S.C. Const. art. I, § 5
All elections shall be free and open, and every inhabitant of this State possessing the qualifications provided for in this Constitution shall have an equal right to elect officers and be elected to fill public office.
(1970 (56) 2684; 1971 (57) 315.)
The present provisions of this section are identical to former Section 10 of Article I as it existed prior to the 1971 revision. For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const. 1868, Art I, Section 31.