General Assembly that the following method be used in determining what candidates have received a majority vote for a particular office and are thereby entitled to be nominated on the first ballot according to the terms of Sections  7‑17‑600 and 7‑13‑50.

(1) If a candidate for a single office is to be selected, and there is more than one person seeking nomination, the majority shall be ascertained by dividing the total vote cast for all candidates by two. Any excess of the sum so ascertained shall be a majority, and the candidate who obtains a majority shall be declared the nominee.

(2) If nominees for two or more offices (constituting a group) are to be selected, and there are more persons seeking nomination than there are offices, the majority shall be ascertained by dividing the total vote cast for all candidates by the number of positions to be filled, and by dividing the result by two. Any excess of the sum so ascertained shall be a majority, and the candidates who obtain a majority shall be declared the nominees in the first primary. If more candidates obtain a majority than there are positions to be filled, those having the highest vote (equal to the number of positions to be filled) shall be declared the nominees.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑496.1; 1972 (57) 3087.

§ 7‑17‑620. Unopposed candidates declared nominees.

All unopposed candidates in primary elections shall be declared the nominees of the party by the respective State or county committees.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑497; 1952 Code § 23‑497; 1950 (46) 2059.

ARTICLE 7 – Continuation of Protests

§ 7‑17‑700. Continuation of protest in event of death of candidate in primary or nonpartisan election.

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.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 357, eff March 28, 1986.

§ 7‑17‑710. Continuation of protest in event of death of candidate in special or general election.

If any candidate in a special or general 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 are allowed and a new election held in the manner the authority responsible for conducting the election provides.

HISTORY: 1986 Act No. 357, eff March 28, 1986.

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Chapter 19 – Special Provisions Applicable to Federal Elections

§ 7‑19‑10. Election of United States Senators.

A United States Senator shall be elected at the general election next preceding the expiration of the term of any United States Senator from this State.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑551; 1952 Code § 23‑551; 1942 Code § 2331; 1932 Code § 2331; Civ. C. ‘22 § 264; 1914 (29) 592; 1942 (42) 1520.

§ 7‑19‑20. Filling vacancies in office of United States Senator.

In case of a vacancy in the office of United States Senator from death, resignation or otherwise, the Governor may fill the place by appointment which shall be for the period of time intervening between the date of such appointment and January third following the next succeeding general election. But in the event any such vacancy shall occur less than one hundred days prior to any general election, the appointment shall be for the period of time intervening between the date of such appointment and January third following the second general election next succeeding. The Governor shall within five days after any such appointment order an election to be held in connection with and at the time of the general election immediately preceding the expiration date of such appointment if at the expiration of such appointment an unexpired term shall remain.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑552; 1952 Code § 23‑552; 1942 Code § 2331; 1932 Code § 2331; Civ. C. ‘22 § 264; 1914 (29) 592; 1942 (42) 1520.

§ 7‑19‑30. Election of Representatives in Congress.

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.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑553; 1952 Code § 23‑553; 1942 Code § 2332; 1932 Code § 2332; Civ. C. ‘22 § 265; Civ. C. ‘12 § 262; Civ. C. ‘02 § 236; G. S. 112; R. S. 194; 1882 (17) 1117 § 25.

§ 7‑19‑35. Division of state into congressional districts.

The State is divided into seven congressional districts as follows:

 

