COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP/WCBD) — Voter registration won’t be reopened for nearly 2,000 teens in South Carolina despite a glitch in the state Department of Motor Vehicles computer system, a judge ruled Friday.
State law allows teens who are 17 to register to vote if they will be 18 by Election Day. That was the case for 1,900 teens who attempted to register for the upcoming election while receiving services at the DMV but were unsuccessful.
A spokesperson for the State Election Commission told News 2 last week that the SCDMV system is not able to send applications automatically to the election office for individuals who are not yet 18 at the time the application is completed…