The last day to register to vote in the South Carolina Primary is Saturday.
The Horry County Registration and Elections Office will be open that day from 8:30 a.m. to Noon.
The last day to vote absentee is June 11.
The election office encourages you to review your registration information and confirm any changes on the state website (scvotes.org)
Below is a list of qualifications for an absentee ballot:
- · Persons who will be on vacation outside their county of residence on Election Day
- · Members of the Uniformed Services or Merchant Marine, and their spouses and dependents residing with them
- · Persons who, for reasons of employment, will not be able to vote on Election Day
- · Physically disabled persons
- · Persons sixty-five (65) years of age or older
- · Persons serving as a juror in state or federal court on Election Day
- · Persons admitted to the hospital as emergency patients on day of election 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 to sick or physically disabled persons
- · Certified poll watchers, poll managers, and county election officials working on Election Day
Procedures for voting by absentee ballot:
Qualified voters may vote absentee in person or by mail.
In Person - Visit your county voter registration office <http://www.scvotes.org/how_to_register_absentee_voting> , complete an application, and cast your ballot. You may vote absentee in person up until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 11, 2012. (Horry County Registrations and Elections Office is located at 1515 4th Avenue in Conway.)
By Mail - Step 1: Contact your county voter registration office <http://www.scvotes.org/how_to_register_absentee_voting> to request an absentee ballot application. You may make the request in person or by phone, mail, email, or fax. (Horry County Registration and Elections Office (843) 915-5440, fax (843) 915-6440)
Online - Step 1: Voters can also request an absentee ballot application online at <http://www.horrycounty.org/depts/gengov/registration.asp>. Once your print and fill out the application, you can submit it by mail, fax (843) 915-6440, or email it to marlowel@horrycounty.org <mailto:marlowel@horrycounty.org>. Then skip to Step 4.
Step 2: You will be mailed an application.
Step 3: Return the completed application to your county voter registration office by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June 8, 2012. You may return the application in person or by mail, email, or fax.
Step 4: You will be mailed an absentee ballot.
Step 5: Vote the ballot following ballot instructions and return it to your county voter registration office by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election. You may return the ballot in person or by mail.
