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Absentee voting

27 Saturday Aug 2016

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DontForgetToVoteFlagIn South Carolina, In-Person Absentee Voting begins 30 days before the election. For the November 8, 2016 election, In-Person Absentee Voting in Florence County begins at Voter Registration on Third Loop Road in Florence on October 8.

However, you can apply for an Absentee Ballot now, by visiting SCVotes.org, or SCAbsentee.com. 

Persons qualified to vote in SC by absentee ballot are the following:

  • Members of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine serving outside their county 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 Armed Forces outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them
  • Overseas Citizens
  • Persons who are physically disabled
  • Students attending school outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them
  • Persons who for reasons of employment will not be able to vote on election day
  • Government employees serving outside their county of residence on Election Day and their spouses and dependents residing with them
  • Persons who plan to be on vacation outside their county of residence on Election Day
  • Persons serving as a juror in state or federal court on Election Day
  • Persons admitted to the hospital as emergency patients on Election Day or within a four-day period before the election
  • Persons with a death or funeral in the family within three days before the election
  • Persons confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial
  • Persons attending sick or physically disabled persons
  • Certified poll watchers, poll managers, and county election officials working on Election Day
  • Persons sixty-five years of age or older
  • Persons who for religious reasons do not want to vote on a Saturday (Presidential Primaries Only)

When voting in person, you will be asked to show one of the following Photo IDs at your polling place:

  • SC Driver’s License
  • SC Department of Motor Vehicles ID Card
  • SC Voter Registration Card with Photo
  • Federal Military ID
  • US Passport

For more information about voting in South Carolina, see http://see www.scvotes.org.

For information specifically about Florence County voting, see
http://www.florenceco.org/offices/voter-registration/