SC Shatters Absentee Voting Records

And it's not even Election Day.

As of 4:30 p.m. today, more than 375,000 absentee votes have been cast in the state, according to the S.C. Election Commission.

In 2008, more than 340,000 absentee ballots were cast. Absentee votes made up nearly 18 percent of all votes cast.

Here are how many absentee votes were cast in the previous seven elections, according to the election commission.

Election Absentee Votes Total Votes % Absentee 2012 375,000 N/A N/A 2010 153,702 1,358,548 11.3 2008 342,364 1,930,359 17.7 2006 75,651 1,104,132 6.9 2004 157,990 1,631,156 9.7 2002 73,230 1,116,936 6.6 2000 91,504 1,433,533 6.4 1998 50,738 1,092,430 4.6

Here is a county-by-county report on absentee ballots cast as of 4:30 p.m.

County 2012 Absentee Ballots 40-RICHLAND 35,138 10-CHARLESTON 33,896 46-YORK 21,046 23-GREENVILLE 20,532 42-SPARTANBURG 19,205 32-LEXINGTON 18,158 07-BEAUFORT 17,313 43-SUMTER 15,578 26-HORRY 15,189 21-FLORENCE 13,892 02-AIKEN 13,108 08-BERKELEY 11,908 18-DORCHESTER 11,540 38-ORANGEBURG 10,707 04-ANDERSON 9,836 22-GEORGETOWN 8,013 29-LANCASTER 7,791 37-OCONEE 6,940 24-GREENWOOD 6,736 16-DARLINGTON 6,132 28-KERSHAW 5,978 39-PICKENS 4,953 14-CLARENDON 4,890 12-CHESTER 4,504 35-MARLBORO 4,429 15-COLLETON 4,208 45-WILLIAMSBURG 3,602 30-LAURENS 3,419 34-MARION 2,944 17-DILLON 2,860 11-CHEROKEE 2,819 19-EDGEFIELD 2,469 13-CHESTERFIELD 2,460 36-NEWBERRY 2,442 20-FAIRFIELD 2,413 27-JASPER 2,402 25-HAMPTON 2,200 33-MCCORMICK 2,184 01-ABBEVILLE 2,013 31-LEE 1,682 09-CALHOUN 1,630 44-UNION 1,584 06-BARNWELL 1,547 03-ALLENDALE 1,356 05-BAMBERG 1,215 41-SALUDA 1,040