DISTRICT 1
Area				Population
Beaufort County
	Beaufort 1			1,576
	Beaufort 2			1,305
	Beaufort 3			1,830
	Belfair			618
	Bluffton 1A			2,746
	Bluffton 1B			1,748
	Bluffton 1C			3,007
	Bluffton 1D			3,829
	Bluffton 2A			3,144
	Bluffton 2B			4,420
	Bluffton 2C			3,802
	Bluffton 3A			1,615
	Bluffton 3B			2,430
	Bluffton 4A			1,838
	Bluffton 4B			1,857
	Bluffton 4C			3,792
	Bluffton 5			2,973
	Burton 1A			2,773
	Burton 1B			2,053
	Burton 2A			6,385
	Burton 2B			3,237
	Burton 2C			2,572
	Burton 3			2,366
	Chechessee			2,578
	Dafuskie			416
	Hilton Head 10			2,143
	Hilton Head 11			1,382
	Hilton Head 12			1,161
	Hilton Head 13			1,149
	Hilton Head 14			1,085
	Hilton Head 15A			668
	Hilton Head 15B			897
	Hilton Head 1A			1,752
	Hilton Head 1B			1,870
	Hilton Head 2A			1,943
	Hilton Head 2B			4,080
	Hilton Head 2C			1,763
	Hilton Head 3			860
	Hilton Head 4A			855
	Hilton Head 4B			1,140
	Hilton Head 4C			1,117
	Hilton Head 4D			1,290
	Hilton Head 5A			1,098
	Hilton Head 5B			969
	Hilton Head 5C			882
	Hilton Head 6A			1,314
	Hilton Head 6B			1,033
	Hilton Head 7A			1,030
	Hilton Head 7B			1,577
	Hilton Head 8A			455
	Hilton Head 8B			958
	Hilton Head 9A			1,487
	Hilton Head 9B			1,835
	Lady’s Island 1A			2,062
	Lady’s Island 1B			1,881
	Lady’s Island 2A			2,132
	Lady’s Island 2B			2,364
	Lady’s Island 3A			2,872
	Lady’s Island 3B			1,259
	MO 1A			1,522
	MO 1B			1,648
	MO 2			1,874
	Port Royal 1			1,813
	Port Royal 2			2,018
	Seabrook 1			2,581
	St. Helena 1A			1,991
	St. Helena 1B			1,782
	St. Helena 1C			1,570
	St. Helena 2A			1,497
	St. Helena 2B			1,923
	St. Helena 2C			718
	Sun City 1A			1,421
	Sun City 1B			2,092
	Sun City 2			954
	Sun City 3A			1,636
	Sun City 3B			1,057
	Sun City 4A			1,545
	Sun City 4B			3,259
Berkeley County
	Bonneau			1,819
	Bonneau Beach			2,069
	Boulder Bluff No. 1			3,975
	Boulder Bluff No. 2
		Tract 207.07
			Blocks: 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1078, 1079, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1086, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1118, 1119, 1121, 1122, 3000, 3007, 3012, 3017, 3021, 3025	25
		Tract 208.06
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026	3,641
		Tract 208.07
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071	5,470
	Boulder Bluff No. 2 Subtotal			9,136
	Cainhoy
		Tract 204.05
			Blocks: 1271	0
	Cainhoy Subtotal			0
	Carnes Crossroads No. 1			4,161
	Carnes Crossroads No. 2			3,816
	Daniel Island No. 1
		Tract 204.03
			Blocks: 1050, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1132, 1169, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082	1,273
		Tract 204.04
			Blocks: 1058, 1067, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1105, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1148, 1166, 1169, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1176, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082	3,113
	Daniel Island No. 1 Subtotal			4,386
	Daniel Island No. 2
		Tract 204.03
			Blocks: 1015, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1105, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168	4,914
		Tract 204.04
			Blocks: 1149	0
	Daniel Island No. 2 Subtotal			4,914
	Devon Forest No. 1			3,068
	Devon Forest No. 2			4,401
	Foster Creek
		Tract 208.10
			Blocks: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1006, 1008, 1035, 1036, 1038, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1047, 1049	554
		Tract 208.11
			Blocks: 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006	1,056
		Tract 208.12
			Blocks: 1001, 1002, 1006, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057	4,704
		Tract 209.03
			Blocks: 1019	0
		Tract 209.04
			Blocks: 1000, 1002, 1008, 1009, 1018, 1020, 2000	0
	Foster Creek Subtotal			6,314
	Goose Creek No. 1
		Tract 208.04
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007	2,627
		Tract 208.08
			Blocks: 1039	0
		Tract 208.09
			Blocks: 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017	945
		Tract 208.12
			Blocks: 1007	0
	Goose Creek No. 1 Subtotal			3,572
	Goose Creek No. 2			6,748
	Hanahan No. 1			2,914
	Hanahan No. 2			2,413
	Hanahan No. 3			2,979
	Hanahan No. 4
		Tract 210
			Blocks: 1073, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1086, 1087, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019	4,067
	Hanahan No. 4 Subtotal			4,067
	Howe Hall			5,730
	Lebanon			1,015
	Macbeth			1,371
	Macedonia
		Tract 203.01
			Blocks: 1021, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1057, 1060, 2016, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2050, 2051, 2052	1,977
		Tract 203.02
			Blocks: 2027, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057	237
		Tract 204.01
			Blocks: 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2288, 2291	148
	Macedonia Subtotal			2,362
	Moncks Corner No. 1			2,932
	Moncks Corner No. 2			2,664
	Moncks Corner No. 3			3,214
	Moncks Corner No. 4			3,788
	Pimlico
		Tract 206
			Blocks: 1080, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2062, 2073, 2074, 2112, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023	1,968
		Tract 207.07
			Blocks: 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1077, 1080, 1084, 1085, 1087, 1120	277
	Pimlico Subtotal			2,245
	Pinopolis			2,396
	Sangree No. 1			4,254
	Sangree No. 2			4,245
	Sangree No. 3			3,333
	Stratford No. 1			6,188
	Stratford No. 2			3,178
	Stratford No. 3			3,535
	Stratford No. 4			3,166
	Wassamassaw No. 1			2,629
	Wassamassaw No. 2			5,528
	Westview No. 1			2,796
	Westview No. 2			3,798
	Westview No. 3			2,678
	Whitesville‑Berkeley			5,954
Charleston County
	Awendaw			1,609
	Charleston 1			1,077
	Charleston 2			915
	Charleston 3			1,230
	Charleston 4			1,507
	Charleston 5			1,123
	Charleston 6			1,876
	Charleston 7			2,436
	Charleston 8
		Tract 51
			Blocks: 2006, 2016, 2018, 2022	136
	Charleston 8 Subtotal			136
	Charleston 9
		Tract 7
			Blocks: 2007, 2010, 2018	67
		Tract 51
			Blocks: 2019, 2020, 2021	153
	Charleston 9 Subtotal			220
	Christ Church			1,169
	Deer Park 1A			2,417
	Deer Park 1B			5,047
	Deer Park 2A			4,362
	Deer Park 2B			2,482
	Deer Park 2C			1,306
	Deer Park 3
		Tract 31.13
			Blocks: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018	1,583
	Deer Park 3 Subtotal			1,583
	Edisto Island			1,879
	Folly Beach 1			1,189
	Folly Beach 2			1,448
	Isle of Palms 1A			1,159
	Isle of Palms 1B			1,574
	Isle of Palms 1C			1,439
	James Island 10			1,996
	James Island 11			2,302
	James Island 12			1,558
	James Island 13			1,753
	James Island 14			1,082
	James Island 15			2,105
	James Island 17			2,469
	James Island 19			1,831
	James Island 1A			2,154
	James Island 1B			1,200
	James Island 2			3,401
	James Island 20			1,686
	James Island 22			1,784
	James Island 3			1,152
	James Island 5A			1,638
	James Island 5B			874
	James Island 6			2,036
	James Island 7			2,028
	James Island 8A			1,638
	James Island 8B			2,458
	James Island 9			1,868
	Johns Island 1A			2,571
	Johns Island 1B			2,914
	Johns Island 3A			2,557
	Johns Island 3B			1,954
	Johns Island 4			1,784
	Kiawah Island			1,626
	Ladson			4,331
	Lincolnville			1,624
	McClellanville			2,097
	Mt. Pleasant 1			1,696
	Mt. Pleasant 10			975
	Mt. Pleasant 11			1,457
	Mt. Pleasant 12			1,946
	Mt. Pleasant 13			1,580
	Mt. Pleasant 14			2,141
	Mt. Pleasant 15			2,659
	Mt. Pleasant 16			892
	Mt. Pleasant 17			3,331
	Mt. Pleasant 18			1,453
	Mt. Pleasant 19			2,423
	Mt. Pleasant 2			1,216
	Mt. Pleasant 20			1,545
	Mt. Pleasant 21			1,782
	Mt. Pleasant 22			911
	Mt. Pleasant 23			2,177
	Mt. Pleasant 24			986
	Mt. Pleasant 25			1,218
	Mt. Pleasant 26			745
	Mt. Pleasant 27			3,055
	Mt. Pleasant 28			1,615
	Mt. Pleasant 29			412
	Mt. Pleasant 3			1,625
	Mt. Pleasant 30			2,598
	Mt. Pleasant 31			1,894
	Mt. Pleasant 32			2,954
	Mt. Pleasant 33			3,945
	Mt. Pleasant 34			1,903
	Mt. Pleasant 35			5,412
	Mt. Pleasant 36			1,473
	Mt. Pleasant 37			3,457
	Mt. Pleasant 38			1,806
	Mt. Pleasant 39			1,032
	Mt. Pleasant 4			1,483
	Mt. Pleasant 5			1,534
	Mt. Pleasant 6			2,541
	Mt. Pleasant 7			918
	Mt. Pleasant 8			1,054
	Mt. Pleasant 9			1,191
	North Charleston 28
		Tract 31.04
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2050, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2066, 2067, 2082	233
		Tract 31.14
			Blocks: 1056	0
	North Charleston 28 Subtotal			233
	St. Andrews 1			870
	St. Andrews 10			1,500
	St. Andrews 11			1,029
	St. Andrews 12			1,345
	St. Andrews 13			1,468
	St. Andrews 14			1,936
	St. Andrews 15			1,927
	St. Andrews 16			1,292
	St. Andrews 17			2,260
	St. Andrews 18			2,683
	St. Andrews 19			410
	St. Andrews 2			1,279
	St. Andrews 20			3,720
	St. Andrews 21			1,391
	St. Andrews 22			1,399
	St. Andrews 23			1,485
	St. Andrews 24			2,100
	St. Andrews 25			2,060
	St. Andrews 26			1,871
	St. Andrews 27			2,596
	St. Andrews 28			2,386
	St. Andrews 29			2,837
	St. Andrews 3			1,714
	St. Andrews 30			2,744
	St. Andrews 31			1,453
	St. Andrews 32			1,479
	St. Andrews 33			886
	St. Andrews 34			2,883
	St. Andrews 35			2,035
	St. Andrews 36			2,049
	St. Andrews 37			3,474
	St. Andrews 4			1,551
	St. Andrews 5			1,422
	St. Andrews 6			1,429
	St. Andrews 7			2,181
	St. Andrews 8			1,278
	St. Andrews 9			2,179
	Sullivans Island			1,791
	Town of Seabrook			1,738
	Wadmalaw Island 2
		Tract 22
			Blocks: 1117, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1139, 1140, 1141, 1142, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1166, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2118, 2124, 2127, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2148, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2153, 2154, 2159, 2160	824
	Wadmalaw Island 2 Subtotal			824
Colleton County
	Edisto Beach			529
	Green Pond
		Tract 9708
			Blocks: 2088, 2148, 2153, 2154, 2158, 2159, 2160, 2161, 2162, 2163, 2164, 2165, 2166, 2167	0
	Green Pond Subtotal			0
	Jacksonboro
		Tract 9708
			Blocks: 1091, 1094, 1123, 1124, 1126, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1138, 1140, 1141, 1142	0
	Jacksonboro Subtotal			0
Dorchester County
	Archdale			1,915
	Archdale 2			2,076
	Ashborough East			1,609
	Ashborough East 2			1,000
	Ashborough West			799
	Ashborough West 2			1,432
	Ashley River			2,186
	Bacons Bridge			2,623
	Beech Hill			1,819
	Beech Hill 2			1,501
	Brandymill			895
	Brandymill 2			2,022
	Briarwood			2,074
	Briarwood 2			1,462
	Briarwood 3			1,054
	Butternut			2,560
	Carolina			838
	Central			2,015
	Central 2			1,965
	Clemson			1,959
	Clemson 2			2,462
	Clemson 3			2,923
	Coastal			1,880
	Coastal 2			2,150
	Coastal Center			1,084
	Coosaw			2,284
	Coosaw 2			4,919
	Cypress			3,559
	Dorchester			1,528
	Dorchester 2			1,128
	Flowertown			2,529
	Flowertown 2			2,367
	Germantown			2,057
	Greenhurst			1,609
	Greenwave			2,167
	Irongate			908
	Irongate 2			895
	Irongate 3			828
	Kings Grant			2,193
	Kings Grant 2			2,094
	Knightsville			1,868
	Lincoln			3,202
	Miles/Jamison			2,804
	Newington			1,529
	Newington 2			1,004
	North Summerville			2,412
	North Summerville 2			2,012
	Oakbrook			5,454
	Patriot			2,876
	Saul Dam			656
	Sawmill Branch			1,868
	Spann			1,732
	Stallsville			1,331
	Tranquil			1,201
	Tranquil 2			3,876
	Trolley			2,437
	Tupperway			1,352
	Tupperway 2			1,495
	Windsor			1,959
DISTRICT TOTAL				660,766
PERCENT VARIATION				0.000

 

