Sumter City Council Ward 4 early voting is underway
Early voting is underway for those voting in the Ward 4 election in Sumter from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, Nov. 14-15, at Sumter County Voter Registration/Election Office, 129 E. Liberty St.
On the initial voting date of Nov. 5, none of the five candidates secured a majority of votes to win outright. The two front-runners, Gene Weston and Rebecca Lynn Kennedy, will be in the runoff.
Weston earned the most votes, securing 24.69%, or 584 votes, followed by Kennedy, who got 22.37%, or 529 votes. They will face each other in a runoff race later this month.
If you miss early voting, the final and official voting date will be 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 19, at the precincts below. The winner of the runoff will succeed Councilman Steve Corley, who did not run for reelection.
- Folsom Park / Swan Lake at Willow Drive Elementary, 26 Willow Drive
- Crosswell / Loring at Crosswell Elementary School, 301 Crosswell Drive
- Palmetto Park at Central Carolina Technical College, 660 N Guignard Drive, Bldg 700
- Burns Downs located at Alice Drive Middle School, 40 Miller Road
- Morris College at North Hope Center, 904 N Main Street
- Hampton Park at the Meeting House at Memorial Park, 407 W Hampton Ave.
- Magnolia Harmony at South Sumter Resource Center, 337 Manning Ave.
- South Liberty at American Legion Home Bldg., 28 Artillery Drive
- Shaw at Shaw Heights Elementary School, 5121 Frierson Road