Want to vote in SC midterm elections? You have only a few days left to register.

South Carolina’s midterm elections are about a month away and voters who want to participate are running out of time to register.

The deadline to register to vote in person at local county voter registration offices is 5 p.m. Friday, or by email, fax, or online by Sunday. And residents’ by-mail registration applications must be postmarked by Monday.

South Carolinians can register online on at scvotes.gov. To register by mail, email or fax, residents can download the voter registration form, complete it and return it to their local county voter registration offices.

Some races were already decided in the statewide primaries in June.

Now, South Carolina voters will determine a handful of contested local, school board and statewide races on Nov. 8. Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on election day.

South Carolina offers absentee ballots by mail to residents who are unable to vote in person. However, voters can no longer request an absentee voting application online or by email. South Carolinians can request an application from their local county voter registration offices by phone, in person or by mail.

The deadline to return a completed absentee application is Oct. 28 at 5 p.m. Absentee ballots must be returned to local county voter registration offices by 7 p.m. on election day.

Early voting

Between Oct. 24 and Nov. 5, any voter can visit an early voting location in their county and cast a ballot like they would on Election Day.

During that period, early voting will be available Monday through Saturday from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. at local county voter registration offices. York County’s is at 6 South Congress Street in York. Lancaster County’s is at 101 North Main Street in Lancaster. Chester County’s is at 109 Ella Street in Chester.

All three counties have additional early voting sites.

York County:

▪ Rock Hill Operations Center, 757 Anderson Rd in Rock Hill

▪ Fort Mill Community Center, 1011 Talbot Dr in Fort Mill

Lancaster County:

▪ Del Webb Library, 7641 Charlotte Hwy in Indian Land

▪ Heath Springs Senior Center, 5353 Kershaw Camden Hwy in Heath Springs

Chester County:

▪ Richburg Town Hall, 201 N Main St in Richburg

County-level races

Here are the local races in York, Lancaster and Chester counties:

York County:

York County Council District 3:

▪ Tommy Adkins (R)

▪ Michael Schonfeld (D)

York County Council District 4:

▪ Jonathan Moreno (R)

▪ William “Bump” Roddey (D)

Chester County:

County Council At Large:

▪ Erin Mosley (R)

▪ William King (D)

▪ David Beverley, Sr. (L)

School board

Here are the school board races in York, Lancaster and Chester counties:

York School District:

Trustee Seat 2:

▪ David McSwain

▪ Quinn Witte

Clover School District:

Trustee Seat 1:

▪ Mike Ballard

▪ Jay Young

Trustee Seat 2:

▪ Keron Meeks

▪ Jay Rawls

Rock Hill School District:

Trustee Seat 2:

▪ Stephanie Gathings Haselrig

▪ Helena Miller

Trustee Seat 4:

▪ Kiwanna Brackett

▪ Peter Nosal

▪ Robin Owens

Trustee At-Large:

▪ Brent Faulkenberry

▪ Natasha Witherspoon

Fort Mill School District:

▪ Wayne Bouldin

▪ Michele Branning

▪ Connie Cullen

▪ Kevin Glover

▪ Joe Helms

▪ Brandi Jansen

▪ Desareta Jones

▪ Rachele Julian

▪ Eric Mann

▪ Celia McCarter

▪ Nichell Newton

▪ Lipi Pratt

Lancaster County School District:

District 1:

Eddie Boykin

Demetra Cornwell

District 3:

▪ Brandan Craig

▪ Courtney Crump Green

▪ John Mahaffey

▪ Bobby Parker

District 5:

▪ Casey Cato

▪ Steve Giagiakos

Chester County School District:

District 3:

▪ Reid Carrico

▪ Larry Miller

▪ Bob Roddey

District 4:

▪ Natalie Paul

▪ Doug Shannon

At-Large:

▪ Kena Lucas Funderburk

▪ Steve Jackson

▪ Bill Stringfellow

Statewide races

Voters in York, Lancaster and Chester counties will have an array of statewide races to decide, including those for governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state superintendent of education and commissioner of agriculture.

Voters also will need to vote for seats in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, including the state’s 5th Congressional District. Two candidates, Democrat Evangeline Hundley and Green Party member Larry Gaither, are running to unseat incumbent Republican Ralph Norman. The 5th district represents York, Lancaster, Chester, Cherokee, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lee, Union counties, and parts of Spartanburg and Sumter counties.

S.C. House of Representatives District 26 (includes York)

Raye Felder (R)

Matt Vilardebo (D)

S.C. House of Representatives District 41 (includes Chester, Fairfield and Richland)

▪ Jennifer Brecheisen (R)

▪ Annie McDaniel (D)

S.C. House of Representatives District 44 (includes Lancaster)

▪ Mike Neese (R)

▪ Katie Crosby (D)

▪ Aaron McKinney (I)

S.C. House of Representatives District 45 (includes Kershaw and Lancaster)

▪ Brandon Newton (R)

▪ Keith Grey, Sr. (D)

S.C. House of Representatives District 48 (includes York)

▪ Brandon Guffey (R)

▪ Andrew Russell (D)

S.C. House of Representatives District 49 (includes York)

▪ Thomas Hardin (R)

▪ John King (D)

S.C. House of Representatives District 66 (includes York)

▪ David O’Neal (R)

▪ Carla Litrenta (D)

This story was originally published October 6, 2022 at 11:04 AM.

Cailyn Derickson

The Herald

Cailyn Derickson is a city government and politics reporter for The Herald, covering York, Chester and Lancaster counties. Cailyn graduated from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has previously worked at The Pilot and The News and Observer.