Early voting changes in South Carolina

BEAUFORT COUNTY, Sc. (WTOC) – At the moment, Governor McMaster signed a brand new laws into regulation handed by the Normal Meeting that establishes early voting within the state of South Carolina.

In-person absentee voting has been changed with a two week early voting interval. Any voter can go to an early-voting location in Beaufort and vote like they’d at their polling place on Election Day.

Early voting for the primaries in South Carolina will happen on June 14. Early voting for the primaries will now be from Could 31 to June 10, count on for June 5 and 6.

Places of work will probably be open from 8:30 a.m. to five p.m. You need to deliver your Picture ID or a voter registration card.

There are at present three early voting facilities:

• Beaufort  – 15 John Galt Rd, Beaufort, SC 29906
• Bluffton  – 61B Ulmer Rd, Bluffton, SC 29910
• Hilton Head – 539 William Hilton Pkwy, Hilton Head Island, SC 29926

Early voting for the June Runoffs held on June 28 will probably be from June 22 to June 24.

To vote absentee, you need to request an absentee utility and full, signal and return the appliance by mail or in particular person.

New purposes will probably be issued quickly primarily based on the brand new necessities however the previous purposes will nonetheless be accepted via Could 31. After Could 31, solely new purposes assembly present necessities will probably be accepted.

The deadline to return a brand new utility is June 3. When you obtain your absentee poll within the mail, you may vote and return your poll to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Beaufort County workplace by mail or in particular person no later than 7 p.m. on Election Day.

In-person absentee voting is now not approved by regulation.

Polling place on Election day will probably be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Head to scvotes.org to search out your polling place.

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