- Informs the general public about registration and elections procedures, maintains department records, coordinates ballot and voting machine distribution, and ensures the integrity and accuracy of all activities, and tabulations.
- Plans and administers the voter registration process.
- Conducts all elections such as primary, general, special, municipal, referenda and run-offs. Ensures that polls open and close at designated times and that votes are counted in a reasonable timeframe after polls are closed.
- Sets up and conducts absentee voting process
- Implements recruitment and training programs to ensure an adequate pool of trained polling managers and election workers for elections.
- Plans and coordinates with County government departments as well as state and federal agencies.
All 32 polling locations in Colleton County are open on Election Day (June 11, 2024).
(Only an emergency will change this.)
ALWAYS VERIFY POLLING LOCATIONS/PRECINCTS PRIOR TO ANY ELECTION!
******THERE IS NO EARLY OR PRIMARY VOTING AT THE VOTER REGISTRATION & ELECTIONS OFFICE ON ELECTION DAY!******
You have to report to your polling location on Election Day! If you do not know where to go, call the office 843-549-2842 or go to www.scvotes.gov. Select the ‘VOTERS’ tab; then select ‘FIND MY POLLING PLACE’.
Enter the requested information: County, First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Last 4 digits of your SS#.
Check the box next to “I’m not a Robot”. Click ‘Login’.
- Persons with employment obligations which prevent them from voting during early voting hours for the duration of the early voting period, and during the hours the polls are open on Election Day.
- Persons attending a sick or physically disabled person which prevents them from voting during early voting hours for the duration of the early voting period, and during the hours the polls are open on Election Day.
- Persons confined to a jail or pretrial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial which prevents them from voting during early voting hours for the duration of the early voting period, and during the hours the polls are open on Election Day.
- Persons who will be absent from their county of residence during early voting hours for the duration of the early voting period, and during the hours the polls are open on election day.
- Persons with physical disabilities.
- Persons sixty-five years of age or older.
- Members of the Armed Forces and Merchant Marines of the United States, their spouses, and dependents residing with them
- Persons admitted to a hospital as an emergency patient on the day of the election or within a four-day period before the election.
***Absentee Ballots (paper) have to be returned to the main office no later than 7:00 p.m. on Election Day.
***Information on the outside of the envelope has to be complete or the ballot will not count.
Any registered voter who did not participate in the June 11th primary may vote in the runoff.
Any registered voter who did participate in the June 11th primary can vote in the runoff but has to stay with the same party chosen in the June 11th primary (Republican or Democrat). If the chosen party’s primary does not have a runoff, you cannot vote in the other runoff.
June 19 Early voting for Runoffs begins at the county VOTER REGISTRATION & ELECTIONS office.
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Wednesday – Friday).
June 21 - 5:00 p.m. Deadline to vote early in person for Primary Runoffs.
June 25 Runoff – Polls open 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Go to www.scvotes.gov.
Select the ‘VOTERS’ tab at the top middle; then, select the 4th item down from the list on the right “Get My Sample Ballot”.
Enter the requested information: County, First Name, Last Name, Date of Birth, Last 4 digits of your SS#. Check the box next to “I’m not a Robot”. Click ‘Login’.
The next screen will have you select a political party – Republican or Democrat. Make the selection and then select ‘View Sample’. These sample ballots are specific to your address. You can view the sample ballots for both parties.
VOTER REGISTRATION
May 9 - 5:00 p.m. Deadline to register to vote in person for Primaries
May 12 - 11:59 p.m. Deadline to register to vote online or by fax or email for Primaries.
May 13 Deadline to register to vote by mail for Primaries (must be postmarked by this date).
EARLY VOTING
May 28 Early Voting for Primaries begins at the county voter registration office-
2471 Jefferies Hwy (old PRTC building)
Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Monday – Friday); closed weekends and state holidays.
June 7 - 5:00 p.m. Last day to vote early in person for Primaries.
ABSENTEE VOTING
May 31 - 5:00 p.m. Deadline for voters to apply for an absentee (paper) ballot for primaries.
No absentee (paper) ballots will be mailed out after Friday, May 31st.
ELECTION DAY VOTING
June 11 Statewide Primaries. Polls open 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m.
Primaries are elections that political parties use to select their candidates for a general election. A primary is necessary when multiple candidates from the same political party file for the same office. If you do not see your candidate on the primary ballot it is because that candidate did not have anyone within their party to run against them. He or she will be on the General Election Ballot held on November 5, 2024.
Colleton County has established one early voting center at their main office located at 2471 Jefferies Hwy in Walterboro.
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| Angela Upchurch, Director | aupchurch@colletoncounty.org |
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| Cynthia Williams, Deputy Director | cwilliams@colletoncounty.org |
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