A voter in South Carolina is eligible to vote absentee in an election if he or she cannot make it to the polls on Election Day for one of the following reasons:
• Students attending school outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them, as well as members of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine serving outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them
• Persons serving with the American Red Cross or with the United Service Organizations (USO) who are attached to and serving with the Armed Forces outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them, as well as Persons who, for reasons of employment, will not be able to vote on Election Day.
• Physically disabled persons, government employees serving outside their county of residence on Election Day and their spouses and dependents residing with them, persons with a death or funeral in the family within three days before the election, and persons who plan to be on vacation outside their county of residence on Election Day
• Certified poll watchers, poll managers, county election officials working on Election Day, overseas citizens, and persons attending sick or physically disabled persons
• Persons admitted to the hospital as emergency patients on Election Day or within a four-day period before the election, and persons serving as a juror in state or federal court on Election Day
• Persons sixty-five years of age or older
• Persons confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial
