To register all qualified persons to vote, provide absentee voting services, validate signatures on candidate petitions, maintain accurate updated files on voters, prepare for and run all County elections, and provide all voters and elections services in a totally non-partisan atmosphere
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A Photo Id is required to vote. More information may be found on the SC State Election Commission Photo ID Requirements page.
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Election Information
- Register to vote
- Change address voter registration
- Check your voter information
- Request an absentee ballot
- Authorization to Return Ballot Form
- Polling Places
Berkeley County citizens can register Mondays-Fridays at the Voter Registration and Elections Office in Moncks Corner.
As an added convenience, citizens can pick up Voter Registration-By-Mail forms at the following locations:
- All Berkeley County Library locations
- Goose Creek City Hall
- Hanahan City Hall
- Moncks Corner Town Hall
- Bonneau Town Hall
- St. Stephen Town Hall
- Jamestown Town Hall
- Post Offices: Bonneau, Cross, Cordesville, Goose Creek, Huger, Jamestown, Pineville, Pinopolis, Russellville and St. Stephen.
PUBLIC NOTICE (Notice of Election) – Voting Periods and Locations (May 6, 2025)
Election Calendar and Important Dates
This List is Inclusive of all known elections, Special Elections may be added as required
Special Election Berkeley County School Board District 8
- Candidate Filing opens – Friday, February 28, 2025, at 12:00pm
- Candidate Filing closes – Monday, March 10, 2025, at 12:00pm
- Last day to register to vote in person- Friday, April 4, 2025, at 5:00pm
- Last day to register by fax, email or online-Sunday, April 6, 2025, 11:59pm
- Last day to register by mail- Monday, April 7, 2025 (Postmark)
- Early Voting begins- Monday, April 21, 2025, at 8:30AM
- Early Voting ends- Friday, May 2, 2025, at 5:00PM
- Election Day- Tuesday, May 6, 2025, Polls open 7am-7pm
- Certification of Election- Friday, May 9, 2025, at 10am
Certification will be held in the Berkeley County Voter Registration Office
1003 Highway 52 Moncks Corner, SC 29461
In order to vote, South Carolina law requires one must first register to vote at least 30 days prior to the election. To be eligible to register in South Carolina you MUST:
- Be a United States citizen
- Be at least eighteen years old on or before the next election
- Be a resident of South Carolina, this county and precinct in which you are registering
- Not be under a court order declaring you mentally incompetent
- Not be confined in any public prison resulting from a conviction of a crime
- Have never been convicted of a felony or offense against the election laws OR if previously convicted, have served the entire sentence, including probation or parole, or have received a pardon for the conviction.
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