(A) It is unlawful for a person to distribute any type of campaign literature or place any political posters within five hundred feet of any entrance used by the voters to enter the polling place, during polling hours on an election day and during the early voting period. The poll manager shall use every reasonable means to keep the area within five hundred feet of any such entrance clear of political literature and displays, and the county and municipal law enforcement officers, upon request of a poll manager, shall remove or cause to be removed any material within five hundred feet of any such entrance distributed or displayed in violation of this section.
(B) A candidate may wear within five hundred feet of the polling place a label no larger than four and one-fourth inches by four and one-fourth inches that contains the candidate's name and the office he is seeking. If the candidate enters the polling place, he may not display any of this identification including, but not limited to, campaign stickers or buttons.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-658.2; 1968 (55) 2316; 1990 Act No. 393, Section 1, eff April 3, 1990; 1996 Act No. 466, Section 10, eff August 21, 1996; 2022 Act No. 150 (S.108), Section 39, eff May 13, 2022.
Effect of Amendment
2022 Act No. 150, Section 39, in (A), rewrote the first sentence, and in the second sentence, substituted "five hundred feet" for "two hundred feet" in two places; and in (B), in the first sentence, substituted "five hundred feet" for "two hundred feet".
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Chapter 25 - Offenses Against The Election Laws
Section 7-25-10. False swearing in applying for registration.
Section 7-25-20. Fraudulent registration or voting.
Section 7-25-30. Public reporting hotline.
Section 7-25-50. Bribery at elections; unlawful to accept bribery.
Section 7-25-60. Procuring or offering to procure votes by bribery.
Section 7-25-65. Unlawful acceptance of anything of value.
Section 7-25-70. Procuring or offering to procure votes by threats.
Section 7-25-80. Threatening, intimidating, or abusing voters.
Section 7-25-110. Voting more than once at elections.
Section 7-25-120. Impersonating a voter.
Section 7-25-130. Arrest of person who impersonates a voter.
Section 7-25-140. Copies of certain election laws may be posted.
Section 7-25-150. Swearing falsely at elections or taking oath in another's name.
Section 7-25-160. Wilful neglect or corrupt conduct on part of poll managers.
Section 7-25-170. Wilful neglect or corrupt conduct by officers other than managers.
Section 7-25-180. Unlawful distribution of campaign literature.
Section 7-25-190. Illegal conduct at elections generally.
Section 7-25-200. Unlawful inducement to file for or withdraw from candidacy for election.
Section 7-25-210. Vandalizing or removing political campaign sign; exceptions; penalty.