Image by Flickr user Barack Obama Paper forms are just far too much work.

Now you have no excuse to not register to vote ahead of the October 6 deadline: The South Carolina authority has announced that you can now completely register online.

Yesterday the S.C. State Election Commission announced its new program and touted that the Palmetto State is joining a group of 13 states that allow citizens to register to vote online.

You can register over here, as long as you have a valid S.C. drivers license or S.C. ID. Your new card should come in the mail within a few day.

"South Carolina has made important improvements to our registration and elections process in the last decade, and we are proud to announce one of the single most important changes to the process is now a reality," said Marci Andino, executive director of the State Election Commission. "There's no waiting in line, no forms to print out, nothing to mail in. Any eligible person can register in just minutes."

The election is November 6.

After completing the online form, the information is verified instantly using existing data on file with SCDMV. Once the county voter registration office reviews the application, the voter receives a voter registration card in the mail within a few days.

Here are more details from a release:

In the 1990s, South Carolina became the first state in the country to make its voter registration form available online and is now one of only 13 states to have paperless, online voter registration. Until now, voters were required to download the form, complete it by hand and attach a copy of a current valid photo ID or a copy of a current utility bill, bank statement, paycheck or other government document showing name and address. Those documents then needed to be sent to the county voter registration and elections office.

"It was a cumbersome process where something as simple as transposing a number on an envelope could result in a lost registration form," Andino said. "Now, South Carolinians can complete one simple form and it's automatically sent to the proper county office."

Not only is online voter registration a convenience for voters, the system will greatly enhance the integrity and accuracy of the voter registration rolls, make voters' personal information more secure, and save county voter registration offices time and money.

South Carolina residents can continue to register in person at county voter registration and elections offices, by using the mail-in form, and at the SCDMV. Many community organizations will also continue to sponsor voter registration drives.

South Carolina's voter ID law is still pending a federal court case.