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Who will be on the 2024 ballot in SC? Sample ballots now online

Last week more than 238,000 people voted early across South Carolina and nearly 38,000 mail-in absentee ballots were returned. This is the first general election in our state with early voting thanks to the massive bi partisan election integrity bill Republican and Democratic lawmakers passed in May.
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Last week more than 238,000 people voted early across South Carolina and nearly 38,000 mail-in absentee ballots were returned. This is the first general election in our state with early voting thanks to the massive bi partisan election integrity bill Republican and Democratic lawmakers passed in May.

The two-week early voting period for the 2024 general election starts Oct. 21.

The 2024 presidential cycle is getting all the attention.

But, this year, South Carolina voters will also decide on Nov. 5 who represents them at the local level and on the school board, in the Statehouse — all 170 legislative seats are up for reelection — and in Washington, D.C.

On the presidential ticket, voters will see seven political parties:

  • Randall Terry and Stephen Broden (Constitution)
  • Cornel West and Melina Abdulla (United Citizens)
  • Jill Stein and Rudolph Butch Ware (Green)
  • Donald Trump and JD Vance (Republican)
  • Chase Oliver and Mike ter Maat (Libertarian)
  • Kamala Harris and Tim Walz (Democratic)
  • Claudia De la Cruz and Karina Garcia (Workers)

Candidates have until 5 p.m. Friday to get their name removed from the ballot.
(The deadline to mail absentee ballots to military and overseas voters is Sept. 21.)

The ballot also includes a question asking voters whether they support changing the state Constitution to say:

Must Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State, relating to voter qualifications, be amended so as to provide that only a citizen of the United States and of this State of the age of eighteen and upwards who is properly registered is entitled to vote as provided by law?

  • Yes, In Favor of the Question
  • No, Opposed to the Question

Sample ballots can now be found online at scvotes.gov.

Important dates to remember, according to the State Election Commission:

  • Oct. 4: Deadline to register to vote in person
  • Oct. 6: Deadline to register to vote online or by fax or email
  • Oct. 7: Deadline to register to vote by mail (must be postmarked by date)
  • Oct. 21: Two-week period of early voting starts
  • Oct. 25: Deadline to apply for an absentee ballot
  • Nov. 2: Deadline to vote early in person
  • Nov. 3: County offices can start opening absentee mail envelops and removing secrecy envelopes
Maayan Schechter (My-yahn Schek-ter) is a news reporter with South Carolina Public Radio and ETV. She worked at South Carolina newspapers for a decade, previously working as a reporter and then editor of The State’s S.C. State House and politics team, and as a reporter at the Aiken Standard and the Greenville News. She grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated from the University of North Carolina-Asheville in 2013.