Voter Registration Deadlines Looming for General Election

Greg Wilson/Anderson Observer

The deadline for the Nov. 5 General Elections is upon us.

The in-person deadline to register at the Anderson County Board of Voter Registration and Elections Office at 301 North Main Street in Anderson is Friday at 5 p.m.

To register online, or see a sample of your ballot, visit SCVotes.gov.

Download voter registration form or register here.

To sign up via email attachment (must be received by October 14th before midnight) to acvote@andersoncountysc.org

By fax (must be received by October 6th before midnight)to 864-260-4203

By mail (must be postmarked by October 14th). Anderson County Board of Voter Registration and Elections Office/301 North Main Street/Anderson, SC

A valid S.C. Driver’s License or Department of Motor Vehicles ID are reqired. Those who have moved must first update their new residence address with the DMV.

Eligible voters must:

  • Be a United States citizen, at least eighteen years old on or before the next election

  • Be a resident of South Carolina, this county and precinct

  • Not be under a court order declaring you mentally incompetent

  • Not be confined in any public prison resulting from a conviction of a crime

  • Have never been convicted of a felony or offense against the election laws OR if previously convicted, have served the entire sentence, including probation or parole, or have received a pardon for the conviction. 

There is no length of residency requirement in South Carolina in order to register to vote.

This year’s election includes a countywide referendum asking voters to approve a penny sales tax to repair the county’s roads and bridges. Anderson County is the only county in South Carolina without an economic engine of some sort to fund roads/bridge repairs and maintenance. With 1,550 miles of county-owned roads, currently more than one third of these roads are in poor or failing condition. More than a third of the county’s bridges cannot be used by fire trucks and school buses. The penny tax would generate approximately $350 million over seven years – with $127 million of that coming from visitors to the county. After seven years the tax would end unless voters approve another referendum (more details here).

In addition to the referendum and national and state races, local non-partisan elections will be included in this election.  Here are the candidates in those races. The Anderson Observer will have more details and interviews with these candidates as part of the October election coverage.

Soil and Water District Commission Jay P Copelan

Anderson School District Trustees:

District 1:

Area 6, Brenda Sims Ellison

Area 3, Moochie Merritt

Area 3, John Neel

Area 2, Mike Wilson

Dist. 2:

Area 5, Phillip S. Ashley

Area 6, DuPre Keys

Area 2, Mason Gary

Dist. 3:

Area 2, Tripp Bouknight

Area 2, Mike Callahan

Area 3, Justin Burdette

Area 3, Danny Owens

Dist. 4:

Area 1, Scott E. Davis

Area 1, Waylon H. Priester

Area 3, Charles V. Privette III

Dist. 5

Area 1, Troy L. Haguewood

Area 1, Julie Usherwood

Area 3, Eddie Mattison

Area 3, Tommy Price

Area 4, Paul V. Zugg

Area 7, Tripp Dukes

Area 7, John P. Griffith

At Large, Kristy Harrell Huskey

At Large, Ernest E. Mackins

At Large, Andy Patrick

At Large, Bill Thompson

Anderson County Board of Education:

Dist. 2, Michael S. Upton

Dist. 7, W. Mark Williamson

Dist. 8, Vaughn Parfitt

Dist. 9, David Blanding

Water Conservation Districts:

Brushy Creek, Eric McConnell

Brushy Creek, Carter Vest

Three & Twenty, J. Mark Bishop

Three & Twenty: Joseph Chad Langston

Fire District Commissioners:

Piedmont, Beth Owen Dickson

Piedmont, Jackson P. Lollis

Piedmont, Ruby Rhodes

Piedmont, Charlene E. Spelts

Piedmont, Tracy Stephens

Public Service District, Homeland Park Water & Sewer

Jackie Harrell, Larry E. Harrell, Jerry Richey, James Jimmy Smith, Dakota Wicker.

 

Greg Wilson