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This folio is an overview of the 2022 Due south Carolina elections, including the offices on the ballot covered past Ballotpedia, election dates, and frequently asked questions.

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Offices on the ballot

Ballot dates

South Carolina election dates, 2022

Statewide election dates in Southward Carolina are listed below. For more dates, please see the elections calendar.

Statewide election dates

June fourteen, 2022: Chief
June 28, 2022: Master runoff
November 8, 2022: Full general ballot

Polling hours: 7 a.m. to vii p.m.

Local election dates

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Oft asked questions

When are the polls open?


See State Poll Opening and Closing Times (2022) for more information

Where can I detect election results?

Ballot results are posted on Ballotpedia's ballot overview pages, as well as the relevant candidate pages. Yous tin can find links to the electric current ballot overview pages in the "Offices on the ballot" section of this page.

How do primaries work in South Carolina?

A primary ballot is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are as well used to cull convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take identify prior to a general election. Southward Carolina utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party'southward primary. Voters must accept an oath affirming that they have non voted in another party's principal.[1] [2] [three] [4]

For information most which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

How practice I register to vote?

To register to vote in South Carolina, each applicant must exist a citizen of the United states of america, a resident of the canton and precinct in which he or she is registering, and at to the lowest degree 18 years former by the 24-hour interval of the side by side ballot. Individuals who have been declared mentally incompetent by court order, who are imprisoned, or who are serving sentences for a felony confidence are ineligible to register to vote.[five] The deadline for registration is 30 days earlier the election. Prospective voters may register to vote online, in person at the county board of voter registration, or by downloading a voter registration class and mailing, faxing, or emailing it to the county lath of voter registration.[five]


Is in that location an early voting period?

See as well: Early voting

South Carolina does not permit early voting.

Who is eligible for absentee voting?

See also: Absentee/mail-in voting

The table below displays absentee voting information specific to South Carolina's 2022 primary election.

In order to qualify for an absentee ballot, voters in S Carolina must provide a valid reason they cannot make it to the polls on Election 24-hour interval. The following voters qualify for an absentee ballot:[6]

  • Students attention schoolhouse outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them
  • Members of the Military machine or Merchant Marine serving exterior their canton of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them
  • Persons serving with the American Red Cross or with the United Service Organizations (USO) who are attached to and serving with the War machine outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them
  • Persons who, for reasons of employment, will not exist able to vote on Election Day
  • Physically disabled persons
  • Government employees serving outside their county of residence on Election Mean solar day and their spouses and dependents residing with them
  • Persons with a decease or funeral in the family inside 3 days before the election
  • Persons who plan to be on vacation outside their county of residence on Election Day
  • Certified poll watchers, poll managers, and county ballot officials working on Election Day
  • Overseas Citizens
  • Persons attending sick or physically disabled persons
  • Persons admitted to the hospital every bit emergency patients on Ballot 24-hour interval or within a four-twenty-four hours catamenia before the election
  • Persons serving equally a juror in land or federal court on Election Day
  • Persons sixty-five years of age or older
  • Persons confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial

To vote absentee, a request must be received "no later than 5:00 p.g. on the fourth twenty-four hours prior to the election." The election must and so exist returned by 7 p.m. on Election Solar day. Qualified voters may likewise vote absentee in person. The Due south Carolina Election Commission states, "Visit the county voter registration office in your county of residence, complete an application, and cast your election. Y'all may vote absentee in person up until 5:00 p.m. on the mean solar day before the ballot."[6]

What are the voter ID laws in South Carolina?

Come across Voter identification laws by country.

How do I file to run for part?

Encounter Ballot admission requirements for political candidates in S Carolina for information on how to run for state or federal office.

What does Ballotpedia cover?

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Redistricting following the 2022 census

This section lists major events in the mail-2020 census redistricting cycle in opposite chronological society. Major events include the release of apportionment information, the release of census population data, the introduction of formal map proposals, the enactment of new maps, and noteworthy court challenges. Click the dates below for additional information.

  • January 26, 2022: Gov. Henry McMaster (R) signed the Congressional map into law.
  • January 26, 2022:The South Carolina House approved an amended congressional map proposal in a 72-33 vote.
  • January twenty, 2022: The South Carolina Senate approved a congressional district map proposal.
  • January nineteen, 2022: The South Carolina Senate Judiciary Committee voted 14-8 to corroborate a congressional map proposal.
  • January 13, 2022: The full Due south Carolina Firm approved a congressional map proposal in a 74-35 vote.
  • January 10, 2022: The House Redistricting Ad Hoc Committee and House Judiciary Committee approved a congressional map proposal.
  • December 24, 2021: The American Civil Liberties Matrimony filed a lawsuit confronting the State of South Carolina arguing that the state's House maps were illegally fatigued.
  • Dec 22, 2021: The House released a congressional map proposal.
  • December xvi, 2021: The Business firm released a congressional map proposal.
  • December 10, 2021: Gov. Henry McMaster (R) signed the state legislative map proposals into law.
  • December nine, 2021: The Firm approved state legislative maps and sent them to Gov. McMaster.
  • December 7, 2021: The Senate approved land legislative map proposals.
  • December 6, 2021: The Senate Judiciary Committee passed a proposed map of Senate districts in a 22-one vote.
  • Dec 2, 2021: The Firm approved a proposed map of its own districts in a 96-fourteen vote.
  • November 18, 2021: Senate President Harvey Peeler (R) said senators volition meet Decemeber half dozen at ane p.m. in a special session to address redistricting.
  • November 16, 2021: The Firm Judiciary Committee voted 21-2 to corroborate a House district proposal.
  • November 8, 2021 The Business firm Judiciary Committee released a House district proposal.
  • November 4, 2021: The Senate Redistricting Committee released a Senate map proposal.
  • Oct xvi, 2021: The Senate Judiciary Committee released a series of Senate map proposals.
  • October 12, 2021: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the South Carolina chapter of the NAACP filed a lawsuit in federal court against the South Carolina Legislature request the court to set a deadline for legislators to return to session.
  • September 24, 2021: South Carolina Senate President Harvey Peeler (R) canceled a special senate session originally scheduled to begin October 12, 2021.
  • September 16, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau released information from the 2022 demography in an easier-to-utilize format to state redistricting authorities and the public.
  • September 8, 2021: The South Carolina House Redistricting Ad Hoc Committee began its circular of x public hearings meant to solicit denizen feedback on reapportionment of the South Carolina General Assembly.
  • August 12, 2021: The U.Due south. Demography Bureau delivered redistricting information to states in a legacy format.
  • April 26, 2021: The U.S. Census Bureau delivered apportionment counts.

Footnotes

  1. NCSL,"State Primary Election Types," accessed October 25, 2019
  2. FairVote,"Primaries," accessed October 25, 2019
  3. Ballotpedia research conducted December 26, 2013, through January 3, 2014, researching and analyzing various state websites and codes.
  4. S Carolina Election Commission',"Nomination past Political Political party," accessed October 25, 2019
  5. five.0 5.one South Carolina Election Commission, "South Carolina Voter Registration Information," accessed Oct five, 2019
  6. 6.0 6.1 Southward Carolina State Election Commission, "Absentee Voting," accessed October fifteen, 2019