S.C. Code Ann. § 7-13-80
Organization of voter registration and elections; managers and clerks; oaths.
The board members, managers, and clerks at their first meeting, respectively, must proceed to organize as a board. The county board of voter registration and elections must appoint the chairman of the board of managers. The chairman must be a resident and registered elector of the respective county in which he is appointed to work or in an adjoining county. The chairman, in each instance, may administer oaths. Effect of Amendment 2019 Act No. 54, SECTION 2, inserted the third sentence, providing that a chairman must be a resident and registered elector of the respective county in which he is appointed to work or in an adjoining county.