Voter Registration Deadline for April City Elections is March 3

Observer Reports

With Anderson County Municipal elections scheduled for April 2, the deadline for voter registration to participate in this election is March 3. In the April 2 City of Anderson Elections, five candidates have filed to run for the four seats up for election. Incumbents Luis Martinez II, Seat 2, Tony Stewart, Seat 4, and John Roberts, At-Large Seat 8, are running for re-election.

Two candidates have filed to run for Seat 6 seat vacated by longtime City Councilman and Mayor Pro Tem Rick Laughridge, who is retiring from city council after 16 years at the end of his term.

Anderson businessman Bryce Nivens announced first, and Anderson attorney Greg Steele filed for the seat, which represents an area that stretches from West of Linley Park, through the Pope Drive community, across to Whitehall Avenue.

The Anderson County Board of Registrations and Elections offers these reminders for voters:

• If you have moved, make sure you are ready to vote by updating your registration.

• If you have moved from one county to another, you must register in your new county by the deadline to be eligible to vote.

• If you've moved within your county or changed your name recently, it will help ensure a smoother voting process for you - and your neighbors - by updating your information prior to the deadline.

Register online at www.scvotes.gov (requires SC Driver's License or DMV ID Card)

• Register online before midnight on the day of the deadline

You can also register by:

• Visiting your county voter registration and elections office.

• Downloading a voter registration form from scvotes.gov. Complete and return it to your county voter registration and elections office: