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South Carolina early voting

986,460

early ballots cast in South Carolina

As of Oct 31

70.1% of 2024In-person early votes, 3 days before Election Day2024 was a presidential year; midterms usually run lower.

In-person early votes
948,592
Mail ballots returned
37,868
Absentee applications issued
56,986
Early ballots cast in South Carolina, by countyBeaufort County: 44,767 early ballotsHorry County: 83,400 early ballotsYork County: 56,833 early ballotsKershaw County: 13,116 early ballotsClarendon County: 6,948 early ballotsCalhoun County: 2,929 early ballotsGreenville County: 98,085 early ballotsChesterfield County: 4,506 early ballotsRichland County: 86,779 early ballotsGreenwood County: 10,737 early ballotsUnion County: 3,624 early ballotsNewberry County: 5,671 early ballotsHampton County: 3,275 early ballotsAllendale County: 1,513 early ballotsAnderson County: 28,243 early ballotsSpartanburg County: 51,646 early ballotsOrangeburg County: 15,358 early ballotsMarion County: 5,605 early ballotsBamberg County: 2,329 early ballotsCharleston County: 93,598 early ballotsAiken County: 35,543 early ballotsCherokee County: 6,717 early ballotsLancaster County: 23,072 early ballotsMarlboro County: 3,461 early ballotsPickens County: 20,185 early ballotsLaurens County: 7,576 early ballotsSumter County: 18,923 early ballotsLee County: 3,009 early ballotsFlorence County: 24,270 early ballotsBerkeley County: 46,933 early ballotsGeorgetown County: 17,430 early ballotsColleton County: 6,649 early ballotsDorchester County: 33,674 early ballotsLexington County: 49,479 early ballotsDarlington County: 11,101 early ballotsWilliamsburg County: 5,639 early ballotsMcCormick County: 3,279 early ballotsJasper County: 8,688 early ballotsEdgefield County: 4,998 early ballotsFairfield County: 4,453 early ballotsOconee County: 13,986 early ballotsDillon County: 3,183 early ballotsBarnwell County: 3,861 early ballotsSaluda County: 2,523 early ballotsChester County: 5,205 early ballotsAbbeville County: 3,661 early ballots
Early ballots cast, by county
  • Under 3.6K
  • 3.6K to 5.7K
  • 5.7K to 14K
  • 14K to 36K
  • 36K or more
  • No count

Source: South Carolina Election Commission (scVOTES), early voting totals and absentee statistics. electionwrld.com/early-vote/SC

Day by day, saved since Oct 29

We started saving counts on Oct 29. Each date is the one the office gives, so a first report can be dated a day before we saved it. Nothing earlier is filled in.

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Early ballots cast in South Carolina, one row per saved report
Report dateEarly ballotsAddedDownload
Oct 31986,460+110,172CSV
Oct 30876,288+87,048CSV
Oct 29789,240First reportCSV

Pace compared with 2024

2026 as of Oct 31, 2026 (3 days before Election Day, Nov 3, 2026) vs 2024 as of Nov 2, 2024 (3 days before Election Day, Nov 5, 2024).

Statewide. 2024 was a presidential year; midterms usually run lower. County pace is in the county table below.
Measure20262024, same point% of 2024
In-person early votes948,5921,352,353Nov 2, 202470.1%
How this comparison is built
  • Same point means the same number of days before Election Day: 3 days out in both years.
  • 2024 source: South Carolina Election Commission (scVOTES), 2024 General Election early-voting statistics by day.
  • In-person early votes only. The Commission's 2024 absentee report is a single end-of-election file, so there is no day-by-day mail count; mail metrics are omitted.
  • Early voting ran Oct 21 to Nov 2, 2024, with no voting on Sunday Oct 27.
  • Counts come from the final workbook (report date Nov 3, 2024), which may reflect small corrections after each daily report.

46 counties

Early ballots, with each county's pace against 2024 at the same point, measured on in-person early votes. 2024 was a presidential year; midterms usually run lower.

Early ballots cast in South Carolina, by county. Column headers sort the table.
GreenvilleMail 3,894In person 94,191Absentee applications issued 5,4542024, same point 130,59398,08572.1%
CharlestonMail 4,354In person 89,244Absentee applications issued 7,2892024, same point 128,29893,59869.6%
RichlandMail 3,482In person 83,297Absentee applications issued 5,0652024, same point 101,86986,77981.8%
HorryMail 3,181In person 80,219Absentee applications issued 4,6432024, same point 113,16383,40070.9%
YorkMail 1,900In person 54,933Absentee applications issued 2,6702024, same point 91,29856,83360.2%
SpartanburgMail 1,495In person 50,151Absentee applications issued 2,3412024, same point 74,12751,64667.7%
LexingtonMail 1,830In person 47,649Absentee applications issued 2,7322024, same point 75,28149,47963.3%
BerkeleyMail 1,881In person 45,052Absentee applications issued 3,1582024, same point 54,27646,93383.0%
BeaufortMail 1,985In person 42,782Absentee applications issued 3,3782024, same point 59,08344,76772.4%
AikenMail 1,004In person 34,539Absentee applications issued 1,4722024, same point 48,46935,54371.3%
DorchesterMail 839In person 32,835Absentee applications issued 1,3512024, same point 47,90433,67468.5%
AndersonMail 1,129In person 27,114Absentee applications issued 1,5792024, same point 36,36528,24374.6%
FlorenceMail 439In person 23,831Absentee applications issued 7762024, same point 35,01624,27068.1%
LancasterMail 495In person 22,577Absentee applications issued 6802024, same point 34,06723,07266.3%
PickensMail 542In person 19,643Absentee applications issued 7362024, same point 34,47620,18557.0%

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Source and notes

South Carolina Election Commission (scVOTES), early voting totals and absentee statistics

In-person early votes by county from the Commission's daily totals file, plus absentee ballots returned from its absentee statistics workbook. Updated Oct 31; retrieved Oct 31, 8:30 PM ET.

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