Voter ID To Be Implemented In District 17 Race

Those voting in the House District 17 Republican primary on Jan. 22 will do more than name Tom Corbin's replacement.

It will represent the Upstate's first look at what elections will look like while implementing its new Voter ID law, which was upheld in federal court. The costly litigation still has some South Carolina lawmakers fuming. 

The special election, necessitated by Tom Corbin's departure for the State Senate after he won the seat when it was vacated by Phil Shoopman of Greer, will be the first contest in which voters in Greenville County will have to show a photo ID before they cast a ballot.  

Chris Sullivan, Mike Burns, Roy Harmon, Tom Kolarik and Randall Young are running in the race. 

Acceptable forms of identification are a DMV Card, a South Carolina voter registration card that includes a photo, a South Carolina driver's license, a federal military ID or a U.S. passport.

Voters lacking identification will be allowed to vote if the voter swears he has a legitimate reason that prevents him from obtaining the forms of ID, such as religions, illness, lack of birth certificate, family responsibilities and other reasons.