DISTRICT 2
Area				Population
Aiken County				160,099
Barnwell County				22,621
Lexington County				262,391
Orangeburg County
	Bolentown			2,173
	Cope			1,063
	Cordova 1			2,326
	Cordova 2
		Tract 116
			Blocks: 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4041, 4042, 4062, 4063, 4064, 4065, 4066	2,714
	Cordova 2 Subtotal			2,714
	Edisto			1,593
	Neeses‑Livingston			1,991
	North 1			1,859
	North 2
		Tract 120
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2118, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3082, 3083, 3135, 3137, 3138, 3139, 3140, 3141, 3142, 3143, 3144, 3145, 3146, 3147, 3148, 3149, 3150, 3151, 3152, 3157, 3158, 3159, 3162, 3163	1,960
	North 2 Subtotal			1,960
	Norway			1,917
	Pine Hill
		Tract 119
			Blocks: 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3052, 3053, 3059, 3060, 3061, 3062, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3069, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074	1,025
	Pine Hill Subtotal			1,025
	Springfield			1,817
Richland County
	Arcadia			2,142
	Ballentine			3,554
	Blythewood #1			1,465
	Blythewood #2			2,317
	Blythewood #3			2,034
	Brandon
		Tract 116.03
			Blocks: 2048	0
		Tract 116.07
			Blocks: 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1074	243
		Tract 116.08
			Blocks: 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1073, 1074	271
	Brandon Subtotal			514
	Cooper			1,335
	Dutch Fork #1			3,071
	Dutch Fork #2			4,249
	E Forest Acres			1,526
	Estates			6,565
	Friarsgate #1			2,959
	Friarsgate #2			2,393
	Gregg Park			2,646
	Hampton
		Tract 26.03
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1016, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1041, 1042, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1066, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2053	1,889
	Hampton Subtotal			1,889
	Harbison #1			3,805
	Harbison #2
		Tract 103.04
			Blocks: 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034	1,371
		Tract 103.09
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062	1
	Harbison #2 Subtotal			1,372
	Keenan
		Tract 111.01
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1058, 1059, 2002, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3008, 3014, 3015, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026	1,381
	Keenan Subtotal			1,381
	Kelley Mill			1,506
	Lake Carolina			3,923
	Longcreek			4,849
	Lykesland
		Tract 116.08
			Blocks: 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3008, 3009, 3030	226
	Lykesland Subtotal			226
	Meadowfield			2,333
	Monticello
		Tract 102
			Blocks: 1026, 1027, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2034, 2035, 2036, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3061, 3062, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3077, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3084, 3085, 3086, 3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095, 3096, 3100, 3109, 3110, 3111, 3112	1,332
	Monticello Subtotal			1,332
	N Forest Acres			1,997
	North Springs #1
		Tract 114.18
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041	1,798
		Tract 114.19
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1013, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1027, 1028, 1029, 2006	2,581
	North Springs #1 Subtotal			4,379
	North springs #2			3,604
	Oak Point			4,427
	Oakwood			1,285
	Old Friarsgate			1,652
	Parkridge			1,352
	Parkway #1			8,518
	Parkway #2			4,409
	Pennington			3,977
	Polo Road			8,550
	Pontiac
		Tract 114.07
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132	3,162
		Tract 114.14
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1017, 1025, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089	1,995
	Pontiac Subtotal			5,157
	Rice Creek			5,812
	Ridgeview			7,104
	River Springs			5,019
	Riverwalk			3,760
	Round Top			957
	S Forest Acres			1,984
	Satchel Ford			1,775
	South Beltline			2,714
	Spring Hill			1,618
	Spring Valley
		Tract 114.11
			Blocks: 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007	2,886
	Spring Valley Subtotal			2,886
	Springville			4,369
	Trenhom Road			1,183
	Valhalla			3,772
	Ward 1
		Tract 27
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1004, 1007	184
		Tract 30
			Blocks: 1007, 1011, 1014, 1015	0
	Ward 1 Subtotal			184
	Ward 10
		Tract 27
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2014, 2016, 3001, 3002, 3009, 3010, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3023	643
	Ward 10 Subtotal			643
	Ward 12			2,034
	Ward 13
		Tract 25
			Blocks: 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026	916
		Tract 26.03
			Blocks: 1048	0
	Ward 13 Subtotal			916
	Ward 14			2,038
	Ward 15
		Tract 12
			Blocks: 1006, 1007, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1045, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024	994
		Tract 22
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1007	134
	Ward 15 Subtotal			1,128
	Ward 16			1,531
	Ward 17			1,911
	Ward 18
		Tract 11
			Blocks: 2002, 2003, 2006, 2013, 2014, 3023	159
	Ward 18 Subtotal			159
	Ward 23
		Tract 22
			Blocks: 1004, 1005, 1006, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022	526
		Tract 23
			Blocks: 1007, 1008	46
		Tract 25
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2011	336
	Ward 23 Subtotal			908
	Ward 24			1,142
	Ward 25			2,104
	Ward 26			14,503
	Ward 33
		Tract 13
			Blocks: 3010, 3015	92
		Tract 21
			Blocks: 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3027	847
		Tract 30
			Blocks: 1008	8
	Ward 33 Subtotal			947
	Ward 34
		Tract 11
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3030, 3033, 4000, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014	934
	Ward 34 Subtotal			934
	Ward 6
		Tract 111.01
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 3013, 3017, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3032, 3037, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044	851
		Tract 112.02
			Blocks: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2047	273
	Ward 6 Subtotal			1,124
	Wildewood			3,528
	Woodfield
		Tract 113.05
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 3000, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3008, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024	4,996
	Woodfield Subtotal			4,996
	Woodlands			2,841
DISTRICT TOTAL				660,766
PERCENT VARIATION				0.000

 

DISTRICT 3
Area				Population
Abbeville County				25,417
Anderson County				187,126
Edgefield County				26,985
Greenville County
	Dunklin			3,698
	Fork Shoals			2,730
	Fountain Inn 1			4,156
	Fountain Inn 2			2,229
	Grove			2,932
	Long Creek 1			2,517
	Long Creek 2			1,784
	Mt. Pleasant			3,808
	Piedmont			4,671
	Pineview			1,687
	Raintree
		Tract 30.13
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1007, 1008, 1010, 1011, 1013, 1014	2,058
		Tract 31.01
			Blocks: 2025, 2027, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070	0
		Tract 31.03
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1052, 1063, 1091, 1094	882
	Raintree Subtotal			2,940
	Reedy Fork			3,744
	Simpsonville 5
		Tract 30.05
			Blocks: 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061	75
		Tract 30.11
			Blocks: 1027, 1041, 1042, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1073, 1074	248
		Tract 31.01
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1010, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2024, 2026, 2028, 2029	710
	Simpsonville 5 Subtotal			1,033
	Simpsonville 6
		Tract 30.13
			Blocks: 2020, 2022, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028	0
	Simpsonville 6 Subtotal			0
	Standing Springs 1
		Tract 30.14
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015	1,296
		Tract 33.04
			Blocks: 1020, 1021, 1022, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033	1,323
	Standing Springs 1 Subtotal			2,619
	Sycamore
		Tract 30.09
			Blocks: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029	1,048
		Tract 30.11
			Blocks: 1000, 1001	432
	Sycamore Subtotal			1,480
	Walnut Springs			3,838
	Ware Place 1			3,041
	Ware Place 2			2,366
	Woodmont			3,679
Greenwood County				69,661
Laurens County				66,537
McCormick County				10,233
Newberry County
	Beth—Eden
		Tract 9505.02
			Blocks: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1020, 1023, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033	391
	Beth—Eden Subtotal			391
	Bush River			486
	Chappells			903
	Hartford			1,808
	Helena
		Tract 9505.02
			Blocks: 1034, 1035	8
		Tract 9507
			Blocks: 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2076, 2077, 2078, 3011, 3012, 3015, 3016	34
	Helena Subtotal			42
	Johnstone
		Tract 9502.02
			Blocks: 5143	3
	Johnstone Subtotal			3
	Kinards‑Jalapa			739
	Silverstreet			1,145
	Stoney Hill			967
Oconee County				74,273
Pickens County				119,224
Saluda County				19,875
DISTRICT TOTAL				660,767
PERCENT VARIATION				0.000

 

