Walhalla, South Carolina Public Records

Registration is also available in person at the Oconee County elections office, at DMV offices when getting or renewing a license, or by mail using a completed application. To qualify, applicants must be U.S. Citizens, at least 18 by election date, residents of South Carolina and the county where they're registering, not serving a felony sentence, and not under court order declaring them mentally incompetent. A South Carolina driver's license number or the last four digits of a Social Security number is required. The city holds municipal elections for mayor and city council seats. The mayor and six council members serve four-year staggered terms, with elections typically scheduled in odd-numbered years Candidate filings and local ballot details are available through Walhalla City Hall at (864) 638-4343 and the Oconee County elections office. Local newspapers and the city's website publish election dates and candidate lists as voting approaches. Residents can find their assigned polling location using the lookup tool at scVOTES.gov/south-carolina-polling-places or by contacting the Oconee County elections office. Polling places are assigned based on home address and precinct boundaries. Voters must show a South Carolina driver's license, DMV ID card, South Carolina voter registration card with photo, federal military ID, or U.S. Passport at the polls. The county is consistently one of the most Republican-leaning in South Carolina, with President Donald Trump receiving approximately 75-78% of the vote locally in 2024. County voters will elect county council members for districts with expiring terms, plus the Sheriff, Clerk of Court, Probate Judge, County Treasurer, Auditor, and other offices depending on term schedules. State Senate District 1 and House Districts 1 and 2 include portions of Oconee County and the city. South Carolina offers absentee voting for voters who qualify under specific circumstances: those 65 or older, physically disabled, members of the armed forces and their spouses and dependents, citizens temporarily living overseas, government employees serving overseas and their spouses and dependents, and those absent from their county on Election Day and during the early voting period. Absentee ballot applications can be submitted online at scVOTES.gov, or paper applications can be obtained from and returned to the Oconee County elections office. The state does not offer no-excuse absentee voting or universal mail-in voting. South Carolina provides in-person early voting beginning approximately two weeks before Election Day and ending three days before the election. Early voting locations in Oconee County are published before each election and typically include the elections office in town and possibly additional satellite sites. Election related public records in South Carolina include voter registration lists (available for purchase for legitimate purposes under S.C. Code § 7-5-175), campaign finance disclosure reports (available through the South Carolina Ethics Commission at ethics.sc.gov for state and county candidates), candidate filing documents (maintained by the elections office), and election results by precinct (published by the Oconee County elections office and State Election Commission at scVOTES.gov). These records are generally public and accessible with reasonable notice and applicable fees.