{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-7-15-220","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 7-15-220","heading":"Signing and witnessing of oath of absentee ballot applicant; exception.","body":"(A) The oath, a copy of which is required by Section 7-15-200(2) to be sent each absentee ballot applicant and which is required by Section 7-15-230 to be returned with the absentee ballot applicant's ballot, shall be signed by the absentee ballot applicant and witnessed by a person who is at least eighteen years of age. The oath shall be in the following form:\n\"I hereby swear (or affirm) that I am duly qualified to vote at this election according to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, that I have not voted during this election, that the ballot or ballots with which this oath is enclosed is my ballot and that I have received no assistance in voting my ballot that I would not have been entitled to receive had I voted in person at my voting precinct.\"\n________________________________________\nSignature of Voter\nDated on this __________________ day of _________________________ 20 ______\nSignature of Witness\tPrinted Name of Witness\n________________________________________\nAddress of Witness\n(B) Qualified voters under the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voters Act are exempt from witness requirements in subsection (A).","path":["Title 7 - ELECTIONS","CHAPTER 15 Absentee Registration and Voting","ARTICLE 3 Absentee Registration"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t07c015.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:27:04Z","sha256":"c317cd52c772cbebd948f26feec4695bac316eace2ac7eb15774d70225d1d34b","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-7-15-210","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-7-15-230"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}