Protect your right to vote

• If you didn’t get a voter registration card in the mail, assume you are likely not registered. Call the Voter Registration and Elections office at 843-915-5440 or go online to https://www.scvotes.org/ to verify your registration was processed.
• If you have missed a voting cycle, your voter registration may have been purged from the active voter rolls. CHECK to be sure that you are still active on the rolls by phone or online.
• If you have moved, you must update your address. Don’t try to vote at the wrong precinct! While you can request a provisional ballot at the wrong precinct, it will take you time to clear up issues. You must contact Voter Registration and Elections before the certification hearing or attend the hearing so your vote will count.
• Polling places sometimes move. CHECK by phone or online to confirm your current voting location.
• If you can, vote in-person absentee instead of mailing in your absentee ballot, as things get lost in the mail. The mail-in absentee ballot must have a witness signature.

If you had a felony conviction and have completed your sentence, including probation, parole and restitution:

• If you have never registered to vote in SC, you can register in person or by mail. I you have a SC Department of Motor Vehicles ID card (license, DMV ID, learner’s permit) you can register online.
• If you were previously registered to vote, you must request reinstatement as an active voter at the Voter Registration and Elections office. The Office checks to make sure you have completed everything. You may be asked to complete a new form. Your request is processed by the SC Election Commission.
• It’s not required, but the best ID for voting is the free permanent photo voter ID available from your County Voter Registration office. It is valid everywhere in SC, just update your address when you move so you are included in the voter roll.
• SC requires one of several photo IDs to vote. If you do not have one, but you are registered, you can “vote with an impediment” after stating why you do not have a photo ID. This is a type of provisional ballot. 

Do You Look Like Your Photo ID?

• Most people use their driver’s license to vote. Because the Department of Motor Vehicles may not update addresses for drivers, the address on the license may not be current. This could be challenged at the polling place.
• Expired or suspended licenses may not be used to vote.
• Due to hair color, hair style, skin treatments, make-up, cancer therapy, hormone therapy or aging, the voter may not resemble the photo on the ID. The poll clerk, as well as a poll watcher, can question the resemblance. This may result in the voter being offered a “provisional” ballot. It’s been observed that provisional ballots are not always counted. This is the case even when the voter attends the hearing.

The Voter & Elections Office is located at 1515 4th Avenue in Conway.