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| - The night before 2024 Election Day, a video of someone claiming to have witnessed suspicious activity at a South Carolina polling station spread widely on social media.
In the video, the person claims he saw people pull up in a vehicle and vote — that is, he said he saw election workers approach the car with a voting machine and seemingly operate that device on the voters' behalf:
I just went by one of the places that you vote at where I live at, and you don't go in to vote. You pull up in your car, they bring the machine out to your car. They push the buttons for you. There was no Republicans there. They were all Democrats. What is going on America? What the hell is happening in our country right now with our elections?
It was unclear how, or with what evidence, the narrator believed the people involved "were all Democrats." The video's camera stayed directed on him — it did not depict the alleged activity at the station — because he said "there was too much traffic."
Nonetheless, as the video gained popularity on X, the claim morphed into the assertion that a "South Carolina poll station" was "not letting American[s] submit their own ballot":
There was no evidence to confirm, nor deny, the narrator's story. The video did not specify a South Carolina polling location, nor any specifics to help discern if what he claimed had actually happened.
That said, the activity described by him is consistent with South Carolina's voting protocols for disabled or elderly voters. As stated on the South Carolina Election Board's website, people with accessibility issues can vote by car (emphasis ours):
Voters who are unable to access the polling place or stand in line to vote due to a disability or being age 65 or older may vote in their vehicle. Curbside voting does not require a disability parking placard. Poll managers monitor the curbside voting area at a minimum of 15-minute intervals. Only the voter is allowed in the vehicle while voting unless the voter is entitled to assistance. The driver and other passengers in the vehicle are not entitled to vote curbside unless they individually meet the qualifications.
Additionally, some people are entitled to assistance in operating the actual voting machines (emphasis ours):
Voters with disabilities and voters who are blind or unable to read or write may receive assistance in voting. You must inform a poll manager if you require assistance. You may choose anyone to assist in casting your ballot except for your employer, an agent of your employer, or an officer or agent of your union. Poll managers also have printed instructions available for voters who are deaf or hard of hearing.
In sum, there's no evidence of South Carolina officials preventing people from voting on their own, and the activity described in the video is consistent with state regulations governing accessible voting.
As such, it's false to frame the video as evidence of a South Carolina poll not letting people submit their own votes.
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