SC Gov. responds to letter about ‘non-citizens’ given voter registration forms

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WSPA) – Governor Henry McMaster is requesting the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division meet with a state representative about a state agency “providing non-citizens with voter registration forms.”

In a letter sent to SLED and State Representative Adam Morgan (R-Taylors), McMaster stated that Morgan sent a letter requesting the investigation into the Department of Health and Human Services.

In the letter from the South Carolina Freedom Caucus, of which Morgan is the chair, Morgan said he was contacted by a “non-citizen refugee with proof of these actions.”

In a series of posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, Morgan said the South Carolina Voter Registration Declination Form was given to the person by the South Carolina Medicaid Office.

The National Voter Registration Act of 1993 requires many state offices, which administer programs which offer public assistance, to offer voter registration services.

“These are very serious allegations,” McMaster wrote in the letter. “The integrity of our elections is indeed a top concern.”

The South Carolina State Election Commission said in a statement Tuesday that they have “not received any specific information that non-U.S. citizens are fraudulently being registered to vote in our state.”

State law requires a person to be a U.S. citizen in order to be eligible to register to vote in South Carolina.

(Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to clarify that State Rep. Morgan and the South Carolina Freedom Caucus is requesting an investigation, not the governor.)

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