Conway, South
Carolina
– The Horry County Registration & Elections Office reminds citizens that
the General Election is scheduled for Tuesday, November 8.
The last day to
vote absentee in the Horry County Registration and Elections Office is Monday,
November 7, and the office will also open on Saturday, November 5, from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. for absentee voting as well. The Horry County Registration and
Elections Office is located at 1515 4th Avenue in Conway. (Absentee
voting requirements are listed below.) Keep in mind that there is no EARLY
voting in South Carolina.
Voters are
encourage to review their voter registration information to confirm any changes
prior to the upcoming General Election by going to www.scvotes.org under the “Voters” tab on the
left. Also, voters unsure of their voting location should contact their
county voter registration office at (843) 915-5440 or log onto the State
Election Commission website at www.scvotes.org.
Voters can now go on www.scvotes.org and pull up their own
personal sample ballots.
1) Visit scvotes.org and click on "Get
My Sample Ballot" in the My scVOTES section on the right side of the page.
2) Enter your
county, name, and date of birth to access your voter
registration record.
3) Click
"View Sample Ballot."
The
direct link can be located at https://info.scvotes.sc.gov/eng/voterinquiry/VoterInformationRequest.aspx?PageMode=VoterInfo
Polls will open
from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. and registered voters waiting in line at 7 p.m. will
still be allowed to vote. Registered voters will be required to show any one of
five forms of identification in order to vote. Voters must show a voter’s
registration card with a picture, driver’s license, a picture ID issued from
the Department of Motor Vehicles, any military ID or passport. All forms of
identification must be current.
Curbside voting is
also available for any voter, because of a physical handicap or aged 65 or
older who cannot enter the polling place may vote outside of the polling place
in their car.
Unofficial results
from the election will be posted on Horry County’s website at www.horrycounty.org immediately after
the results are tallied. The results will be on the county’s homepage and will
be updated every five minutes. In order to receive the latest information,
users will need to hit their “Refresh” or “Reload” button. The polls will close
at 7 p.m. and the results will then be tallied. Also, Horry County will open
the Horry County Government & Justice Center multi-purpose rooms the
evening of November 8, 2016, for public viewing of the results as they come in
throughout the evening. Keep in mind that the polls close at 7 p.m.
Persons qualified to vote by 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 and cast your
ballot. You may vote absentee in person up until 5:00 p.m. on Monday,
November 7, 2016. (Horry County Registrations and
Elections Office is located at 1515 4th Avenue in Conway.)
By Mail – If you requested an
absentee ballot to be mailed to your home, you can either return it by mail, or
return your absentee ballot to your county voter registration office by 7:00
p.m. on the day of the election.
