Online Registration Deadline: 30 days before Election Day
South Carolina offers online registration. This is often the fastest way to register to vote or update your registration, including changing your name or address, and for some states, political party. South Carolina’s election website may have information translated into multiple languages.
NOTICE: Individuals under 18 years of age can use this tool to pre-register.
Mail -In Registration Deadline: Must be postmarked 30 days before Election Day
You can use South Carolina’s mail-in registration form to register for local, state, and national elections for the first time or update your registration with a new name or address, and for some states, political party. You’ll need to print the form, fill it out, and mail it to your state election office. You’ll need access to a printer and a postage stamp.
In-Person Registration Deadline: 30 days before Election Day
You can register in person at your state or local election office, your state motor vehicles office, and at many government public assistance offices.
Online Registration Deadline: N/A
Mail-In Registration Deadline: Received by 5:00pm 4 days prior to the election. However, the state strongly recommends that voters’ applications are received two weeks before Election Day to provide time for receiving and returning ballots by mail.
In-Person Registration Deadline: 5pm on the 11th day before Election Day.
Use the link below to apply for an absentee ballot in your state.