DISTRICT 4
Area				Population
Greenville County
	Aiken			2,215
	Altamont Forest			1,471
	Asheton Lakes			3,488
	Avon			2,310
	Belle Meade			2,744
	Bells Crossing			3,631
	Belmont			1,643
	Berea			3,340
	Boiling Springs			2,546
	Botany Woods			2,633
	Brookglenn			1,818
	Canebrake			3,560
	Carolina			2,520
	Chestnut Hills			3,078
	Circle Creek			2,590
	Clear Creek			2,214
	Conestee			3,515
	Darby Ridge			3,079
	Del Norte			3,499
	Devenger			2,297
	Donaldson			1,689
	Dove Tree			2,353
	Eastside			3,286
	Ebenezer			3,274
	Edwards Forest			2,931
	Enoree			3,843
	Feaster			2,160
	Frohawk			1,859
	Frohawk 2			1,968
	Furman			5,517
	Gilder Creek 1			1,551
	Gilder Creek 2			2,003
	Gowensville			2,603
	Greenbriar 1			3,389
	Greenbriar 2			2,154
	Greenville			2,793
	Greenville 1			1,886
	Greenville 10			3,655
	Greenville 14			2,399
	Greenville 16			2,137
	Greenville 17			2,061
	Greenville 18			1,652
	Greenville 19			3,298
	Greenville 20			1,553
	Greenville 21			1,789
	Greenville 22			2,727
	Greenville 23			2,609
	Greenville 24			3,918
	Greenville 25			3,633
	Greenville 27			3,932
	Greenville 28			1,591
	Greenville 29			3,138
	Greenville 3			2,981
	Greenville 4			3,970
	Greenville 5			2,989
	Greenville 6			1,318
	Greenville 7			3,324
	Greenville 8			3,832
	Highland Creek 1			2,584
	Highland Creek 2			2,977
	Hillcrest 1			2,748
	Hillcrest 2			1,935
	Jennings Mill			1,830
	Lakeview			4,538
	Laurel Ridge			3,063
	Leawood			3,877
	Maple Creek			3,500
	Maridell			2,773
	Mauldin 1			2,495
	Mauldin 2			3,584
	Mauldin 3			3,351
	Mauldin 4			4,236
	Mauldin 5			4,100
	Mauldin 6			2,949
	Mauldin 7			2,466
	Mission			2,937
	Monaview			5,650
	Mountain Creek			2,558
	Mountain View			3,166
	Neely Farms			3,675
	Northwood			2,706
	Oakview			3,928
	Oneal 1			3,481
	ONeal 2			3,181
	Palmetto			2,726
	Paris Mountain			1,558
	Pebble Creek			2,531
	Pelham Falls			1,502
	Poinsett			3,774
	Raintree
		Tract 30.13
			Blocks: 1002, 1006, 1009, 1012, 1015	393
	Raintree Subtotal			393
	Riverside 1			2,889
	Riverside 2			3,094
	Riverwalk			3,132
	Rock Hill			3,620
	Rocky Creek			2,538
	Rolling Green			1,827
	Royal Oaks			2,088
	Saluda			2,212
	Sandy Flat			3,902
	Sevier			3,687
	Silverleaf			2,611
	Simpsonville 1			3,451
	Simpsonville 2			2,557
	Simpsonville 3			3,215
	Simpsonville 4			3,137
	Simpsonville 5
		Tract 30.05
			Blocks: 1040, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046	1
		Tract 30.11
			Blocks: 1024, 1025, 1026, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1039, 1040, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1056, 1058, 1075	1,475
	Simpsonville 5 Subtotal			1,476
	Simpsonville 6
		Tract 30.13
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034	3,288
	Simpsonville 6 Subtotal			3,288
	Skyland			3,456
	Slater Marietta			5,410
	Southside			3,221
	Spring Forest			3,084
	Standing Springs 1
		Tract 30.14
			Blocks: 2006	6
		Tract 30.15
			Blocks: 2005, 2007, 2008	63
	Standing Springs 1 Subtotal			69
	Standing Springs 2			2,356
	Stone Valley			3,388
	Stonehaven			2,304
	Suber Mill			3,572
	Sugar Creek			2,838
	Sulphur Springs			3,871
	Sycamore
		Tract 30.09
			Blocks: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2024, 2025	128
		Tract 30.10
			Blocks: 2047, 2048, 2049	187
		Tract 30.11
			Blocks: 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1011, 1047, 1048, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1076	219
	Sycamore Subtotal			534
	Tanglewood			4,299
	Taylors			3,535
	Thornblade			4,432
	Tigerville			4,192
	Timberlake			3,203
	Trade			3,806
	Travelers Rest 1			3,317
	Travelers Rest 2			2,414
	Tubbs Mountain			2,966
	Tyger River 1			2,424
	Tyger River 2			2,450
	Wade Hampton			4,068
	Welcome			4,181
	Wellington			1,683
	Westcliffe			3,455
	Westside			4,646
	Woodruff Lakes			3,647
Spartanburg County
	Abner Creek Baptist			1,526
	Anderson Mill Elementary			5,456
	Arcadia Elementary			2,634
	Beaumont Methodist			1,186
	Beech Springs Intermediate			3,058
	Ben Avon Methodist			4,500
	Bethany Baptist			3,217
	Bethany Wesleyan			3,238
	Boiling Springs 9th Grade			4,639
	Boiling Springs High School			2,153
	Boiling Springs Intermediate			4,973
	Boiling Springs Jr. High			1,952
	Boining Springs Intermediate			4,573
	C.C. Woodson Recreation Center			2,241
	Canaan Baptist			1,724
	Cannons Elementary			1,702
	Cavins Hobbysville			1,479
	Cedar Grove Baptist			2,215
	Chapman Elementary			3,006
	Chapman High School			4,170
	Cleveland Elementary			4,501
	Cliffdale Elementary			1,416
	Converse Fire Station			1,936
	Cornerstone Baptist			2,149
	Cowpens Depot Museum			2,069
	Cowpens Fire Station			2,891
	Croft Baptist			1,892
	Cross Anchor Fire Station			1,311
	Cudd Memorial			2,298
	Daniel Morgan Technology Center			1,563
	Drayton Fire Station			2,721
	E.P. Todd Elementary			3,594
	Eastside Baptist			1,708
	Ebenezer Baptist			1,526
	Enoree First Baptist			2,314
	Fairforest Middle School			4,594
	Friendship Baptist			6,039
	Gable Middle School			3,978
	Glendale Fire Station			2,278
	Grace Baptist			2,572
	Gramling Methodist			2,206
	Hayne Baptist			6,189
	Hendrix Elementary			5,535
	Holly Springs Baptist			4,260
	Inman Mills Baptist			3,883
	Jesse Boyd Elementary			2,474
	Jesse Boyd Elementary			2,725
	Lake Bowen Baptist
		Tract 224.01
			Blocks: 3016	0
		Tract 224.04
			Blocks: 1006, 1007, 1008, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2017, 3011, 3019, 3022, 3025, 3027, 3028	2,315
		Tract 228.01
			Blocks: 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4037, 4040, 4041, 4042	2,202
	Lake Bowen Baptist Subtotal			4,517
	Landrum High School			3,564
	Landrum United Methodist			4,317
	Lyman Town Hall			4,365
	Motlow Creek Baptist			1,483
	Mt. Calvary Presbyterian			5,021
	Mt. Moriah Baptist			2,245
	Mt. Zion Full Gospel Baptist			1,265
	North Spartanburg Fire Station			3,815
	Oakland Elementary			2,734
	Pacolet Town Hall			1,241
	Park Hills Elementary			1,585
	Pauline Gleen Springs Elementary			1,599
	Pelham Fire Station			1,773
	Pine Street Elementary			1,563
	Poplar Springs Fire Station			2,985
	Powell Saxon Una Fire Station			2,629
	R.D. Anderson Vocational			2,091
	Rebirth Missionary Baptist			4,529
	Reidville Elementary			4,231
	Reidville Fire Station			5,480
	Roebuck Bethlehem			1,841
	Roebuck Elementary			3,922
	Silverhill Methodist Church			936
	Southside Baptist			2,169
	Spartanburg High School			3,069
	Startex Fire Station			1,737
	Swofford Career Center
		Tract 224.01
			Blocks: 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1051, 1065, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 2021, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 4000, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4007, 4008, 4009, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013, 4014, 4015, 4016, 4017, 4018, 4019, 4020, 4021, 4022, 4023, 4024, 4025, 4026, 4027, 4028, 4029, 4030, 4031, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4035, 4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4041, 4042, 4043, 4044, 4045, 4046, 4047, 4048, 4049, 4050	4,352
		Tract 225
			Blocks: 1018, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1145	207
	Swofford Career Center Subtotal			4,559
	T.W. Edwards Recreation Center			2,386
	Travelers Rest Baptist			4,755
	Trinity Methodist			2,393
	Una Fire Station			1,377
	Victor Mill Methodist			3,909
	Wellford Fire Station			3,754
	West Side Baptist			3,564
	West View Elementary			4,991
	White Stone Methodist			1,297
	Whitlock Jr. High			2,570
	Woodland Heights Recreation Center			3,196
	Woodruff American Legion			1,133
	Woodruff Armory Drive Fire Stations			2,282
	Woodruff Fire Station			1,816
	Woodruff Town Hall			3,541
DISTRICT TOTAL				660,766
PERCENT VARIATION				0.000

