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South Carolina Statutes § 7-15-340 Form of application for absentee ballot

⤴ Up to Article 5: Absentee Voting

Statute Text

The application required in Section 7-15-330 to be submitted to these election officials must be in a form prescribed and distributed by the State Election Commission; except that persons listed in Section 7-15-320 (2), (3), (6) , and (10) may use Standard Form 76, or any subsequent form replacing it, provided by the federal government as a simultaneous request for registration and an absentee ballot or a request for an absentee ballot if already registered.
The application must contain the following information: name, registration certificate number, address, absentee address, election of ballot request, election date, runoff preference, party preference, reason for request, oath of voter, and voter's signature.
The oath must be as follows: "I do swear or affirm that I am a qualified elector, that I am entitled to vote in this election, and that I will not vote again during this election. The information above is true in all respects, and I hereby apply for an absentee ballot for the reason indicated above." Any person who fraudulently applies for an absentee ballot in violation of this section, upon conviction, must be punished in accordance with Section 7-25-20 .

History

2004 Act No. 236, Section 1, eff 5/24/2004 ; 434, Section 20, eff 6/4/1996 ; 1996 Act No; 1995 Act No. 80, Section 2, eff 6/12/1995 ; 1994 Act No. 365, Section 4, eff 5/3/1994 ; 1992 Act No. 489, Section 2, eff 7/1/1992 ; 1990 Act No. 356, Section 1, eff 3/19/1990 ; 1989 Act No. 48, Section 1, eff 4/6/1989 ; 1984 Act No. 402, Section 2, eff 5/24/1984 ; 1984 Act No. 266, Section 9, eff 1/27/1984 ; 1982 Act No. 280, Section 1, eff 2/24/1982 ; 1975 (59) 815; 1971 (57) 85; 1953 (48) 423; 1962 Code Section 23-444.

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