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Section 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...
Section 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)...
Section 7-13-20. Time of general election for certain county officers. - There shall be a general election for county supervisors, county...
Section 7-13-25. Early voting. - (A) Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter or Chapter 5...
Section 7-13-30. Time of election of probate judges. - The probate judge in every county shall be elected at...
Section 7-13-35. Notice of general, municipal, special, and primary elections. - The authority charged by law with conducting an election must...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-45. Acceptance of filings. - In every general election year, the Executive Director of the...
Section 7-13-50. Second and other primaries. - A second primary, when necessary, must be held two weeks...
Section 7-13-60. Hours polls open. - The polls must be opened at seven o'clock a.m. and...
Section 7-13-72. Managers of election. - For the general election held on the first Tuesday following...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-80. Organization of voter registration and elections; managers and clerks; oaths. - The board members, managers, and clerks at their first meeting,...
Section 7-13-100. Managers shall take oath before opening polls. - The managers before opening the polls, shall take and sign...
Section 7-13-110. Residency requirements of chairmen, clerks, and managers of elections. - Each chairman and clerk appointed from among the managers of...
Section 7-13-120. Candidates and their relatives may not be managers or clerks. - (1) It shall be unlawful for a candidate or the...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-140. Maintenance of order; police powers of managers. - Managers of election are clothed with such police powers as...
Section 7-13-150. Penalty for failure to assist in maintaining order. - Any person who, when summoned or called upon by peace...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-180. Posting proposed constitutional amendments at polling place. - Whenever an amendment to the Constitution of this State shall...
Section 7-13-190. Special elections to fill vacancies in office. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in this code as to...
Section 7-13-310. Kinds of general election ballots; different colored paper to be used. - In the general elections provided for in Section 7-13-10, there...
Section 7-13-315. Joint election of Governor and Lieutenant Governor; single vote. - The State Election Commission shall ensure that the Governor and...
Section 7-13-320. Ballot standards and specifications. - General election ballots shall conform to the following standards and...
Section 7-13-325. Use of candidate's given name, derivative of, or nickname on ballot. - The name of a candidate authorized by law to appear...
Section 7-13-330. Form of ballot; instructions. - The arrangement of general election ballots containing the names of...
Section 7-13-335. Arrangement of names on certain ballots. - The State Election Commission or the local entity responsible for...
Section 7-13-340. Printing and distribution of ballots. - All ballots cast in general elections for national, State, county,...
Section 7-13-350. Certification of candidates; verification of qualifications. - (A) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the nominees...
Section 7-13-351. Nominees by petition. - Any nominee by petition for one or more of the...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-360. Place on ballot for write-in names. - The ballots shall also contain a place for voters to...
Section 7-13-370. Death, withdrawal, or disqualification of candidate after name printed on ballot. - If any candidate dies, withdraws or otherwise becomes disqualified after...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-390. Limitations on withdrawal of candidacy. - After the proper officer, board of voter registration and elections...
Section 7-13-400. Form of ballot when questions are submitted. - The form of ballot in an election on the issuance...
Section 7-13-410. Ballots where both statewide and local constitutional amendments are submitted. - Whenever at any general election proposed amendments to the Constitution...
Section 7-13-420. Oath of printer of ballots and assistants. - The printer with whom the executive director, board of voter...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-440. Repealed. - HISTORY: Former Section, titled Voting machine ballots; arrangement of nominations,...
Section 7-13-450. Use of voting machines does not prohibit use of separate ballots on certain questions. - The use of voting machines in an election shall not...
Section 7-13-460. Use of paper ballots. - (A) In special elections to fill vacancies in office, if...
Section 7-13-610. Ballot specifications; separate ballots for each party. - (A) The State Election Commission and the respective county boards...
Section 7-13-611. Arrangement of official county and state primary ballots. - The arrangement of each "Official County Ballot" for each primary,...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-720. Oath of voter. - In the event the oath is not printed at the...
