Voter Registration and Inactive Voters in South Carolina, 2022-25: Explore the Data
Published Sept. 2, 2026
South Carolina’s population is growing, but our voter rolls are shrinking. Despite experiencing some of the fastest population growth in the country, the state had fewer registered voters in 2025 than there were in 2022. How can this be?
Explore the data in the interactive graphics below. Here are a few of the statistical highlights:
- South Carolina had 51,891 fewer registered voters in 2025 than in 2022.
- South Carolina made a total of 1,162,839 voters “inactive” on its voter rolls from 2022-2025. Being marked inactive is not the same as being removed from the rolls, but it can be a first step toward removal if a voter does not update their registration or vote in two subsequent general election cycles. During this same period, the state also added 1,077,268 people to its voter rolls.
- While the number of total registered voters declined in most South Carolina counties between 2022 and 2025, the declines tended to be larger in counties with large Black and Brown populations.
- The share of South Carolina’s voting-age population that is not white increased every year from 2022 to 2024. Meanwhile, the non-white share of the state’s registered voter rolls decreased during the same time period.
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Marked Inactive? Don’t Panic.
We are encouraging South Carolinians to check their registration today. Inactive voters remain eligible to vote and in most cases they can reactivate their registration by updating their information or by voting. For more information, see our page “Protect Your Vote. Check Your Registration.“
Methodology: Data analysis conducted by Alex Yurcaba, Senior Analyst, ACLU Technology Department. These data are from the South Carolina Election Commission’s Voter History Results and Annual Reports. They show the number of voters registered in each county on the date of each statewide election from 1984 to present. Voters are disaggregated by race and age.
In this statistical analysis, the term “non-white” includes people who the state identified as Asian, Hispanic, Black / African American, or Native American.
