Your Legal Residence is where you say it is! P.S. These instructions are only for South Carolina.

If You Say Your Legal Residence Is Your Parents’ Address

1. mail Application to Vote to your parents’ County Board of Voter Reg. listed on back of the Application

2. after receiving your Voter Card – mailed to your parents home – call the Board above to request an absentee ballot – see phone numbers listed below

3. an Application for an Absentee Ballot will be mailed to you at your parents home

4. fill out this second form, the Application for an Absentee Ballot, and send it to the Board above (same place you sent the Application to Vote, parents’ county)

5. an Absentee Ballot will be mailed to you at your parents home

6. fill out and mail the Absentee Ballot (to the same Board at the parents’ county) postmarked on or before election day

or

1 Winthrop University is closed on Election Day. Do step 1, then go home to vote!

If You Say Your Legal Residence Is An Off Campus Apartment or House in York County (eg Rock Hill)

1. mail Application to Vote to York County Board of Voter Registration (see back of form)

2. attach a copy of some proof of address, eg. an electric bill, bank statement (if you do not have this proof yet, you must produce the proof on election day along with you Voter Registration Card: note that your driver’s license does NOT have to have the same address as the Voter Registration Card)

3. a Voter Registration Card will be mailed to you at your York County address

4. vote Election Day at the York County precinct listed on the Card. Bring the Voter Registration Card and a proof of address (bank statement, phone bill, etc. – must have your name AND address) to the polls. Be prepared to defend your right to vote.

Note: Your Driver’s License does NOT have to have the same address as the Voter Registration Card. However, if you produce a Driver’s License at the polling site, and the license does not have the same address as your Voter Registration card, your vote could be challenged, so use the Voter Registration Card instead. You may still need proof of address – a phone bill, electric bill, bank statement, government document with your name and address on it.

Important Deadlines for All Voters

Postmark Deadline for Application to Vote is October 4^th.

An Absentee Ballot must be in the County Board Office by 7:00pm on Election Day.

These ballots are available at the County Board office approximately 3 to 4 weeks in advance of Election Day, and you may vote absentee in the County Board office any time after the ballots are available instead of having it mailed to you. Bring proof that you are a student in addition to Driver’s License, Government Document, or Voter Registration Card PLUS proof of address.

If You Say Your Legal Residence Is In Winthrop University Housing

1. mail Appliocation to Vote to York County Board of Voter Registration (see back of application form). Be sure to list the STREET ADDRESS of your dormitory or apartment, NOT your Winthrop University P.O. Box.

2. Attach a copy of some PROOF of the street address (not P.O. Box) of your Winthrop dormitory or apartment. Examples: Phone bill with name and dorm address on it; bank statement with name and dorm address on it; government document with name and dorm address on it (eg. Driver’s License copy)

3. a Voter Registration Card will be mailed to you at your Winthrop University STREET address (not the P.O. Box).

4. Vote Election Day at the York County precinct listed on the Voter Registration Card. Bring the Card and a proof of Winthrop STREET address (see “2” above) to the polls. Be prepared to defend your right to vote.

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Web Information

www.scvotes.org

To Request Absentee Ballot

Abbeville County (864) 366-5312, ext. 53

Aiken County (803) 642-2028

Allendale County (803) 584-4178

Anderson County (864) 260-4035

Bamberg County (803) 245-3028

Barnwell County (803) 541-1060

Beaufort Count (843) 470-3753

Berkeley County (843) 719-4056

Calhoun County (803) 874-2929

Charleston County (843) 745-2277

Cherokee County (864) 487-2563

Chester County

Chesterfield County (843) 623-2265

Clarendon County (803) 435-4254
Colleton County (843) 549-2842
Darlington County (843) 398-4900

Dillon County (843) 774-1403
Dorchester County (843) 563-0132
Edgefield County (803) 637- 4072
Fairfield County (803) 635-6255
Florence County (843) 665-2351
Georgetown County (843) 545-3339
Greenville County (864) 467-7250

Greenwood County(864) 942-8585
Hampton County (803) 943-7536

Horry County (843) 915-5440
Jasper County (843) 726-7709
Kershaw County (803) 424-4017
Lancaster County (803) 285-2969
Laurens County (864) 984-4431

Lee County (803) 484-5341 x 324
Lexington County (803) 785-8361
Marion County (843) 423-8268
Marlboro County (843) 479-5612
McCormick County (864) 465-2089
Newberry County (803) 321-2121
Oconee County (864) 638-4196
Orangeburg County (803) 533-6213
Pickens County (864) 898-5949
Richland County (803) 576-2200
Lillian McBride (803) 576-2240
Saluda County (864) 445-4500, Ext. 2200
Spartanburg County (864) 596-2549
Sumter County (803) 436-2313
Union County (864) 429-1616
Williamsburg County (843) 355-6044
York County (803) 684-1242