SOUTH CAROLINA

Primaries:

• Democratic congressional and state primaries: open

• Republican congressional and state primaries: open
  

• Democratic Presidential primary: open
  

• Republican Presidential primary: open
  

Primary Type Definitions

Registration:

• South Carolina has nonpartisan registration. There is no option to affiliate with a political party on the voter registration form

Details of voting in congressional and state primary elections:

• Voters do not declare affiliation with a party in order to vote in party primaries, but they must choose one party's ballot.