09/28/2026
EARLY VOTING BEGINS NEXT MONTH.
✅ TAKE 2 MINUTES RIGHT NOW
Check your voter registration:
🌐 SCVOTES.GOV
🌐 VOTE.GOV
DON’T SEE YOUR VOTER REGISTRATION?
You can contact your county voter-registration office right away.
📞 South Carolina Election Commission: 803-734-9060
🌐 Find your county voter-registration office at SCVOTES.GOV
If you have moved, update your address or submit a new voter-registration application before the deadline.
Make sure your voter-registration address is current.
Bring an accepted, current Photo ID when voting in person.
📅 MARK YOUR CALENDAR
📅 Oct. 4 — Deadline to register to vote or update your address online, by fax, or by email attachment.
📬 Oct. 5 — Mail-in voter-registration forms must be postmarked by this date.
📅 Oct. 19–31 — EARLY VOTING IN PERSON
Any registered voter may vote early. No excuse is needed.
Monday–Saturday, 8:30 a.m.–6:00 p.m.
Closed Sunday, Oct. 25.
📬 VOTE ABSENTEE BY MAIL? APPLY NOW.
Do not wait until the deadline. You need time to receive your application, return it, receive your ballot, complete it, have your signature witnessed, and return your ballot.
📅 Oct. 23 by 5:00 p.m. — Final deadline for the county office to receive your absentee-ballot application.
THE REQUEST FOR AN ABSENTEE-BALLOT APPLICATION MAY ONLY BE MADE BY:
📞 Calling your county voter-registration office
🏢 Visiting your county voter-registration office
📬 Mailing a request to your county voter-registration office
Requests cannot be made online, by email, or by fax.
Have ready:
Your name
Your date of birth
The last 4 digits of your Social Security number
The county voter-registration office will mail the application to you.
IF YOU ARE UNDER AGE 65:
Follow the instructions carefully and mark the qualifying reason that makes you eligible to vote absentee by mail.
Complete and sign the application. Mail it back right away so the county office has time to send your ballot to you.
You may also return the completed application in person to your county voter-registration office.
🌐 Find your county voter-registration office at SCVOTES.GOV
📅 Nov. 3 — ELECTION DAY
Polls open 7:00 a.m.–7:00 p.m.
⚠️ IMPORTANT FOR SOUTH CAROLINA ABSENTEE VOTERS
If you are under age 65 and have a physical disability, are caring for someone who is sick or disabled, cannot vote during early voting or on Election Day because of work, will be away from your county, are serving in the military, or meet another qualification under South Carolina law, you may be eligible to vote absentee by mail.
If you are 65 or older, you do not need another qualifying reason to vote absentee by mail.
📬 If voting absentee by mail, follow all ballot instructions carefully. Sign the voter oath and have your signature witnessed.
Your completed absentee ballot must be received by the county voter-registration office no later than 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3.
Mail your completed ballot at least one week before Election Day to help it arrive in time.
⚖️ YOUR VOTE PROTECTS
✊ The Rule of Law
✊ The Constitution
✊ The Bill of Rights
