---
type: Person
title: "Howard Knapp"
description: "SC Chief Election Officer — State of South Carolina"
role: "SC Chief Election Officer"
party: "I"
level: "state"
branch: "executive"
state: "SC"
tenure:
  start: "2023-03-02"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 4
ids:
  person: "eef305fd-2482-4a06-a032-ec502ee7a5b3"
  office: "b07998f5-c085-44df-94bc-ca723b1ed5c6"
  tenure: "f6f4ef40-e8b5-45cc-ba66-14eb547e4003"
  jurisdiction: "a16d9034-8835-4762-a78f-075d20663696"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Derived from governor jurisdiction"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, executive, sc]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Howard Knapp

Current SC Chief Election Officer (State of South Carolina).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Derived from governor jurisdiction

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).