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2025-2026 Bill 5278 Text of Previous Version (Feb. 26, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5278

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TO AMEND THE SOUTH 
CAROLINA CODE OF LAWS BY AMENDING SECTION 7-5-120, RELATING TO QUALIFICATIONS 
FOR VOTER REGISTRATION, SO AS TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY CITIZENS OF THIS STATE AND 
OF THE UNITED STATES MAY REGISTER TO VOTE; AND BY AMENDING SECTION 7-5-675, RELATING 
TO VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS, SO AS TO PROHIBIT ISSUING VOTER REGISTRATION CARDS 
TO PERSONS WHO ARE NOT UNITED STATES CITIZENS.

Be it enacted by the 
General Assembly of the State of South Carolina:

SECTION 1. Section 7-5-120(A) of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 (A) EveryOnly a citizen of this State and of the 
United States who applies for registration must be registered if he meets the 
following qualifications:

 (1) 
meets the age qualification as provided in Section 4, Article II of the 
Constitution of this State;

 (2) 
is not laboring under disabilities named in the Constitution of 1895 of this 
State; and

 (3) 
is a resident in the county and in the polling precinct in which the elector 
offers to vote.

SECTION 2. Section 7-5-675 of the S.C. Code is amended to read:

 Section 
7-5-675. The State Elections Commission shall implement a system in order to 
issue voter registration cards with a photograph of the elector. This voter 
registration card may be used for voting purposes only. No 
voter registration card may be issued to a person who is not a United States 
citizen.

SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon approval 
by the Governor.

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