The Post & Courier

The number of South Carolinians on the active voter roll has stayed largely flat over the last four years despite the state’s significant population growth over the same time period, data shows. Lynn Teague, a LWVSC Vice President, suspects that some of the new people moving into the state from elsewhere, particularly retirees, might just not be that concerned about voting in South Carolina. She also suspects a communication problem with rural voters who are less likely to be online with reliable internet access to receive important voting messages.

Teague stressed that voters who may have been marked inactive after moving or not returning their card aren’t prevented from showing up at their polling place, or even better, checking in in-person or over the phone with their local election office to sort out their registration.