Section effective December 31, 2021. See, also, section effective until December 31, 2021.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this chapter, a county board of voter registration and elections may use other methods of voting by absentee ballot instead of by paper ballot. No voting machine or voting system, other than a paper-based system, may be used for in-person absentee voting that has not received written certification from the State Election Commission that the voting machine or voting system meets all statutory requirements for use in the State and certification that the machine can be secured against voting at times other than business hours of the county board of voter registration and elections, that the results of elections can be held secure from release until the time for counting ballots at any polling place, and votes cast using the machine can be challenged and held secure until the hearing on challenged ballots required by Section 7-13-830 is held. The State Election Commission must develop standards and guidelines for these purposes.
HISTORY: 2001 Act No. 83, Section 1, eff August 10, 2001; 2020 Act No. 133 (S.635), Section 1.C, eff May 13, 2020; 2020 Act No. 133 (S.635), Section 1.H, eff December 31, 2021.
Editor's Note
2020 Act No. 133, Section 1.H., provides as follows:
"[1.]H. The amendments contained in subsections A., B., and C. of this SECTION are repealed on December 31, 2021, and the text of these code sections therefore shall revert back to the language as contained in the South Carolina Code of Laws as of January 23, 2020."
Effect of Amendment
2020 Act No. 133, Section 1.C., rewrote the section, modifying the requirements needed to obtain the State Election Commission certification before using a nonpaper-based voting machine or voting system for in-person absentee voting.