PICKENS COUNTY — A Republican Presidential Preference Primary will be held on Saturday, Feb. 20, 2016, and a Democratic Presidential Preference Primary will be held on Feb. 27, 2016.
Voters can participate in only one party’s presidential preference primary. The deadline to register to vote and be eligible to vote in either Presidential Preference Primary is Jan. 27, 2016.
The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. These primaries will be held under the rules for providing Photo ID at the polling place. Voters will be asked to provide one of the following Photo IDs at their polling place:
• S.C. Driver’s License
• ID Card issued by S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles
• S.C. Voter Registration Card with Photo
• Federal Military ID
• U.S. Passport
Voters should remember to bring one of these IDs with them to the polling place. Voters without Photo ID can get one free from the Department of Motor Vehicles or their county voter registration and elections office.
Voters who encounter an obstacle to getting a Photo ID should bring their voter registration card without a photo with them to their polling place. These voters can then sign an affidavit swearing to their identity and to their obstacle to obtaining a Photo ID and vote a paper provisional ballot.
This ballot will count unless the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Pickens County has grounds to believe the affidavit is false. Visit pickenselections.org or call 864-898-5948 or 864-898-5949 for more information.
The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Pickens County will examine the absentee ballot return envelopes from the Republican Presidential Preference Primary beginning at 9 a.m. Feb. 20. Absentee ballots return envelopes from the Democratic Presidential Preference Primary will be examined beginning at 9 a.m. Feb. 27.
The Pickens County Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing at 9 a.m. Feb. 25 to determine the validity of all provisional ballots cast in the Republican Preference Primary and will hold a hearing at 9 a.m. March 3 for the provisional ballots cast in the Democratic Preference Primary.
All examinations will be held inside the Pickens County Administrations Facility in the Board’s offices, Room B-9, 222 McDaniel Ave. in Pickens.
The following precincts and polling places will be involved in this election:
• 101: Stone Church – University Baptist Church, 411 Pendleton Road, Clemson
• 102: University – University Lutheran Church, 111 Sloan St., Clemson
• 103: Morrison – East Clemson Baptist Church, 230 Frontage Road, Clemson
• 104: Abel – Abel Baptist Church, 150 Abel Road, Clemson
• 105: Calhoun – Crosspoint Church, 1019 Tiger Blvd., Clemson
• 106: Clemson – Clemson Downs, 150 Clemson Downs Blvd., Clemson
• 107: Issaqueena – Mt Tabor Baptist Church, 827 Old Greenville Hwy., Clemson
• 108: West Central – Central/Clemson Library, 105 Commons Way, Central
• 109: North Central – Central First Baptist Church, 207 Johnson Road, Central
• 110: Pike – R C Edwards Middle School, 1157 Madden Bridge Road, Central
• 111: Lawrence Chapel – Central Fire Department, 1840 Six Mile Hwy., Central
• 112: Norris – Norris Town Hall, 103 E Jamison St., Norris
• 113: Six Mile – Six Mile Town Hall, 106 S Main St., Six Mile
• 114: Six Mile Mountain – Six Miles Elementary School, 777 N Main St., Six Mile
• 115: Praters Creek – Praters Creek Church, 621 Praters Creek Road, Pickens
• 116: Mountain View – Keowee Baptist, 544 Keowee Baptist Church Road, Six Mile
• 117: Albert R Lewis – AR Lewis Elementary, 1755 Shady Grove Road, Pickens
• 118: Holly Springs – Holly Springs Church, 3450 Table Rock Road, Pickens
• 119: Pumpkintown – Oolenoy Baptist Church, 201 Miracle Hill Road, Pumpkintown
• 120: Griffin – Griffin Baptist Church, 1629 Pumpkintown Hwy., Pickens
• 121: North Pickens North Side Baptist, 421 Sangamo Road, Pickens
• 122: West Pickens – Secona Church Fellowship Bldg., 234 Secona Road, Pickens
• 123: South Pickens — Holy Cross Church, 558 Hampton Ave., Pickens
• 124: East Pickens – Pickens Senior Center, 129 Schoolhouse St., Pickens
• 125: Glassy Mountain – Glassy Mountain Church, 1103 Farrs Bridge Road, Pickens
• 126: Cedar Rock – Cedar Rock Church, 1667 Cedar Rock Church Road, Easley
• 127: Skelton – Tri City Church, 1401 Griffin Mill Road, Easley
• 128: Rice’s Creek – Liberty First Baptist, 403 Edgemont Ave., Liberty
• 129: West Liberty – Liberty First Baptist, 403 Edgemont Ave., Liberty
• 130: East Liberty – Eastside Baptist Church, 920 Anderson Drive, Liberty
• 131: Flat Rock – Flat Rock Baptist Church, 115 Slab Bridge Road, Liberty
• 132: Zion – Brookdale Easley (Countryside Village), 706 Pelzer Hwy., Easley
• 133: Smith Grove – Smith Grove Church, 1220 Smith Grove Road, Easley
• 134: Arial Mill – Arial Mill Baptist Church, 618 Rice Road, Easley
• 136: Simpson – Union Baptist Church, 200 N. Pendleton St. Easley
• 137: Woodside – Jones Ave Baptist Church, 614 Ross Ave., Easley
• 138: Brushy Creek – Brushy Creek Baptist Church, 100 Clay St., Easley
• 139: Pickensville –Pendleton St Baptist Church, 601 S. Pendleton St., Easley
• 140: Easley – Pendleton Street Baptist Church, 601 S. Pendleton St., Easley
• 141: Forest Acres – St. Matthias Lutheran Church, 501 Powdersville Road, Easley
• 142: Crestview – Smithfield’s Country Club, 100 Pine Ridge Drive, Easley
• 143: Sitton – Presbyterian Home, 205 Bud Nalley Drive, Easley
• 144: Rock Springs – Rock Springs Church, 310 Rock Springs Road, Easley
• 145: Saluda – Crosswell Baptist Church, 219 S. Fish Trap Road, Greenville
• 146: Crosswell – Crosswell Elementary School, 161 School Road, Easley
• 147: Georges Creek – Georges Creek Church, 1991 Saluda Dam Road, Easley
• 148: McKissick – Calvary Hill Church, 510 Rampey St., Easley
• 149: Vinland – Crosswell Elementary School, 161 School Road, Easley
• 150: Crossroads – Crossroads Church, 160 Crossroads Church Road, Easley
• 151: Dacusville – Former Dacusville Elementary, 2671 Earls Bridge Road, Easley
• 152: Nine Forks – Nine Forks Baptist Church, 3207 Earls Bridge Road, Easley
• 153: South Central Cannon Memorial Church, 120 Pepper St., Central
• 154: Crescent Hill – Crescent Hill Church, 115 Crescent Hill Drive, Pickens
• 155: North Liberty – Liberty United Church, 310 Mae St., Liberty
• 156: Pendleton – Grace Baptist Church, 930 N. Old Pendleton Road, Liberty
• 157: Fruit Mountain – Jones Ave Church, 614 Ross Ave., Easley
• 158: Pope Field – Brushy Creek Church, 100 Clay St., Easley
• 159: Sheffield – St Mathias Church, 501 Powdersville Road, Easley
• 160: Tri County – Victory Baptist Church, 1832 Powdersville Road, Easley
• 161: McAlister – Rock Springs Church, 310 Rock Springs Road, Easley
• 163: Lenhardt – New Foundation Church, 556 Lenhardt Road, Easley