Election Day nears in Allendale County, voters need photo ID

Allendale County voters heading to the polls on Tuesday, June 9, need to make two checks now: confirm where they vote and make sure they have an accepted photo ID. Early voting ended Friday, June 5, so Election Day is the next chance to cast a ballot, and polls will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Voters who are in line by 7:00 p.m. will still be allowed to vote.

The State Election Commission said more than 318,600 ballots were cast statewide during the early-voting period, which ran from Tuesday, May 26, through Friday, June 5, with centers open 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Allendale County logged 182 early ballots in the commission’s report, with the Allendale Voter Registration & Elections Office listed as the county’s early-voting site in that snapshot.

For Allendale residents, the county voter registration office is the place to call before Election Day if a polling place changed, an address needs to be updated, or a ballot question needs to be cleared up. Sonya Prince is listed as the voter registration director, and the office is at 158 McNair St. in Allendale, SC 29810. The office phone number is (803) 584-4176.

The county’s voter-registration page says voters will be asked to show an accepted photo ID at the polling place. That includes a South Carolina driver’s license, a South Carolina voter registration card with photo, a federal military ID or a U.S. passport. State election officials also point voters to sample ballots and county polling-place lookups, which can help prevent confusion on a day when a wrong location or a missed closing time can cost a vote.

South Carolina now lists 3,392,561 registered voters statewide, a reminder that even a small county like Allendale is part of a much larger primary system moving through its final stretch. For local voters, the task is straightforward: check the polling place, bring the right photo ID and show up before the 7 p.m. closing time on June 9.