Election and Voting Information

League of Women Voters^®
of Georgetown County

Elections coming this year... How to register to vote? ...and more

Town elections. Voting Rights. Register to Vote In Person. OR Register to Vote By Mail. Find Your Polling Place. Absentee Voting.

Town elections coming

Elections for municipal offices will be Nov. 8 for Georgetown and Andrews. Pawleys Island does not need an election because the sitting members ran unopposed.
Georgetown has partisan elections, Andrews is nonpartisan (so is Pawleys).
Here are the candidates for Georgetown's elections:
James Moody, Republican; Carol Jayroe, petition; Incumbents, all Democrats: Rudolph A. Bradley Clarence Smalls Peggy Wayne
Here are the candidates for Andrews' elections:
Mayor: Rodney Giles, incumbent Council: Angela Anderson, incumbent Patsy B. Greene, incumbent
No one filed for a third council seat, which will be filled by a write-in vote. Council member Terrance Middleton is running as a write-in candidate against the mayor.
Here are the incumbents for the town of Pawleys Island:
Mayor, Bill Otis; Council: Mary McAllister Mike Adams Glennie Tarbox Sarah Zimmerman

Voting Rights

You have RIGHTS as a voter. Click here to view excerpts from the South Carolina Voter Bill Of Rights.

Register to Vote In Person

Voter registration is at the Department of Registration and Elections, at 303 North Hazard Street, Georgetown, SC 29440. Phone: 843-545-3339.
For more information, visit http://www.georgetowncountysc.org/voterreg/default.html

OR Register to Vote By Mail

The link below will provide you with a printable registration form. In the shaded block at the bottom of the registration form, is a link to county voter registration offices. It is necessary to print this form and mail it to the voter registration office in the county in which you live. http://www.state.sc.us/scsec/vr/VR_Blank_Form.pdf

Find Your Polling Place

You will vote at a particular polling place, according to the precinct in which you live.
For a list of Georgetown County precincts and their addresses, Invalid href:<a href="http://www.lwvnet.org/lwv/sc/georgetowncounty/files/precinctlisting.pdf ">click here<a>.

Absentee Voting

If you are a registered Georgetown County voter, you may apply for an absentee ballot by person, by mail, or by contacting Department of Registration and Elections, at 303 North Hazard Street, Georgetown, SC 29440. Phone: 843-545-3339.
If you apply by mail, the above office must receive your application no later than four days prior to the election.
If you wish, you may apply and vote in person up until 5 p.m. the day before the election.

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