 

DISTRICT 5
Area				Population
Cherokee County				55,342
Chester County				33,140
Fairfield County				23,956
Kershaw County				61,697
Lancaster County				76,652
Lee County				19,220
Newberry County
	Beth—Eden
		Tract 9502.01
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048	428
		Tract 9505.02
			Blocks: 1008, 1019, 1022, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2021, 2022, 2026, 2027, 2029, 2030, 2031	243
	Beth—Eden Subtotal			671
	Consolidated Number 5			1,410
	Fairview			1,939
	Helena
		Tract 9505.02
			Blocks: 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1047, 1048, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 4004, 4005, 4006, 4023, 4024, 4032, 4033, 4034, 4076, 4080, 5045, 5060, 5061, 5062	474
		Tract 9507
			Blocks: 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3020, 3021	671
	Helena Subtotal			1,145
	Johnstone
		Tract 9502.02
			Blocks: 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1065, 1066, 1071, 1073, 1074, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1093, 1107, 1108, 1112, 1113, 1119, 1120, 1122, 1123, 1130, 1131, 1132, 5004, 5010, 5011, 5018, 5020, 5021, 5023, 5024, 5026, 5029, 5033, 5035, 5040, 5042, 5043, 5044, 5045, 5046, 5047, 5053, 5078, 5079, 5080, 5081, 5086, 5087, 5088, 5089, 5091, 5092, 5093, 5141, 5144, 5145, 5146, 5147, 5148, 5149, 5150, 5152, 5159, 5160, 5161, 5162	769
		Tract 9506.01
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1066, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2016, 2017, 2018	206
	Johnstone Subtotal			975
	Little Mountain			1,433
	Maybinton			85
	Midway			399
	Mt. Bethel‑Garmany			2,437
	Newberry Ward 1			754
	Newberry Ward 2			2,221
	Newberry Ward 3			1,636
	Newberry Ward 4			897
	Newberry Ward 5			1,266
	Newberry Ward 6			1,818
	Oakland			1,769
	O’Neal			1,577
	Peak			171
	Pomaria			853
	Prosperity			2,751
	St. Phillips‑Jolly Street			1,535
	Wheeland			604
	Whitmire City			1,355
	Whitmire Outside			1,323
Spartanburg County
	Arrowood Baptist			1,027
	Carlisle Fosters Home			2,677
	Cherokee Springs Fire Station			2,426
	Chesnee Senior Center			3,729
	Colley Springs Baptist			4,043
	Lake Bowen Baptist
		Tract 224.04
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1009, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3026	902
	Lake Bowen Baptist Subtotal			902
	Mayo Elementary			3,022
	Mountain View Baptist			1,980
	Swofford Career Center
		Tract 224.01
			Blocks: 2034, 2035, 2043	8
	Swofford Career Center Subtotal			8
Sumter County
	Birnie
		Tract 13
			Blocks: 1019, 1021, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042	331
		Tract 15
			Blocks: 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1054, 1055, 1077	242
		Tract 16
			Blocks: 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1053, 1054, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1069	218
	Birnie Subtotal			791
	Burns‑Downs			1,251
	Causeway Branch #1			1,917
	Causeway Branch #2			1,094
	Cherryvale			1,546
	Dalzel #1			2,409
	Dalzel #2			1,851
	Delaine			2,372
	Ebenezer #1			2,193
	Ebenezer #2			2,263
	Folsom Park
		Tract 8
			Blocks: 1034, 1038, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020	1,336
		Tract 9.01
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082	1,015
	Folsom Park Subtotal			2,351
	Furman			2,698
	Green Swamp #1			3,029
	Green Swamp #2			1,350
	Hampton Park
		Tract 20
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047	796
	Hampton Park Subtotal			796
	Hillcrest			1,341
	Horatio			812
	Manchester Forest			2,396
	Mayewood
		Tract 6
			Blocks: 2036, 2037, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 3008, 3009, 3040	216
	Mayewood Subtotal			216
	McCray’s Mill #1			1,853
	McCray’s Mill #2			2,300
	Millwood			1,055
	Morris College
		Tract 20
			Blocks: 1004	0
	Morris College Subtotal			0
	Mullberry			1,527
	Oakland Plantation #1			2,006
	Oakland Plantation #2			1,430
	Oswego			1,709
	Palmetto Park			2,565
	Pinewood			2,799
	Pocotaligo #1			3,212
	Pocotaligo #2			2,378
	Privateer			2,751
	Rembert			3,679
	Salterstown			1,580
	Second Mill			2,264
	Shaw			2,395
	South Liberty
		Tract 13
			Blocks: 1010, 1011, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028	270
	South Liberty Subtotal			270
	Spectrum			1,499
	St. Paul			2,597
	Sumter High #1			1,043
	Sumter High #2			1,926
	Sunset			1,889
	Swan Lake			1,533
	Thomas Sumpter			1,774
	Turkey Creek
		Tract 6
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1079, 1080, 1081, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3014, 3015	655
		Tract 11
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012, 2108	11
	Turkey Creek Subtotal			666
	Wilder			1,327
	Wilson Hall			2,184
Union County				28,961
York County				226,073
DISTRICT TOTAL				660,766
PERCENT VARIATION				0.000

 

