GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Election Day is drawing near, but according to state figures, more than a third of eligible South Carolina voters have already cast their ballots.
According to scvotes.gov as of Friday morning, 1,216,968 voters cast their ballots early out of the 3,444,370 registered South Carolina voters.
Greenville County alone accounts for about 10% of the total number of ballots cast in the state every presidential election, according to County Registration and Elections Director, Conway Belangia.
Belangia said there were already more than 120,000 early ballots cast as of 4 p.m. Friday and he usually sees around 270,000 ballots cast from Greenville County voters, out of the more than 300,000 eligible county voters.
“That means we’re knocking down almost half the voters of this early-voting process,” said Belangia.
This is the first time South Carolina has allowed no-excuse early voting during a Presidential Election cycle. The first time no-excuse, early-voting was allowed was during the 2022 Midterm Elections cycle.