SC election site back online after crash caused by traffic spike on early voting’s 1st day
South Carolina’s elections website is now back online Monday, the first day of the state’s two-week early voting period, after it crashed for hours due to a large increase in web traffic.
SCVOTES.gov began experiencing loading issues sometime before 9:30 a.m., and as of 3:30 p.m.., was now accessible.
“On behalf of the South Carolina Election Commission, I apologize for the website issues South Carolinians are facing today.” Elections Commission Executive Director Howard Knapp said in a statement. “Our team is working diligently to ensure website access is restored and the issues do not persist into the future.”
The Election Commission has shared information about early voting on its social media pages, where voters can find a list of early voting sites, check their registration status and review a sample ballot.
Early voting centers are open from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Saturday between Oct. 24 and Nov. 5. All 46 counties have at least one early voting site and most have between two and seven centers where residents can vote early without an excuse.
The agency’s website issues have no impact on voters’ ability to cast ballots in person starting Monday and do not compromise the integrity of the election, elections officials said.
This may be updated.
This story was originally published October 24, 2022 at 11:17 AM.