DISTRICT 6
Area				Population
Allendale County				10,419
Bamberg County				15,987
Beaufort County
	Burton 1C			5,974
	Dale Lobeco			1,629
	Seabrook 2			1,401
	Seabrook 3			2,415
	Sheldon 1			1,368
	Sheldon 2			1,272
Berkeley County
	Alvin			1,304
	Bethera			309
	Boulder Bluff No. 2
		Tract 207.24
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1038, 1045, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1124	70
	Boulder Bluff No. 2 Subtotal			70
	Cainhoy
		Tract 204.03
			Blocks: 1009, 1133	0
		Tract 204.04
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1063, 1064, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1167, 1170, 1171, 1175, 1177	586
		Tract 204.05
			Blocks: 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1079, 1080, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1124, 1125, 1126, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 1131, 1132, 1133, 1134, 1135, 1136, 1137, 1139, 1141, 1146, 1150, 1151, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156, 1157, 1158, 1159, 1160, 1161, 1162, 1163, 1164, 1165, 1166, 1167, 1168, 1169, 1171, 1172, 1173, 1174, 1175, 1176, 1177, 1178, 1179, 1180, 1181, 1182, 1183, 1184, 1185, 1186, 1187, 1188, 1189, 1190, 1191, 1192, 1193, 1194, 1195, 1196, 1197, 1198, 1199, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1204, 1205, 1206, 1207, 1208, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1212, 1213, 1214, 1215, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219, 1220, 1221, 1222, 1223, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1228, 1229, 1230, 1231, 1232, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1243, 1244, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1254, 1255, 1256, 1257, 1258, 1259, 1260, 1261, 1262, 1265, 1266, 1267, 1268, 1269, 1270, 1272	1,598
	Cainhoy Subtotal			2,184
	Cordesville			1,809
	Cross			3,598
	Daniel Island No. 1
		Tract 204.04
			Blocks: 1057, 1062, 1065, 1066, 1068, 1103, 1147, 1164, 1165, 1168	0
	Daniel Island No. 1 Subtotal			0
	Daniel Island No. 2
		Tract 204.03
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1028, 1104, 1106, 1107	62
	Daniel Island No. 2 Subtotal			62
	Eadytown			937
	Foster Creek
		Tract 208.12
			Blocks: 1003, 1004, 1005, 1042, 1043	0
	Foster Creek Subtotal			0
	Goose Creek No. 1
		Tract 207.24
			Blocks: 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1046, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1091, 1092, 1093, 1094, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1103, 1104, 1105, 1106, 1107, 1108, 1121, 1122, 1123, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016	3,169
		Tract 207.25
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011	1,055
		Tract 208.12
			Blocks: 1000, 1008, 1009	0
		Tract 9801
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040	0
	Goose Creek No. 1 Subtotal			4,224
	Hanahan No. 4
		Tract 209.03
			Blocks: 1000, 1001	0
		Tract 210
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1074, 1075, 1084, 1085	376
	Hanahan No. 4 Subtotal			376
	Hilton Cross Roads			2,807
	Huger			1,776
	Jamestown			818
	Macedonia
		Tract 203.01
			Blocks: 1005, 1022, 1023, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2032, 2034	399
		Tract 204.01
			Blocks: 2030	67
	Macedonia Subtotal			466
	Pimlico
		Tract 204.01
			Blocks: 2282	0
		Tract 206
			Blocks: 2061, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2108, 2109, 2110, 2111, 2113	56
		Tract 207.24
			Blocks: 1002	0
	Pimlico Subtotal			56
	Russellville			2,047
	Shulerville			477
	St. Stephen No. 1			2,421
	St. Stephen No. 2			2,351
Calhoun County				15,175
Charleston County
	Charleston 10			2,510
	Charleston 11			2,392
	Charleston 12			4,104
	Charleston 13			1,269
	Charleston 14			1,624
	Charleston 15			2,422
	Charleston 16			1,390
	Charleston 17			1,151
	Charleston 18			1,727
	Charleston 19			945
	Charleston 20			1,347
	Charleston 21			1,225
	Charleston 8
		Tract 9
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014	1,413
		Tract 51
			Blocks: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2017	14
		Tract 54
			Blocks: 2022, 2023, 2024, 2034	0
	Charleston 8 Subtotal			1,427
	Charleston 9
		Tract 7
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013	445
		Tract 51
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004	575
	Charleston 9 Subtotal			1,020
	Deer Park 3
		Tract 31.13
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035	1,189
		Tract 31.14
			Blocks: 1048	0
	Deer Park 3 Subtotal			1,189
	North Charleston 1			1,323
	North Charleston 10			2,771
	North Charleston 11			1,115
	North Charleston 12			602
	North Charleston 13			1,856
	North Charleston 14			817
	North Charleston 15			2,279
	North Charleston 16			1,354
	North Charleston 17			1,523
	North Charleston 18			3,534
	North Charleston 19			2,738
	North Charleston 2			3,063
	North Charleston 20			1,212
	North Charleston 21			2,552
	North Charleston 22			2,276
	North Charleston 23			3,389
	North Charleston 24			3,717
	North Charleston 25			909
	North Charleston 26			830
	North Charleston 27			3,157
	North Charleston 28
		Tract 31.04
			Blocks: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2051, 2052, 2064, 2065, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081	1,945
		Tract 31.05
			Blocks: 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2076	25
	North Charleston 28 Subtotal			1,970
	North Charleston 29			2,746
	North Charleston 3			1,588
	North Charleston 30			3,029
	North Charleston 4			1,745
	North Charleston 5			2,983
	North Charleston 6			2,127
	North Charleston 7			2,532
	North Charleston 8			1,219
	North Charleston 9			2,579
	St. Pauls 1			1,167
	St. Pauls 2A			1,498
	St. Pauls 2B			1,908
	St. Pauls 3			2,057
	St. Pauls 4			2,253
	St. Pauls 5			1,795
	St. Pauls 6			2,477
	Wadmalaw Island 1			1,306
	Wadmalaw Island 2
		Tract 22
			Blocks: 1000, 1007, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1057, 1058, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1067, 1075, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1123, 1135, 2030, 2031, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2088, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2110, 2111, 2112, 2113, 2114, 2115, 2116, 2117, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2125, 2126, 2128, 2129, 2131, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2158, 2162, 2163, 2164	595
	Wadmalaw Island 2 Subtotal			595
Clarendon County				34,971
Colleton County
	Ashton			156
	Bells			417
	Berea			140
	Canady’s			741
	Cottageville			3,740
	Edisto			421
	Green Pond
		Tract 9703
			Blocks: 5002, 5009, 5011, 5012, 5013, 5014, 5015, 5021, 5022, 5023, 5029, 5030, 5031, 5085, 5086, 5087, 5088, 5089, 5091, 5092, 5099	335
		Tract 9708
			Blocks: 1098, 1099, 1100, 1101, 1102, 1104, 1105, 1127, 1128, 1129, 1130, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068, 2069, 2070, 2071, 2072, 2073, 2074, 2075, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2079, 2080, 2081, 2082, 2083, 2084, 2085, 2086, 2087, 2089, 2090, 2091, 2092, 2093, 2094, 2095, 2096, 2097, 2098, 2099, 2100, 2101, 2102, 2103, 2104, 2105, 2106, 2107, 2112, 2113, 2119, 2120, 2121, 2122, 2123, 2124, 2125, 2126, 2127, 2128, 2129, 2130, 2131, 2132, 2133, 2134, 2135, 2136, 2137, 2138, 2139, 2140, 2141, 2142, 2143, 2144, 2145, 2146, 2147, 2149, 2150, 2151, 2152, 2155, 2156, 2157, 2168, 2169, 2170, 2171, 2172, 2173, 2174	772
	Green Pond Subtotal			1,107
	Hendersonville			1,499
	Horse Pen			1,002
	Hudson Mill			893
	Jacksonboro
		Tract 9706
			Blocks: 4119	0
		Tract 9707
			Blocks: 3046, 3047, 3066, 3067, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3074, 3075, 3076, 3077, 3078, 3079, 3080, 3081, 3082, 3083, 3086, 3087, 3088, 3089, 3090, 3091, 3092, 3093, 3094, 3095, 3096, 3097, 3098, 3099, 3100, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105, 3106, 3107, 3108, 3109, 3110, 3111, 3112, 3114, 3116	5
		Tract 9708
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1079, 1080, 1081, 1082, 1083, 1084, 1085, 1086, 1087, 1088, 1089, 1090, 1092, 1093, 1095, 1096, 1097, 1103, 1107, 1108, 1109, 1110, 1111, 1112, 1113, 1114, 1115, 1116, 1117, 1118, 1119, 1120, 1121, 1122, 1125, 1139, 1143, 1144, 1145, 1146, 1147, 1148, 1149, 1150, 1151, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155, 1156	552
	Jacksonboro Subtotal			557
	Lodge			628
	Maple Cane			902
	Mashawville			1,006
	Peeples			1,212
	Peniel			838
	Petits			319
	Rice Patch			927
	Ritter			997
	Round O			1,028
	Ruffin			435
	Sidneys			619
	Smoaks			1,244
	Sniders			1,018
	Stokes			936
	Walterboro No. 1			2,791
	Walterboro No. 2			3,779
	Walterboro No. 3			3,309
	Walterboro No. 4			4,631
	Williams			410
	Wolfe Creek			661
Dorchester County
	Delemars			657
	Four Hole			1,443
	Givhans			1,295
	Givhans 2			976
	Grover			1,162
	Harleyville			1,011
	Indian Field			807
	Indian Field 2			1,268
	Reevesville			1,399
	Ridgeville			1,467
	Ridgeville 2			2,328
	Rosinville			1,920
	Rosses			1,339
	St. George No. 1			1,780
	St. George No. 2			1,267
Florence County
	Hannah
		Tract 18
			Blocks: 3020, 3021, 3023, 3025, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3051	358
	Hannah Subtotal			358
	High Hill			826
	Lake City No. 1			2,252
	Lake City No. 2			1,837
	Lake City No. 3			2,358
	Lake City No. 4			3,346
	Leo			588
	McAllister Mill			1,268
	Olanta			2,195
	Prospect
		Tract 20
			Blocks: 4032	11
	Prospect Subtotal			11
