Training Compliance of County Boards of Voter Registration and Elections

Members of county voter registration boards are appointed by the Governor upon the recommendation of the legislative delegation of the county. County boards must be between five to nine members and board members must be qualified electors of the county. The term of office for board members is four years and until a successor is appointed and qualified. The county board is responsible for hiring a director. The county director is responsible for hiring and managing staff of the county elections office.

State law requires board members and staff to complete a State Election Commission (SEC) training and certification program within 18 months of their appointment, reappointment, or employment. After successful completion, they receive a certification from the SEC. Following initial certification, board members and designated staff are required to complete at least one training course each year, while county office directors must complete at least two. If a board member fails to complete the program, the Governor must remove them unless an extension is granted due to exceptional circumstances.

The certification status of each board member and county elections director is listed below and can be downloaded as an excel spreadsheet. Updates to this list are made quarterly. The last update was made on 4/7/2025.

  • Compliant – certified with completed class requirements.
  • In Progress – not yet completed class requirements but still within 18 months of appointment, reappointment, or employment.
  • In Progress-C – certified, but not yet completed yearly class requirement.
  • Non-compliant – have not completed class requirements.
Abbeville

Director

Jatavius Coleman – in progress-c

Board Members

Laura Baughman – in progress-c

Conway Shirley – in progress-c

BrendaTolbert – in progress-c

Stephanie Mullins – in progress

Julie Michaels – in progress

Aiken

Director

Dana Burden – in progress

Board Members

David Wesley Nix – in progress

James Cosnahan, Sr. – in progress-c

Tricia Butler – compliant

Gerry Owen – compliant

Blanche Wimberly – compliant

Lori Boddy – in progress-c

Tara Reeder – compliant

Terri Dickert – in progress-c

Linda Austell – in progress

Allendale

Director

Sonya Prince – in progress-c

Board Members

Robert E. Connelly, III – in progress-c

Edwina Hines – compliant

Jacob L. Prince – in progress-c

Georgia Mae Williams – in progress-c

 

 

