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Check your registration
Make sure you're registered and that your name and address are current, especially if you've moved.
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Register or update your record
South Carolina offers online voter registration.
South Carolina does not offer registration on Election Day.
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Choose how you'll vote
Early voting
South Carolina offers early in-person voting.
By mail
You need a qualifying excuse to vote absentee in South Carolina.
On Election Day
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Bring the right ID
You'll be asked to show photo ID to vote in South Carolina.
If you have a reasonable impediment to getting photo ID, you can vote a provisional ballot after showing your non-photo voter registration card.
South Carolina public voting records
Look up public records and find a library near you that keeps local election records.
South Carolina public recordsElection offices
For deadlines, sample ballots and questions about your record, contact your local election office or the state election office.