Special Pickens Election

School election

It's back to the polls for some voters in Pickens County today, specifically in the recently created School District #7.  

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Although this was to be the first election to fill the seat in this newly created district, because some voting machines were programmed incorrectly and the vote margin in the last election was so close, the Governor's office ordered a new election.  It will take place on Tuesday, March 26th.  Polling places are listed below.

The candidates are Philip Healy and Alice Vander Linden.

Healy, a business owner and Navy veteran, won that first race by just a slim 21 vote margin.  Vander Linden is a retired educator and enjoys doing a lot of volunteer work in the community including weekly with Pickens County Meals on Wheels.

District 7 was created by the SC State Legislature so the county would have an odd number of school board members, avoiding any deadlocks in voting in the future.  It is the eastern portion of Pickens County. 

The following polling places will be open from 7am to 7pm today, March 26

119 PumpkintownNew Hope Baptist Church, 108 New Hope Rd, Pickens, SC 29671

120 GriffinGriffin Baptist Church, 1629 Pumpkintown Hwy. Pickens SC 29671

125 Glassy MountainGlassy Mountain Baptist Church, 1103 Farrs Bridge Rd. Pickens, SC 29671

126 Cedar Rock Cedar Rock Baptist Church, 1667 Cedar Rock Church Rd. Easley, SC 29640

149 VinlandCrosswell Elementary School, 161 School Rd. Easley, SC 29640

150 CrossroadsCrossroads Baptist Church, 160 Crossroads Church Rd. Easley, SC 29640

151 DacusvilleFormer Dacusville Elementary, 2671 Earls Bridge Rd. Easley, SC 29640

152 Nine ForksNine Forks Baptist Church, 3207 Earls Bridge Rd. Easley, SC 29640

154 Crescent HillCrescent Hill Baptist Church, 115 Crescent Hill Dr. Pickens, SC 29671