Westville, South Carolina Public Records

Registration must be completed at least 30 days before an election to be eligible to vote. To qualify, applicants must be U.S. Citizens, at least 18 years old by the election date, residents of South Carolina and the county where they're registering, and not under a court order declaring them mentally incompetent. Because Westville is an unincorporated community without municipal government, there are no city council or mayoral elections specific to the town. Residents participate in Kershaw County-level elections for County Council representatives, state legislative races, statewide offices, and federal contests. Voters are assigned to specific precincts based on their residential address, and residents can locate their polling place using the "Find Your Polling Place" tool at scVOTES.gov or by contacting the Kershaw County elections office. Public election records in South Carolina include voter registration lists available for purchase for lawful election related purposes, campaign finance reports filed with the South Carolina Ethics Commission at ethics.sc.gov, candidate filings and qualifications, and precinct-level election results published by state and county elections offices. In the November 2024 presidential election, Kershaw County reported turnout of approximately 64-66% of registered voters, with strong support for Republican candidates consistent with Kershaw County's conservative lean. Looking ahead to the November 3, 2026 general election, Westville and Kershaw County voters will decide several important races. South Carolina will hold elections for Governor (four-year term), all constitutional officers including Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General, and Secretary of State, all seven U.S. House seats (Westville is in the 5th Congressional District), all 124 seats in the South Carolina House of Representatives, 23 of 46 seats in the South Carolina State Senate, and various Kershaw County offices that may include County Council seats, Sheriff (four-year term), Clerk of Court, Register of Deeds, Treasurer, Auditor, Coroner, and others depending on the election cycle. The U.S. Senate seat currently held by Tim Scott will not be up for election in 2026 (next election 2028), but Lindsey Graham's seat will be contested in 2026 if he seeks reelection. Voters should check with the Kershaw County Elections Office for confirmed local races and ballot measures closer to the election date. South Carolina offers absentee voting by mail for voters who meet specific criteria: those 65 or older, physically disabled, members of the armed forces and their spouses/dependents, persons confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition, certified poll workers and poll managers in their assigned precincts, persons admitted to hospitals as emergency patients on Election Day or within a four-day period before the election, persons with a death or funeral in the family within a three-day period before the election through Election Day, overseas citizens, and persons serving as jurors in state or federal court. Absentee ballot applications can be submitted online at scVOTES.gov, and ballots must be requested no later than 11:59 PM on the fourth day before the election and returned by 7:00 PM on Election Day to be counted.