Hampton County				21,090
Jasper County				24,777
Orangeburg County
	Bethel			1,049
	Bowman 1			1,967
	Bowman 2			1,167
	Branchville 1			1,479
	Branchville 2			701
	Brookdale			1,672
	Cordova 2
		Tract 116
			Blocks: 3000, 4000, 4001, 4002	241
	Cordova 2 Subtotal			241
	Elloree 1			1,432
	Elloree 2			1,096
	Eutawville 1			2,013
	Eutawville 2			2,764
	Four Holes			863
	Holly Hill 1			2,759
	Holly Hill 2			2,721
	Jamison			2,884
	Limestone 1			2,746
	Limestone 2			2,449
	Nix			2,088
	North 2
		Tract 120
			Blocks: 3080, 3081, 3134	6
	North 2 Subtotal			6
	Orangeburg Ward 1			1,062
	Orangeburg Ward 10			1,090
	Orangeburg Ward 2			1,241
	Orangeburg Ward 3			2,102
	Orangeburg Ward 4			2,618
	Orangeburg Ward 5			1,217
	Orangeburg Ward 6			1,301
	Orangeburg Ward 7			927
	Orangeburg Ward 8			868
	Orangeburg Ward 9			995
	Pine Hill
		Tract 115
			Blocks: 4004, 4005	27
		Tract 119
			Blocks: 2135, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3012, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3050, 3051, 3067	675
		Tract 120
			Blocks: 3124	0
	Pine Hill Subtotal			702
	Providence			1,544
	Rowesville			961
	Santee 1			1,876
	Santee 2			1,840
	Suburban 1			1,781
	Suburban 2			1,053
	Suburban 3			2,201
	Suburban 4			1,085
	Suburban 5			2,244
	Suburban 6			1,550
	Suburban 7			2,380
	Suburban 8			1,188
	Suburban 9			2,271
	Vance			2,076
	Whittaker			1,793
Richland County
	Ardincaple			430
	Beatty Road			2,055
	Bluff			3,547
	Brandon
		Tract 116.07
			Blocks: 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063	3,138
		Tract 116.08
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 1071, 1072, 1075, 1076, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022	2,540
	Brandon Subtotal			5,678
	Briarwood			3,990
	Caughman Road			2,545
	College Place			2,668
	Dennyside			1,136
	Dentsville			3,332
	Eastover			3,742
	Edgewood			2,894
	Fairlawn			4,445
	Fairwold			1,165
	Gadsden			2,597
	Garners			1,532
	Greenview			2,292
	Hampton
		Tract 26.02
			Blocks: 2036, 2038	57
		Tract 26.03
			Blocks: 2020, 2021, 2022, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2051, 2052, 2054, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3022	910
	Hampton Subtotal			967
	Harbison #2
		Tract 103.04
			Blocks: 3029, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3040, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051	499
	Harbison #2 Subtotal			499
	Hopkins			3,832
	Horrell Hill			3,823
	Hunting Creek			730
	Keels			5,834
	Keenan
		Tract 108.04
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2036, 2037, 2038	1,200
		Tract 111.01
			Blocks: 1054, 1055, 1056, 1057, 3006, 3007, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3016	66
	Keenan Subtotal			1,266
	Killian			1,995
	Kingswood			4,286
	Lincolnshire			3,360
	Lykesland
		Tract 116.06
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3008, 3009, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016	1,672
		Tract 116.08
			Blocks: 3006, 3007, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 6000, 6001, 6002, 6003, 6004, 6005, 6006, 6007, 6008, 6009, 6010, 6011, 6012, 6013, 6014, 6015, 6016, 6017, 6018, 6019, 6020, 6021, 6022, 6023	1,361
	Lykesland Subtotal			3,033
	McEntire			1,148
	Meadowlake			3,410
	Midway			5,180
	Mill Creek			3,215
	Monticello
		Tract 102
			Blocks: 2037, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2053, 2087, 2088, 2092, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3063, 3064, 3065, 3066, 3067, 3068, 3069, 3070, 3071, 3072, 3073, 3097, 3098, 3099, 3101, 3102, 3103, 3104, 3105, 3106, 3107, 3108	1,379
		Tract 105.01
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025	868
	Monticello Subtotal			2,247
	North Springs #1
		Tract 114.19
			Blocks: 1025, 1026	355
	North Springs #1 Subtotal			355
	Olympia			7,173
	Pine Grove			2,857
	Pine Lakes			4,214
	Pinewood			2,419
	Pontiac
		Tract 120
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1193	154
	Pontiac Subtotal			154
	Ridgewood			965
	Riverside			2,182
	Sandlapper			5,168
	Skyland			1,945
	Spring Valley
		Tract 114.11
			Blocks: 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014	172
	Spring Valley Subtotal			172
	Spring Valley West			4,095
	St. Andrews			1,938
	Valley State Park			3,320
	Walden			7,768
	Ward 1
		Tract 27
			Blocks: 1003, 1005, 1006	317
		Tract 29
			Blocks: 2000, 2026, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005	2,669
		Tract 30
			Blocks: 1001, 1003, 1012, 1013, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024	2,754
		Tract 31
			Blocks: 2041, 2042, 2046, 2048, 2049, 2050	135
	Ward 1 Subtotal			5,875
	Ward 10
		Tract 27
			Blocks: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2017, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3012, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 4008, 4010, 4011, 4012, 4013	1,533
	Ward 10 Subtotal			1,533
	Ward 11			2,289
	Ward 13
		Tract 26.02
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1037, 1038, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052	1,162
		Tract 26.03
			Blocks: 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1021, 1022, 1023, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1065	708
	Ward 13 Subtotal			1,870
	Ward 15
		Tract 22
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006	169
	Ward 15 Subtotal			169
	Ward 18
		Tract 11
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1012, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2019, 2020, 2021, 5000, 5001, 5002, 5003, 5004, 5005, 5006, 5007, 5008, 5009, 5010, 5011, 5012, 5013, 5014, 5015, 5016, 5017, 5018, 5019, 5020, 5021, 5022, 5023, 5024, 5025, 5026	2,048
	Ward 18 Subtotal			2,048
	Ward 19			2,194
	Ward 2			1,017
	Ward 20			2,424
	Ward 21			3,172
	Ward 22			2,471
	Ward 23
		Tract 22
			Blocks: 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021	449
	Ward 23 Subtotal			449
	Ward 29			2,217
	Ward 3			2,014
	Ward 30			1,297
	Ward 31			1,723
	Ward 32			1,345
	Ward 33
		Tract 13
			Blocks: 2022, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3009, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3016, 3017, 3018	357
		Tract 30
			Blocks: 1004, 1005, 1006, 1009, 1010	66
	Ward 33 Subtotal			423
	Ward 34
		Tract 11
			Blocks: 4001, 4002, 4003, 4004, 4005, 5027, 5028	602
	Ward 34 Subtotal			602
	Ward 4			2,042
	Ward 5			5,092
	Ward 6
		Tract 111.01
			Blocks: 3030, 3031, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3038, 3039	661
	Ward 6 Subtotal			661
	Ward 7			2,093
	Ward 8			2,163
	Ward 9			2,185
	Westminster			2,958
	Whitewell			3,174
	Woodfield
		Tract 113.04
			Blocks: 3027	31
		Tract 113.05
			Blocks: 3001, 3007, 3009, 4003, 4016	158
	Woodfield Subtotal			189
Sumter County
	Bates			906
	Birnie
		Tract 13
			Blocks: 1016, 1017, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2050, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2056, 2057, 2058, 2059, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 2065, 2066, 2067, 2068	582
		Tract 15
			Blocks: 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1009, 1010, 1011, 1019, 1020, 1050, 1051	85
	Birnie Subtotal			667
	Crosswell			2,408
	Folsom Park
		Tract 8
			Blocks: 1039, 3000, 3001, 3002, 3003, 3004, 3007	165
	Folsom Park Subtotal			165
	Hampton Park
		Tract 20
			Blocks: 1002, 1003, 1016, 1017, 1018, 1019, 1021, 1022, 1023, 3045	244
	Hampton Park Subtotal			244
	Lemira			2,248
	Loring			2,000
	Magnolia‑Harmony			1,356
	Mayesville			772
	Mayewood
		Tract 5
			Blocks: 1110	0
		Tract 6
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, 2031, 2032, 2033, 2034, 2035, 2038, 2039, 2040, 2041, 2042, 2043, 2044, 2045, 2046, 2047, 2048, 2049, 2050, 2051, 2052, 2053, 2054, 2055, 2060, 2061, 2062, 2063, 2064, 3013, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3027, 3028, 3029, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3039, 3041, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3045, 3046, 3047, 3048, 3049, 3050, 3051, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056, 3057, 3058, 3059, 3060, 3062	1,771
	Mayewood Subtotal			1,771
	Morris College
		Tract 8
			Blocks: 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 3005, 3006, 3008, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3020, 3021	1,385
		Tract 20
			Blocks: 3001, 3003, 3004, 3005, 3006, 3007, 3008, 3009, 3010, 3011, 3012, 3013, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3019, 3020, 3021, 3022, 3023, 3024, 3025, 3026, 3042, 3043, 3044, 3046	814
	Morris College Subtotal			2,199
	Salem			514
	Savage‑Glover			932
	South Liberty
		Tract 13
			Blocks: 1000, 1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1012, 1013, 1014, 1015, 1018, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026, 2027, 2028, 2036, 2037	780
	South Liberty Subtotal			780
	South Red Bay			1,425
	St. John			1,835
	Stone Hill			1,029
	Turkey Creek
		Tract 6
			Blocks: 1021, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1031, 1032, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1036, 1037, 1038, 1039, 1040, 1041, 1042, 1043, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1048, 1049, 1050, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1068, 1069, 1070, 1071, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1075, 1076, 1077, 1078, 1082, 3007, 3020	1,318
	Turkey Creek Subtotal			1,318
Williamsburg County				34,423
DISTRICT TOTAL				660,766
PERCENT VARIATION				0.000