Anderson

Director

Laura Booth – in progress-c

Board Members

Peggy Taylor – in progress-c

Karen C. Claflin – in progress-c

Harold Gilbert – compliant

Jean Holloway – in progress-c

John Bowers – compliant

Angela Stringer – in progress-c

Rhonda Seymore – in progress-c

Bamberg

Director

Athena Moorer – in progress-c

Board Members

Jimmy D. Brickle – in progress-c

Verlene Baucham – in progress-c

Patricia Blume – in progress-c

Curtis Tyler, Jr. – in progress-c

Eva Manigault – in progress-c

Pattie P. Jeffcoat – in progress-c

Cynthia McMillan – in progress-c

Barnwell

Director

Regina James – in progress

Board Members

Bobbie G. Hundley – in progress-c

Ivan Cohen – in progress-c

Caroline Nolte – compliant

Ronald R. Brown – in progress-c

Harriett P. McKnight – compliant

Gwendolyn Neal – in progress-c

Naomi DeFrenn – in progress

Beaufort

Director

Marie S. Smalls – in progress-c

Board Members

Allyne Mitchell – compliant

Beverly Dore – compliant

Matthew Sweeney – compliant

Elizabeth Johnson – compliant

James Backer – compliant

Herbert Ford – compliant

Don Cooper – in progress

Michael Swiecicki – compliant

Berkeley

Director

Rosie Brown – compliant

Board Members

Don S. Saturday – in progress-c

Darel Trout – in progress-c

Richard Dean – non-compliant

Leon G. Brown – in progress-c

Frances E. Taylor – in progress-c

Charles Lee Dixon – in progress

George T. Metts – in progress-c

Christopher Davenport – compliant

Carole Grunsky – compliant

Calhoun

Director

Ashley Keller – in progress-c

Board Members

Fonzenia Gladden – compliant

Johnnie I. Bates – in progress-c

Judy W. Taylor – in progress-c

Vivian P. Bodrick – in progress-c

Cynthia Keller – compliant

Catherine Crosby – compliant

Jeff G. Reid, Jr. – in progress-c

Charleston

Director

Isaac Cramer – in progress-c

Board Members

Christine Varnado – compliant

Catherine E. LaFond – in progress-c

Mary Ann Taylor – compliant

Gregory W. Rouse, II – in progress-c

Troy Watson – non-compliant

Dan H. Martin – compliant

Ryan Earhart – in progress-c

Robin Poliakoff – in progress-c

Elliot Quinn – in progress

Cherokee

Director

Cassidy Nichols – in progress

Board Members

James Elliott – compliant

Lamar Batchelor – in progress-c

Jimmy Cash – in progress-c

Jason Blanton – in progress-c

Ben E. Taylor – compliant

Carlton Bridges – in progress-c

Gerald Bridges – compliant

Chester

Director

Karen Roach – compliant

Board Members

Anna Boulware – compliant

Vivian Jackson – compliant

Gloria Cornwell – compliant

Patricia Stroud – compliant

Bobbie Starks – compliant

Chesterfield

Director

Kevin Thurman – in progress-c

Board Members

Jimmy Barber – non-compliant

John Davis – in progress-c

Connie Townsend – in progress

Clarendon

Director

Christine Harvin – in progress

Board Members

Betsy Watson – compliant

Sharon B. Ridgeway – compliant

Rebecca Battle-Bryant – in progress-c

Maggie Robertson – compliant

Mattie Johnson – in progress

Kathryn Turbeville – compliant

Brian Magaw – in progress

Michael Streath – in progress

Andrea Killman – in progress

Colleton

Director

Angela Upchurch – in progress-c

Board Members

Queenie Crawford – compliant

Celia S. Price – compliant

Janis Blocker – compliant

Kimber L. Santorella – compliant

Tim Hamilton – compliant

Darlington

Director

Will Brunson – compliant

Board Members

E. Ellen Causey – non-compliant

Frank Hough – in progress-c

Harris Lambert, III – compliant

Sylvester Wilson, Jr. – in progress

Dillon

Director

Linda Susie Edwards – in progress-c

Board Members

Michael Grice – compliant

Melissa Thompson – in progress-c

Margaret Driggers – in progress-c

Amy T. Cardwell – in progress-c

Tamela Davis – compliant

Timothy Snipes – non-compliant

Vernoy McTeer – in progress-c

Dorchester

Director

Kizzie Scott – in progress-c

Board Members

Christopher Anthony Hughes – in progress

Rodney Profit – compliant

Queen E. Bowman – in progress-c

Bryan H. Black – compliant

Joseph Debney – compliant

Cheryl Ewers – in progress-c

Edgefield

Director

Sojourner Jennings – in progress-c

Board Members

David S. Satcher – in progress-c

Vickie Butler – in progress-c

Todd Brown – in progress

Torrey Johnson – non-compliant

Fairfield

Director

Jacquline Beaver – in progress-c

Board Members

Jennifer Johnson – compliant

Jack Russell Wilkes, Sr. – in progress-c

Carolyn Y. Prioleau – compliant

Betty M. Trapp – compliant

Veronica Ashford – compliant

Donna C. Royson – in progress-c

Florence

Director

Julian Young – in progress-c

Board Members

Quincy A. Kennedy, IV – in progress-c

Helen Dimery – compliant

Betty Dowling – non-compliant

Charlie Blake – non-compliant

Thomas Russo – compliant

Brenda Montgomery – in progress

Jason Lee – in progress

Georgetown

Director

Aphra McCrea – in progress-c

Board Members

Linda Green – compliant

Linda Woodbury-Vereen – compliant

Ron Byrd – in progress-c

Tracy A. Gibson – compliant

Harold Jean Brown-Williams – in progress-c

Mark Wayne Avant – in progress-c

Elliot Sherman – compliant

Mary Joyce Holmes – in progress-c

Phillip Brady – in progress-c

Greenville

Director

Conway Belangia – in progress-c

Board Members

Robert Schaffner – in progress-c

George Aufmuth – in progress-c

William E. Lynch – compliant

Gerald W. Barron, Jr. – compliant

Bunny M. Phillips – compliant

Timothy Drummond – in progress-c

Joyce Hoffman – compliant

Markylena Tolbert-Wydman – compliant

Joseph Dill – in progress

Greenwood

Director

Connie Moody – in progress-c

Board Members

Michael McKinney – in progress-c

Regina Terry – compliant

Barry Edwards – compliant

David Connor – in progress-c

Fred Payne – compliant

David Eddy – in progress-c

Mariah Carter – in progress

Don Going – in progress-c

David Clegg – in progress

Hampton

Director

TaShara Morgan – in progress-c

Board Members

Linda Givens – in progress-c

Mark D. Altman – in progress-c

Carlar Williams – in progress-c

Karen G. Scott – in progress-c

Elise McQuire – in progress-c

 

Horry

Director

Sandy Martin – compliant

Board Members

Aaron Brock – compliant

Mike Frazier – compliant

Maurice Dewayne Jones – compliant

Charlie M. Bellamy, II – compliant

Sanford Graves – in progress-c

Robert Shumate – compliant

Deborah E. Johnson – compliant

Susan Trexler – in progress

Jasper

Director

Jeanine M. Bostick – compliant

Board Members

Todd Hutto – in progress

Hilda Stevenson-Stewart – compliant

Karen G. Parker – in progress-c

Christopher Bond – compliant

Carrie B. Fair – compliant

Dave A. Mitchell III – compliant

Cheryl Dopson – in progress-c

Henry Rawl – in progress

Mary Altizer – in progress

 

Kershaw

Director

Meiko Reddick – in progress-c

Board Members

Sally Brown – compliant

John W. Clinton – compliant

Claude Eichelberger – in progress

Terrence Sheppard – in progress

Michael Bradbury – in progress

Terry Corder – in progress

Lancaster

Director

Mary Ann Hudson – in progress-c

Board Members

Norman Anderson – compliant

Ronnie Wall – compliant

James “Darrell” Reid – compliant

Brian Greene – in progress-c

Thomas Page, Jr. – compliant

 

