If you’re not registered to vote, Saturday is the deadline to register for Anderson County elections scheduled for Nov. 2. To register or check your voter registration, visit SCVotes.org.

Elections are scheduled for Belton, Easley, Honea Path, Iva, Pelzer, Pendleton and West Pelzer. Absentee voting begins Tuesday, for those who are eligible. 

The following races are set for Nov. 2:

Belton

Council Ward 1 Mark Spence

Council Ward 3  Brandy Vaughan, Tammy Kay

Council Ward 5, Lynda McCoy (Incumbent), Heather Adams 

Honea Path

Council Ward 1 A. Earle Ashley (Incumbent),

Council Ward 3  Jean Perrett (Incumbent),

Council Ward 5  Dorothy “Dot” Evans(Incumbent),

Iva

Mayor  Bobby Gentry (Incumbent),

Council Ward 1 Elmer Powell

Council Ward 2  Dwayne Kelley (Incumbent),

Council Ward 3  Mary B Forrester (Incumbent),, 

Council Ward 4   Paul Hart (Incumbent), 

Pendleton 

Mayor Frank Crenshaw (Incumbent),

Council Ward 1 Lyn Merchant

Council Ward 1 Bruce L. Kalley (Incumbent),

Council Ward 3 Vince Gaulin, M. Denise Jackson (Incumbent),

Pelzer

Mayor, Will Ragland (Incumbent),

Council Skip Goldsmith (Incumbent) , Mike Matthews (Incumbent), Donna Ide, Matt Turner 

West Pelzer

Council  Jeff Lee, Johnny C Rogers Sr, (Incumbent)

The qualified reasons for voting absentee are listed below.  

QUALIFICATIONS FOR VOTING ABSENTEE 

• Members of the Armed Forces 
• Members of the Merchant Marine 
• Spouses and dependents residing with members of the Armed Forces or Merchant Marine 
• Persons serving with the American Red Cross or with the United Service Organizations (USO) who are attached to and serving with the Armed Forces outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them
• Citizens residing overseas 
• Persons who are physically disabled (includes illnesses and injuries)
• Students attending school outside their county of residence and their spouses and dependents residing with them
• Persons who for reasons of employment will not be able to vote on election day
• Government employees serving outside their county of residence on Election Day and their spouses and dependents residing with them
• Persons who plan to be on vacation outside their county of residence on Election Day
• Persons serving as a juror in state or federal court on Election Day
• Persons admitted to the hospital as emergency patients on Election Day or within a four-day period before the election
• Persons with a death or funeral in the family within three days before the election
• Persons confined to a jail or pre-trial facility pending disposition of arrest or trial
• Persons attending sick or physically disabled persons
• Certified poll watchers, poll managers, and county election officials working on Election Day
• Persons sixty-five years of age or older

For more information on absentee voting, contact the Anderson County Voter Registration and Elections Office at 260-4035 or visit their website at www.andersoncountysc.org.