- 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.
******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.
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.
Colleton County has established one early voting center at their main office located at 72 Bells Hwy in Walterboro.
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SC Voter's Change of Address Form and/or Name Form (Use this document only if you are a current registered voter in Colleton County.)
| Angela Upchurch, Director | aupchurch@colletoncounty.org |
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| Cynthia Williams, Deputy Director | cwilliams@colletoncounty.org |
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