Officials expect heavy turnout for primary
By LARRY HILLIARD Ledger Staff Writer larry@gaffneyledger.com
Candidates apparently don't need to remind voters there's a primary here Saturday.

As many as 5,000 voters are expected to go to the polls for Saturday's Republican Party Presidential Primary, according to Cherokee County Election Commission Chairman Suzanne Turner. That's about 20 percent of the 25,372 voters who have cast ballots in an election within the past 10 years.

Early voting also has been heavy, with the county election commiss- ion receiving 246 absentee ballots as of Thursday afternoon.

"There seems to be a lot of interest in both primaries," Turner said.

The Democrats have scheduled their presidential primary for Saturday, Jan. 26.

Voters who cast ballots in the Republican presidential primary can't vote in the Democrat presidential primary.

"It's either one or the other," Turner said.

For the presidential primaries, the number of polling places has decreased from 33 to 13.

Voters can check their precinct to know where to vote by visiting SCVotes.org and using the "Find Your Precinct" feature or by using the "Check Your Voter Registration" feature on the menu under "Voters."

Voters without access to the Internet can contact the voter registration office at (864) 487-2559.

Signs will also be posted at old polling places directing voters to the new polling place.

The polls will open at 7 a.m. Saturday and close at 7 p.m.

Precinct	Old Polling Place	New Polling Place
Allens	Corinth School	Corinth Fire Department 484 Corinth Rd.
Alma	Alma School	Boys and Girls Club 201 Pecan St.
Ashworth	Cherokee Creek Church	Cherokee Creek Fire Station 509 Kegstown Mill Rd.
Blacksburg 1	Blacksburg Community Center	Blacksburg Fire Department 101 E. Cherokee St.
Blacksburg 3	Broad River Baptist	CKC Fire Department 984 Old Chester
Blacksburg 4	Blacksburg Elementary	Blacksburg Fire Department
Central	Central Baptist Church	Cherokee County Library
Draytonville	Draytonville School	DMW Fire Department 538 McKowns Mtn. Rd.
Ezells/Butlers	New Pleasant Church	Macedonia Fire Department
Gaffney 1	Mary Bramlett School	Boys and Girls Club
Gaffney 2	Beltline Community Center	American Legion 101 Irene Park
Gaffney 3	Gaffney Middle School	Cherokee County Library
Holly/Grove Buffalo	Mt. Paran Church	Antioch Community Building 339 Antioch Rd.
Littlejohn/Sarratt	Rehoboth Church	Corinth Fire Department
Musgrove	Broad River Electric	VFW 900 S. Granard St.
Pleasant Grove	New Harvest Church of God	Grassy Pond Fire Department
Pleasant Meadows	B.D. Lee School	American Legion 101 Irene Park
Ravenna/Browns Mill	Green Bethel Church	Goucher/White Plains Fire Department
White Plains	Goucher School	Goucher/White Plains Fire Department
Woods	Grassy Pond Water Building	Grassy Pond Fire Department