 

DISTRICT 7
Area				Population
Chesterfield County				46,734
Darlington County				68,681
Dillon County				32,062
Florence County
	Back Swamp			1,204
	Brookgreen			1,044
	Cartersville			1,250
	Claussen			2,741
	Coles Crossroads			3,699
	Cowards No. 1			1,470
	Cowards No. 2			1,760
	Delmae No. 1			3,892
	Delmae No. 2			2,466
	Ebenezer No. 1			4,557
	Ebenezer No. 2			3,131
	Ebenezer No. 3			1,510
	Effingham			1,841
	Elim‑Glenwood			2,642
	Evergreen			1,605
	Florence Ward 1			1,891
	Florence Ward 10			1,272
	Florence Ward 11			1,492
	Florence Ward 12			3,405
	Florence Ward 13			2,830
	Florence Ward 14			940
	Florence Ward 2			2,120
	Florence Ward 3			2,237
	Florence Ward 4			1,223
	Florence Ward 5			1,861
	Florence Ward 6			1,122
	Florence Ward 7			2,896
	Florence Ward 8			2,397
	Florence Ward 9			2,437
	Friendfield			848
	Gilbert			3,635
	Greenwood			2,859
	Hannah
		Tract 18
			Blocks: 2056, 2057, 3012, 3014, 3015, 3016, 3017, 3018, 3019, 3022, 3024, 3026, 3030, 3031, 3032, 3033, 3034, 3035, 3036, 3037, 3038, 3040, 3052, 3053, 3054, 3055, 3056	744
	Hannah Subtotal			744
	Johnsonville			3,640
	Kingsburg‑Stone			1,474
	Mars Bluff No. 1			5,062
	Mars Bluff No. 2			2,146
	Mill Branch			890
	Oak Grove‑Sardis			1,749
	Pamplico No. 1			1,702
	Pamplico No. 2			1,283
	Prospect
		Tract 19
			Blocks: 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2026, 2042, 2043	399
		Tract 20
			Blocks: 4000, 4001, 4002, 4033, 4036, 4037, 4038, 4039, 4040, 4042, 4043	254
	Prospect Subtotal			653
	Quinby			1,458
	Salem			971
	Savannah Grove			5,364
	Scranton			1,670
	South Florence 1			3,901
	South Florence 2			3,158
	Spaulding			1,459
	Tans Bay			2,932
	Timmonsville 1			2,546
	Timmonsville 2			2,028
	Vox			1,166
	West Florence 1			3,456
	West Florence 2			2,117
Georgetown County				60,158
Horry County				269,291
Marion County				33,062
Marlboro County				28,933
DISTRICT TOTAL				660,767
PERCENT VARIATION				0.000

 

HISTORY: 2011 Act No. 75, Pt II, § 2, eff August 1, 2011.

§ 7‑19‑50. Each congressional district shall elect one member of Congress; procedure after new apportionment.

Until the next apportionment be made by the Congress of the United States, each of such congressional districts shall be entitled to elect one member to represent this State in the Congress of the United States. After such new apportionment by Congress the General Assembly shall divide the State into as many congressional districts as the State is entitled to members in the House of Representatives.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑555; 1952 Code § 23‑555; 1942 Code § 2334; 1932 Code § 2334; Civ. C. ‘22 § 267; Civ. C. ‘12 § 264; Civ. C. ‘02 § 238; G. S. 142; R. S. 196; 1882 (17) 1122 § 5.

§ 7‑19‑60. Writs of election in case State is given more Representatives.

In case the Congress of the United States shall by any new apportionment give to this State more than six members of the House of Representatives and the General Assembly shall not be in session, the Governor shall by proclamation issue writs of election for congressmen at large, one or more, as the case may be.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑556; 1952 Code § 23‑556; 1942 Code § 2335; 1932 Code § 2335; Civ. C. ‘22 § 268; Civ. C. ‘12 § 265; Civ. C. ‘02 § 238; G. S. 142; R. S. 196; 1882 (17) 1122 § 5.

§ 7‑19‑70. Election of presidential electors; certificates of appointment.

Unless otherwise provided, the election of presidential electors shall be conducted and the returns made in the manner prescribed by this chapter for the election of state officers.

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.

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.

It shall be the duty of the Governor, as soon as practicable after the conclusion of the appointment of the electors pursuant to the laws of the State providing for the election and appointment of the electors, to communicate by registered mail under the seal of the State to the Administrator of General Services a certificate of appointment of the electors, setting forth the names of the electors and the canvass or other ascertainment 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 thereupon be the duty of the Governor to deliver 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 under the seal of the State. If there shall have been any final determination in the manner provided for by law of a controversy or contest concerning the appointment of all or any of the electors, it shall be the duty of the Governor, as soon as practicable after the determination, to communicate under the seal of the State to the Administrator of General Services a certificate of such determination.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑557; 1952 Code § 23‑557; 1942 Code § 2336; 1932 Code § 2336; Civ. C. ‘22 § 269; Civ. C. ‘12 § 266; Civ. C. ‘02 § 239; G. S. 143; R. S. 197; 1882 (17) 1122 § 56; 1961 (52) 246; 1982 Act No. 419, § 1, eff June 8, 1982.

§ 7‑19‑80. Candidate for elector shall declare for which candidates he will vote; elector shall vote for candidates for whom he declared.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑557.1; 1971 (57) 270.

§ 7‑19‑90. Meeting of electors; organization; balloting and certification of results.

The electors for President and Vice President shall convene at the capitol, in the office of the Secretary of State, at eleven in the forenoon, on the first Monday after the second Wednesday in December next following their appointment, and shall proceed to effect a permanent organization by the election of a president and secretary from their own body. The electors shall next proceed to fill by ballot and by plurality of votes all vacancies in the electoral college occasioned by the death, refusal to serve, or neglect to attend, of any elector. The electors shall then and there vote by ballot for President and Vice President, one of whom at least shall not be an inhabitant of the same State with themselves.

The electors shall make and sign six certificates of all the votes given by them for President and Vice President, each of which certificates shall contain two distinct lists, one of the votes for President and the other for Vice President, and shall annex to each of the certificates one of the lists of the electors which shall have been furnished to them by the Secretary of State by direction of the Governor. The electors shall seal up separately the certificates and lists of the electors so made by them, and certify upon each that the list of all the votes of the State given for President, and of all of the votes given for Vice President are contained therein.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑558; 1952 Code § 23‑558; 1942 Code § 2343; 1932 Code § 2343; Civ. C. ‘22 § 276; Civ. C. ‘12 § 273; Civ. C. ‘02 § 246; G. S. 153; R. S. 204; 1882 (17) 1124 § 66; 1885 (19) 25 § 1; 1889 (20) 365; 1936 (39) 1651; 1961 (52) 246.

§ 7‑19‑100. Disposition of certificates and lists.

The electors shall dispose of the certificates so made by them and the lists attached thereto in the following manner:

First. They shall forthwith forward by registered mail one of the certificates and lists to the President of the Senate at the seat of government.

Second. Two of the certificates and lists shall be delivered to the Secretary of State of South Carolina, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate, and the other shall be preserved by him for one year and shall be a part of the public records of his office and shall be open to public inspection.

Third. On the day thereafter they shall forward by registered mail two of the certificates and lists to the Administrator of General Services at the seat of government, one of which shall be held subject to the order of the President of the Senate.

Fourth. They shall forthwith cause the other of the certificates and lists to be delivered to the judge of the district in which the electors shall have assembled.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑559; 1952 Code § 23‑559; 1942 Code § 2345; 1932 Code § 2345; Civ. C. ‘22 § 278; Civ. C. ‘12 § 275; Civ. C. ‘02 § 248; G. S. 155; R. S. 206; 1882 (17) 1124 § 68; 1889 (20) 365; 1961 (52) 246.

§ 7‑19‑110. Compensation and expenses of electors.

Every elector for this State for the election of a president and vice‑president of the United States who shall attend at any election of those officers and give his vote at the time and place appointed by law shall be entitled to receive for his attendance at such election and for traveling to and from his place of residence by the most usual route the regular mileage, subsistence and per diem allowance authorized for state boards, committees and commissions to be paid from appropriations to the office of the Secretary of State.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑563; 1952 Code § 23‑563; 1942 Code § 2349; 1932 Code § 2349; Civ. C. ‘22 § 282; Civ. C. ‘12 § 279; Civ. C. ‘02 § 252; G. S. 159; R. S. 210; 1882 (17) 1125; 1915 (29) 178; 1982 Act No. 333, eff April 9, 1982.

§ 7‑19‑120. Duties of State officials.

The Governor, Secretary of State and other State officers shall perform such duties and functions in respect to the election of electors, the election of the President and Vice‑President of the United States and certification of electors and results of such election as provided by the acts of Congress in relation thereto.

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23‑564; 1952 Code § 23‑564; 1942 Code § 2344; 1932 Code § 2344; Civ. C. ‘22 § 277; Civ. C. ‘12 § 274; Civ. C. ‘02 § 247; G. S. 154; R. S. 205; 1882 (17) 1124 § 67; 1889 (20) 365; 1936 (39) 1651.

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