Section 7-13-730. Delivery and marking of ballot; deposit into ballot box. - If the managers are reasonably sure that the person is...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 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,...
Section 7-13-780. Designation of voters who may receive assistance. - Only those persons who are unable to read or write...
Section 7-13-790. Substitute for marred or defaced ballot. - If a voter shall mar or deface his ballot, he...
Section 7-13-800. Write-ins to be in handwriting of voter or authorized manager. - In casting a write-in ballot, the voter shall cast it...
Section 7-13-810. Prevention of illegal voting or taking too much time; challenging voters. - The managers of election shall prevent any person from voting...
Section 7-13-820. Voting by person whose name is not on registration book. - When any person presents himself with a valid South Carolina...
Section 7-13-825. Location of requirements to challenge a ballot. - The State Election Commission and each county board of voter...
Section 7-13-830. Procedure when voter challenged. - When any person is so challenged, the manager must explain...
Section 7-13-840. Ballot boxes; number, location, construction, color, labeling. - There shall be provided for each voting place a sufficient...
Section 7-13-850. Closing polls; voters waiting may vote. - At the time for closing the polls the chairman of...
Section 7-13-860. Watchers; appointment, qualifications, identification, and conduct. - Each candidate who is not unopposed in a primary and...
Section 7-13-1010. Additional oath of voters. - The managers at each box shall require every voter to...
Section 7-13-1020. Absentee voting not permitted in primaries; exceptions. - Absentee enrollment and absentee voting may not be provided for...
Section 7-13-1030. Voting by National Guard when on duty. - In case the National Guard of South Carolina is called...
Section 7-13-1040. No person may vote in more than one primary on same day. - No person shall be entitled to vote in more than...
Section 7-13-1110. Counting ballots and declaration of result; volunteer personnel may assist. - At the close of the election the managers and clerk...
Section 7-13-1120. Disposition of improperly marked ballots. - If a voter marks more names than there are persons...
Section 7-13-1130. Disposition of ballots found in wrong box and ballots folded together. - If ballots shall be found on opening the box, upon...
Section 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...
Section 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,...
Section 7-13-1160. Reporting of election results to State Election Commission. - Within twenty-four hours of the completion of the canvassing and...
Section 7-13-1170. Ordering of new election by Governor. - When any election official of any political subdivision of this...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-1330. Vote recorders and optical scan voting systems; approval process; duration and changes. - (A) Before a decision is made to procure a statewide...
Section 7-13-1340. Requirements for vote recorders or optical scan voting devices. - A vote recorder or optical scan voting device must not...
Section 7-13-1350. Payment for vote recorders. - The governing body of any county which adopts vote recorders...
Section 7-13-1360. Form and contents of ballot labels; primary elections. - (a) The ballot labels shall be printed in black ink,...
Section 7-13-1370. Ballot cards. - Ballot cards shall be of suitable design, size and stock,...
Section 7-13-1371. Ballot cards used in conjunction with optical scanning device; instructions. - (A) Ballot cards used in conjunction with an optical scanning...
Section 7-13-1380. Write-in votes. - Electors shall be permitted to cast write-in votes. The design...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-1400. Delivery of vote recorders; duties of officials at polling places. - (a) The county election officials shall deliver the proper vote...
Section 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:...
Section 7-13-1420. Observation by poll watchers after polls close. - Poll watchers shall be allowed to remain in the polling...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-1440. Witnesses are to observe at counting station. - Witnesses shall not be allowed in the polling place but...
Section 7-13-1450. Public display of vote recorders preceding election. - During the thirty days next preceding a general election or...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-1470. Procedure when vote recorder becomes out of order. - If any vote recorder being used in any election shall...
Section 7-13-1480. Custody, storage, and care of vote recorders. - The county election officials shall designate a person who shall...
Section 7-13-1490. Regulations, instructions, and forms. - The State Election Commission shall adopt and promulgate such regulations...
