A federal court has ordered the South Carolina Election Commission to allow out-of-state entities to access and purchase copies of the Statewide Voter Registration List.
The Statewide Voter Registration List is a record of the most current and accurate voter registration information compiled and maintained by the state’s Voter Registration and Election Management System.
The Voter Registration and Election Management System is a cooperative effort by the South Carolina Election Commission and the County Boards of Voter Registration to add new registrants, record address changes, and drop duplicate registrations, deceased voters, and those who have moved out of state.
U.S. District Court Judge Joseph Anderson agreed with the plaintiff, the Public Interest Legal Foundation (PILF), that the Statewide Voter Registration List falls within the disclosure mandate of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA), and that the South Carolina statute prohibiting disclosure to all but the state’s registered voters, is preempted by the Act, pursuant to Article 6 of the U.S. Constitution….