South Carolina voting issues

Election and registration information

 * Polling places are open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Election Day. Anyone in line at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to vote.


 * Find your precinct

Voter ID requirements
You must have one of the following items to vote on Election Day:
 * Voter Registration Card (See note)
 * Driver's License
 * DMV-issued ID Card


 * Note: If you registered to vote by mail, are voting for the first time, and did not submit proof of ID with your application; you may not vote with only your voter registration card. Additional ID, such as a driver's license, will be required.

2008 election
For the 2008 election South Carolina used the following voting machines. For a county-by-county list of the specific machines (and the source for this section) see Verified Voting's Verifier tool.

Direct-Recording Electronic (DRE) machines with a paper trail:
 * Election Systems & Software's iVotronic voting machine

Governmental election authorities

 * State Election commission Website: http://www.scvotes.org/

Contact Information:
 * State Election Commission
 * 2221 Devine Street, Suite 105
 * Columbia, SC 29205


 * State Election Commission
 * P.O. Box 5987
 * Columbia, SC 29250-5987


 * Main: (803) 734-9060
 * Fax: (803) 734-9366


 * E-mail: [mailto: elections@elections.sc.gov elections@elections.sc.gov]


 * Locate your county voter registration and elections office.

State and local non-governmental election organizations
League of Women Voters

LWV of South Carolina, Barbara Zia, President
 * P.O. Box 8453
 * Columbia, SC 29202
 * Phone: 803-251-2726
 * E-mail: ziab1@comcast.net
 * http://www.lwvsc.org

Local Leagues:
 * Aiken County MAL Unit
 * Charleston Area
 * Clemson Area
 * Columbia
 * Darlington County MAL Unit
 * Florence Area
 * Georgetown County
 * Greenville County
 * Hilton Head Island
 * Horry County MAL Unit
 * Spartanburg County
 * Sumter County
 * The Bluffton Area

Felon voting rights
Quoting from an October, 2008 report on "de facto disenfranchisement" (summary)(download PDF) co-published by the Brennan Center for Justice and the ACLU:

"'South Carolina is one of the few states that do disenfranchise individuals with misdemeanor convictions, but only while they are incarcerated. The law also bars anyone with a misdemeanor specifically related to election fraud from voting until full completion of sentence. Interviews of election officials in 2008 found that 61% of officials did not understand the state’s law on misdemeanors, with several officials incorrectly stating that individuals could vote while incarcerated for a misdemeanor conviction.'"

See also "felon disenfranchisement" issue page