Section 7-13-1500. Oath of person preparing or operating tabulating devices. - Any person who prepares or operates the tabulating devices in...
Section 7-13-1610. State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners. - The Board of State Canvassers shall, ex officio, constitute the...
Section 7-13-1620. Voting system approval process. - (A) Before any kind of voting system, including an electronic...
Section 7-13-1640. Voting machine requirements. - (A) Any kind or type of voting machine may be...
Section 7-13-1650. Experimental use of voting machines. - The governing body of any county, city or town may...
Section 7-13-1655. "Voting system" defined; State Election Commission duties. - (A) As used in this section, "voting system" means: (1)...
Section 7-13-1670. Demonstrations with machines for instruction of voters. - In any county, city or town in which voting machines...
Section 7-13-1680. Number of voting machines; type and use; repair; custody. - The governing body of any county or municipality providing voting...
Section 7-13-1690. Employment and qualifications of custodians of voting machines. - For the purpose of placing ballots in the frames of...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-1710. Voting machine ballots; arrangement of nominations. - In every county, city or town providing voting machines, the...
Section 7-13-1720. Unopposed candidates in primaries. - In any party primary in which voting machines shall be...
Section 7-13-1730. Use of separate ballots on constitutional amendments and other public measures. - Nothing in this article shall be construed as prohibiting the...
Section 7-13-1740. Sample or instruction ballots. - The board of voter registration and elections or other electoral...
Section 7-13-1750. Preparation of machines for elections; party representatives may examine machines. - Before preparing a voting machine for an election at which...
Section 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...
Section 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...
Section 7-13-1780. Placement of voting machines in polling places. - At all elections at which voting machines are used the...
Section 7-13-1790. Lights and screens. - Every voting machine shall be furnished with a lantern or...
Section 7-13-1800. Inspection of machines; covering of counter compartment kept locked; attendance at voting places. - One of the managers of election may inspect the face...
Section 7-13-1810. Instructions of voters by model machine at polling place. - For the instruction of voters on any election day, there...
Section 7-13-1820. Persons within guard rail; time permitted voters to vote. - After the opening of the polls, the managers of election...
Section 7-13-1830. Instruction after voter has entered machine. - In case any voter, after entering the voting machine, shall...
Section 7-13-1840. Assistance may be given to voters. - The provisions of this Title relating to the assistance to...
Section 7-13-1850. Write-in ballots. - Ballots voted for any person whose name does not appear...
Section 7-13-1860. Duty to protect machines against injury. - After the voting machines have been delivered to the polling...
Section 7-13-1870. Procedure when voting machine becomes inoperative. - In case any voting machine used in any election district...
Section 7-13-1880. Canvass and return of vote; return of provisional and failsafe ballots. - As soon as the polls of election are closed, the...
Section 7-13-1890. Machines shall remain locked after election; certification of managers or election; verification of results of election. - A sealed envelope having endorsed thereon a certificate of the...
Section 7-13-1900. Use of voting machines for primary elections. - If in any county, city or town voting machines shall...
Section 7-13-1910. Possession of voting machine key by unauthorized person. - Any unauthorized person found in possession of any voting machine...
Section 7-13-1920. Tampering with voting machine. - Any person who wilfully tampers with or attempts to tamper...
Section 7-13-1930. Other provisions of this Title applicable to use of voting machines. - All of the provisions of this Title not inconsistent with...
Section 7-13-2110. Authorization of simplified or more detailed explanation of proposed constitutional amendments. - In addition to all other requirements of law and the...
Section 7-13-2120. Constitutional Ballot Commission. - To establish an agency to determine whether or not a...
Section 7-13-2130. Jurisdiction of proceedings challenging explanations. - The State Supreme Court shall have exclusive and original jurisdiction...
Section 7-13-2210. General or special election. - If any general election or special election, other than a...
Section 7-13-2220. Primary election. - If any primary election, other than a nonpartisan municipal primary...