S.C. Code Ann. § 7-5-340: Duties of State Election Commission, removal of elector from official list.

(A) The State Election Commission shall:

(1) ensure that the name of a qualified elector is removed from the official list of eligible voters within seven days of receipt of information confirming:

(a) the request of the qualified elector to be removed;

(b) the elector is adjudicated mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction;

(c) the death of the qualified elector;

(d) the elector is not a citizen of the United States; or

(e) a change in the residence to a place outside the county in which the qualified elector is registered when such confirmation is received from the qualified elector in writing;

(2) inform applicants under Sections 7-5-155, 7-5-310, and 7-5-320 of:

(a) voter eligibility requirements; and

(b) penalties provided by law for submission of a false voter registration application;

(3) complete, no later than ninety days before the date of a statewide primary or general election, a program to systematically remove the names of ineligible voters from the official list of eligible voters in compliance with the provisions of Section 7-5-330(F); this item may not be construed to preclude:

(a) the removal of names from the official list of eligible voters on a basis described in item (1); or

(b) correction of registration records pursuant to this article.