S.C. Const. art. II, § 1
All elections by the people shall be by secret ballot, but the ballots shall not be counted in secret. The right of suffrage, as regulated in this Constitution, shall be protected by laws regulating elections and prohibiting, under adequate penalties, all undue influence from power, bribery, tumult, or improper conduct.
(1970 (56) 2691; 1971 (57) 319.)
The present provisions of the first sentence of this section are similar to former Section 1 of Article II as it existed prior to the 1971 revision. The present provisions of the second sentence of this section are identical to former Section 9 of Article I as it existed prior to the 1971 revision. For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const 1868, Art VIII, Section 1.