Vote in Today’s US Midterm Elections

Today, across the United States, Americans will go to the polls and vote in the US Midterm Elections.

Polling places are open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Anyone in line at 7:00 p.m. will be allowed to vote.

Your precinct and polling place are listed on your voter registration card. To ensure your polling place hasn’t changed since your card was issued, check your voter registration by visiting www.scVOTES.org and clicking “Check My Voter Registration.” This feature will allow you to pull up a map from your house to your polling place.

The offices, candidates, and questions on your ballot will differ depending on the county and districts in which you reside. To find out what candidates and questions will be on your ballot, visit www.scVOTES.org and click “Get My Sample Ballot” or call your county board of voter registration and elections office.

At your polling place, you will be asked to show one of the following Photo IDs:

– SC Driver’s license
– ID card issued by the SC Department of Motor Vehicles
– SC Voter Registration Card with Photo
– Federal Military ID
– US Passport

If you forget to bring your photo ID to your polling place, you may vote a provisional ballot that will only count if you show your photo ID to your county board of voter registration and elections office prior to certification.

If you cannot obtain a photo ID, bring your non-photo voter registration card with you to the polling place. You may vote a provisional ballot after signing an affidavit stating you have a reasonable impediment to obtaining a photo ID. A reasonable impediment is any valid reason, beyond your control, which created an obstacle obtaining a photo ID. Some examples include: a disability or illness, a conflict with your work schedule, a lack of transportation, a lack of a birth certificate, family responsibilities, a religious objection to being photographed, and any other obstacle you find reasonable. This ballot will count unless someone proves to the county board of voter registration and elections that you are lying about your identity or having the listed impediment.

Results will begin posting after polls close on the State Board’s election night returns site.