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Municipal Election Scheduled for Tuesday, April 8
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April 3, 2008
Greenwood, SC - A Municipal Election will be held on Tuesday, April 8, 2008 to elect one Commissioner for the City of Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works (CPW). This election is only open to registered voters in the City of Greenwood.
This is a nonpartisan election and no party affiliation shall be placed on the ballot.
Only persons having registered to vote by 12 PM on March 9, 2008 will be eligible to cast a vote in the Municipal Election.
Polls will be open at 7:00 AM and close at 7:00 PM at the polls designated below. Voters who are blind or physically handicapped, or unable to read or write are entitled to assistance in casting their ballot. The assistance may be given by anyone that the voter chooses except his employer, an agent of his employer, or an officer or agent of his union. The Managers of the Election must be notified if assistance is needed. Voters who are unable to enter their polling place due to a physical handicap or of age 65 or older may vote in the vehicle in which they drove, or were driven to the polls. When notified, the Managers will help voters using this curbside provision.
Registered voters who cannot vote in person may be eligible to vote by absentee ballot. Persons wishing more information concerning absentee voting should contact the Greenwood County Registration & Elections Office at 864-942-8585.
Absentee ballots will be opened beginning at 6:00 PM on April 8, 2008 in the Greenwood County Voter Registration and Elections Office, Suite 104, Park Plaza, 600 Monument Street, Greenwood, South Carolina.
On Thursday, April 10, 2008, at 10:00 AM, the Municipal Election Commissioners will hold a hearing to determine the validity of all provisional ballots cast in this election. The hearing will be held at the Park Plaza Building, Room 104, located at 600 Monument Street in Greenwood. The election will be certified no later than Thursday, April 10, 2008 at 1:00 PM.
If a run-off election is required it will be held on April 22, 2008. Polls will be open at 7:00 AM and close at 7:00 PM at the polling places set forth below. A hearing on ballots challenged in a run-off election will be held on Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 10:00 AM at the Park Plaza Building, Suite 104, 600 Monument Street, Greenwood, South Carolina. The election will be certified no later than Thursday, April 24, 2008 at 1:00 PM.