South Carolina § 7-15-690 - Duty of State Election Commission; regulations.
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§ 7-15-690. Duty of State Election Commission; regulations.
(A) To ensure that all South Carolina residents eligible to vote as provided by the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, set forth in the 42 U.S.C. Section 1973ff, et seq., or its successor, have the opportunity to receive and cast any ballot they would have been eligible to cast if they resided in and had remained in South Carolina, the State Election Commission must, in cooperation with United States government agencies, take all steps and action as may be necessary including, but not limited to, electronic transmissions of Standard Form 76A, or its successor form, issued by the federal government as an application for voter registration and an application for absentee ballots and electronic transmissions of absentee ballots for all elections for federal, state, and local offices to voters in accordance with his preferred method of transmission.
(B) The State Election Commission shall promulgate regulations necessary for the implementation of this section.
HISTORY: 2015 Act No. 79 (H.3154), SECTION 5, eff June 11, 2015.
Source: official South Carolina text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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