S1126 proposes to amend the state’s constitution to provide that only a citizen of the United States and South Carolina who is at least eighteen years of age and properly registered is entitled to vote.
The Senate passed S1126 (Second Reading) on April 3, 2024, by a vote of 40 to 3. We have assigned pluses to the yeas because the U.S. Constitution was written to “promote of the general Welfare” of American citizens. Only “We the People of the United States”—who, owing true faith and allegiance to the Constitution and are not subject to any foreign power—retain the “right of Representation in the Legislature.” South Carolina should exercise its authority under Article I, Section 4, of the Constitution, as well as the 14th and 26th Amendments, to implement free, fair, and secure elections, thereby ensuring equal protection of “the right of citizens of the United States to vote.”