Laurens

Director

Lynne West – in progress-c

Board Members

William E. Adair, Jr. – compliant

Chip Brownlee – in progress-c

Tim F. Howard – in progress-c

Marilyn Easter – in progress-c

Jim H. Moore – compliant

Ralph “David” Hardy – compliant

Reynold Stoddard – in progress-c

Lee

Director

Kaulonda Lewis – in progress-c

Board Members

Delores LeGrant – compliant

Herbert Brisbon, Jr. – compliant

Tess Joe Fullard – compliant

Sytricia Price – compliant

 

Lexington

Director

Lenice Shoemaker – in progress-c

Board Members

Dean Crepes – in progress-c

Freddie H. Black, Jr. – in progress-c

William Bowman – in progress-c

James “Whit” Haney – in progress-c

Wyman “Buck” Merchant – in progress-c

Robert Allen Hall – compliant

James “Ross” Snell – in progress-c

Constance Flemming – in progress-c

Marion

Director

Teresa C. Moody – in progress-c

Board Members

Jacqueline McGill – in progress-c

Curtis Campbell – in progress-c

Elizabeth Gray – compliant

Norma Coote – in progress-c

Wallace Hayes – in progress-c

Lewis Evans – in progress-c

Tammy Lewis – compliant

Linda Godfrey – compliant

Marlboro

Director

Christina Thompson – in progress-c

Board Members

Keith Brewington – compliant

James Abraham, Jr. – compliant

Sharon L. Thomas – compliant

Phyllis Hagan – compliant

William Rogers – in progress-c

Brenda Dixon – compliant

James Smith – in progress

McCormick

Director

John Patrick Moody – in progress

Board Members

Larry Baker – in progress-c

Martha Brown – in progress-c

Mary Smith – in progress-c

David Lorenzatti – in progress-c

Oscar New – compliant

Rita Smith – compliant

Laverne B. Moss – compliant

Robin Kolb – in progress

George McClain – in progress

 

Newberry

Director

Sheli Madray – compliant

Board Members

Doretha Simpson – in progress-c

Anthony White – compliant

Henry Summer – in progress-c

Brenda Fulmer – compliant

John Glasgow – in progress-c

Martha Waller – in progress-c

Oconee

Director

Kristie Burr – compliant

Board Members

James Murray – compliant

Janice Holbrooks – compliant

Edna Reid – compliant

Jeni Larsen – compliant

Orangeburg

Director

Aurora Smalls – compliant

Board Members

Katherine G. John – compliant

Gayle Brown – compliant

Doris Dantzler – compliant

Broadus Jamerson, III – compliant

Cornelius Sumpter – compliant

Summer Snipes – in progress

Carmella Mack – in progress

Pickens

Director

Amy Sams – in progress-c

Board Members

James Liddle – in progress-c

Cheryl D. Allen-Bailey – compliant

Charles Titus – in progress-c

James Schmutz – in progress-c

Amanda Bauknight – in progress-c

Cary Kaye – in progress-c

Robert Moody – in progress-c

Thomas Wistar – in progress

Ross Whitley – in progress

Richland

Director

Travis Alexander – in progress-c

Board Members

Anjanette President – compliant

Shelia Washington – compliant

Peggy Denise Simons – in progress

Benjamin Dunn – compliant

Jim Manning – in progress

Saluda

Director

Desmund Gantt – in progress

Board Members

James G. Barnes – in progress-c

Ruby Jean Mobley – compliant

Sheryl Gootee – compliant

Faron Rikard – compliant

Deedra Jane Kirkland – compliant

Johnnie Stevens – in progress-c

Walter David Camp – in progress-c

 

Spartanburg

Director

John Baucom – compliant

Board Members

Henry Laye – compliant

Will Thompson, Jr. – in progress-c

Cynthia W. Church – compliant

Cheryl Goethe Shilling – in progress-c

Wilhelmenia Johnson – in progress-c

Richard Beltram – compliant

Sumter

Director

Patricia Jefferson – in progress-c

Board Members

Goliath Brunson, Jr. – compliant

Leroy Blanding – compliant

Charles Moore – in progress-c

Hugh McMillian – in progress-c

Selena R. Smith – compliant

Trevor T. Ivey – in progress-c

William E. Strickland, Jr. – in progress-c

Union

Director

Darlene Pettit – in progress-c

Board Members

Keith Vanderford – in progress-c

Harriette M. Belk – in progress-c

Deborah A. O’Daniel – in progress-c

Pat Littlejohn – in progress-c

Dianne Spencer – in progress-c

Kathy McConnell – in progress-c

Grover Owens – in progress-c

Steve Fore – in progress

Williamsburg

Director

Tammy Wilkes – in progress

Board Members

Glannie E. Tisdale – in progress-c

Richard Nelson – compliant

Helen T. McFadden – in progress-c

George Brown – in progress-c

York

Director

Alan Helms – in progress-c

Board Members

Jonell Hagner – in progress-c

Kenneth E. Love – in progress-c

Walter Dusky – in progress

Sadie Culp – compliant

James T. Mabrey – compliant

Camille Livingston – in progress