Section 7-15-670 - Declaration by covered voter(A) A covered voter may use the declaration accompanying a federal write-in absentee ballot as an application for a military-overseas ballot simultaneously with the submission of the federal write-in absentee ballot, if the declaration is received by the appropriate election official by seven o'clock p.m. on election day.(B) To receive the benefits of this article, a covered voter must inform the appropriate election official that the voter is a covered voter. Methods of informing the appropriate election official that a voter is a covered voter include:(1) the use of a federal postcard application or federal write-in absentee ballot;(2) the use of an overseas address on an approved voter registration application or ballot application; and(3) the inclusion on an approved voter registration application or ballot application of other information sufficient to identify the voter as a covered voter.Added by 2015 S.C. Acts, Act No. 79 (HB 3154), s 5, eff. 6/11/2015.