2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 5 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS
Section 7-5-210. Physically disabled persons may execute forms by mark.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 7-5-210 (2017)

In cases of inability to write on account of physical disability only, any prospective registrant to vote may sign the application and oath by mark in the presence of a clerk or a member of the county board of voter registration and elections.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-72.1; 1958 (50) 1591; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 5, eff June 28, 1984.

Code Commissioner's Note

Pursuant to the directive in 2014 Act No. 196, Section 8, at the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to county election commissions or commissioners or county boards of voter registration were changed to the "Board of Voter Registration and Elections" and board members as appropriate.

Effect of Amendment

The 1984 amendment deleted "and registration certificate" after "oath" in the first sentence, deleted the second sentence, and made certain grammatical changes.

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