More than 1.5 million South Carolinians have turned out to vote in advance of Election Day.

.According to data from the South Carolina Election Commission, the total includes absentee ballots and votes cast early, meaning 46 percent of the state's registered voters have already voted in the 2024 general election.

Just over 100,000 voters chose to vote absentee and 1.4 million voters voted during the state's first early voting period ahead of a presidential election that ended Saturday.

Greenville County ranked first with 143,463 voters casting an early ballot, followed by Charleston County with 139,086 voters. Most voters who voted early in Greenville County chose to vote at McAlister Square, accounting for 35,640 of the votes.

In Spartanburg County, 81,643 voters have cast ballots, with 29,648 of the votes coming from the Spartanburg County Elections office.

Anderson County had 40,145 early voters with the county's elections office as the most popular early voting location.

Residents can still vote on Election Day, Nov. 5. The polls will open at 7 a.m. and close at 7 p.m.

Find your polling location here.

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