§ 7-5-120. Qualifications for registration; persons disqualified from registering or voting.

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§ 7-5-120. Qualifications for registration; persons disqualified from registering or voting.

SC ST § 7-5-120Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976 AnnotatedTitle 7. Elections (Approx. 2 pages)

Code of Laws of South Carolina 1976 Annotated

Title 7. Elections

Chapter 5. Qualifications and Registration of Electors

Article 3. Requirement of and Qualifications for Registration

Code 1976 § 7-5-120

§ 7-5-120. Qualifications for registration; persons disqualified from registering or voting.

Currentness

(A) Every citizen of this State and the United States who applies for registration must be registered if he meets the following qualifications:

(1) meets the age qualification as provided in Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State;

(2) is not laboring under disabilities named in the Constitution of 1895 of this State; and

(3) is a resident in the county and in the polling precinct in which the elector offers to vote.

(B) A person is disqualified from being registered or voting if he:

(1) is mentally incompetent as adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction; or

(2) is serving a term of imprisonment resulting from a conviction of a crime; or

(3) is convicted of a felony or offenses against the election laws, unless the disqualification has been removed by service of the sentence, including probation and parole time unless sooner pardoned.

Credits

HISTORY: 1962 Code § 23-62; 1952 Code § 23-62; 1950 (46) 2059; 1961 (52) 50; 1963 (53) 155; 1967 (55) 657; 1974 (58) 2188; 1981 Act No. 1 § 2, eff January 14, 1981; 1986 Act No. 345, § 1, eff March 7, 1986; 1994 Act No. 365, § 1, eff May 3, 1994; 1996 Act No. 408, § 1, eff on the ratification of the amendment to Section 4, Article II of the Constitution of this State to change the age qualification to vote (ratified March 25, 1997).

Code 1976 § 7-5-120, SC ST § 7-5-120

Current through 2024 Act No. 145, except for Acts 125-129, 131, 133-137, 140, and 143-144, subject to final approval by the Legislative Council, technical revisions by the Code Commissioner, and publication in the Official Code of Laws.

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