View original filePUBLIC NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA City of Columbia
Notice of Election: The General Election for the City of Columbia will be held on Tuesday, November 4, 2025. Any person wishing to vote must be a registered voter and reside in the incorporated municipality. Residents not registered, may register no later than Sunday, October 5, 2025. Voter Registration by mail applications will be accepted if postmarked by Monday, October 6, 2025.
Early Voting: Begins on Monday, October 20, 2025 and ends on Friday, October 31, 2025. The Early Voting centers will be open from 8:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday (closed Saturday and Sunday).
Richland County Voter Registration and Elections Office (Richland Voters) 2020 Hampton Street, Columbia, SC 29204
Lexington County Voter Registration and Elections Office (Lexington Voters) 605 W Main Street, Suite C, Lexington, SC 29072
Voters will be asked to provide one of the following Photo IDs when voting in person.
• S.C. Driver’s License (Includes standard License and REAL ID) • S.C. Department of Motor Vehicles ID Card (Includes standard ID card, REAL ID and SC Concealed
Weapons Permit) • S.C Voter Registration Card with Photo • Federal Military ID (Includes all Department of Defense Photo IDs and Veterans Affairs Benefits Card) • U.S. Passport (Includes US Passport ID Card)
If you have one of these Photo IDs, you are ready to vote. Voters should remember to bring one of these IDs with them to the polling place. Voters without Photo ID can get one free of charge from the Department of Motor Vehicles or their county voter registration office. Voters who encounter an obstacle to getting a Photo ID should bring their paper 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 provisional ballot. This ballot will count unless the county board of voter registration and elections has grounds to believe the affidavit is false. For more information on Photo ID, visit scVOTES.gov or contact your county board of voter registration and elections.
Absentee Voting: Registered Electors who cannot vote in person on the day of the Election and/or who will be out of the county for the duration of early voting may be eligible to vote by absentee ballot. Completed applications must be returned no later than 5:00 p.m. on the eleventh day before the day of the Election (Friday, October 24, 2025). Call, visit, or send your absentee ballot application request by U.S. mail.
Phone: Richland County: 803-576-2240; Lexington County: 803-785-8361 In Person: Richland County Voter Registration Office, 2020 Hampton St, Columbia, SC 29204 Lexington County Voter Registration Office, 605 W. Main St. Ste. C, Lexington, SC 29072 Mail: Richland County Voter Registration Office, PO Box 192, Columbia, SC 29201 Lexington County Voter Registration Office, 605 W. Main St. Ste. C, Lexington, SC 29072
At 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, November 2, 2025, the Lexington County Board of Voter Registration and Elections will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes at the Lexington County Voter Registration and Elections Office, 605 W. Main Street, Suite C, Lexington SC 29072.
At 9:00 a.m. on Monday, November 3, 2025, the Richland County Voter Registration and Elections Office will begin its examination of the absentee ballot return envelopes at the Richland County Voter Registration Office, 7201 Two Notch Rd (Old Burlington Store at Columbia Place Mall).
At 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2025 the City of Columbia Board of Canvassers will hold a hearing to deter- mine the validity of all provisional ballots cast in this Election. This hearing will be held at the Richland County Voter Registration and Elections Office, 7201 Two Notch Rd (Old Burlington Store at Columbia Place Mall).
The following precincts and polling locations will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. on Election Day and during any possible runoffs. Polling locations are subject to change under certain conditions. Voters can check their assigned polling location at scVOTES.gov before going to the polls on Election Day.
Richland County Precincts
Precinct Location Address Ward 1/ Ward 10 Lourie Senior Center 1650 Park Circle, Columbia, SC Ward 2 USC Blatt PE Center 1300 Wheat Street, Columbia, SC Ward 3/ Ardincaple Reformation Lutheran Church 1118 Union Street, Columbia SC Ward 4 Earlewood Park Community Center (temp) 1113 Recreation Drive, Columbia, SC Ward 5 Pacific Memorial Park 200 Wayne Street, Columbia, SC Ward 6 Sanders Middle School 3455 Pine Belt Road, Columbia, SC Ward 7 W A Perry Middle School 2600 Barhamville Road, Columbia, SC Ward 8 David Swinton Campus Center 1616 Oak Street, Columbia, SC Ward 9 Prince Hall Masonic Lodge 2324 Gervais Street, Columbia, SC Ward 10 Lourie Senior Center (temp) 1650 Park Circle, Columbia, SC Ward 11/ Hampton Ben Arnold Recreation Center 1100 S Holly Street, Columbia, SC Ward 12/ Ward 23 Hand Middle School 2600 Wheat Street, Columbia, SC Ward 13 Martin Luther King Park (temp) 2300 Greene Street, Columbia, SC Ward 14 Sims Park 3500 Duncan Street, Columbia, SC Ward 15 Melrose Park 1500 Fairview Drive, Columbia, SC Ward 16 Dreher High School 3319 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, SC Ward 17 Midlands Tech Student Center (temp) 316 South Beltline Blvd, Columbia, SC
Ward 18 Charles R Drew Wellness Center 2101 Walker Solomon Way, Columbia, (temp) SC
Ward 19 Latimer Manor Community Center 100 Lorick Circle, Columbia, SC
Ward 20/ Ward 4 Earlewood Park Community Center (temp) 1113 Recreation Drive, Columbia, SC
Ward 21 Busby Street Community Center 1735 Busby Street, Columbia, SC Ward 22/ Ridgewood/ Dennyside Eau Claire High School 4800 Monticello Road, Columbia, SC Ward 23 Hand Middle School 2600 Wheat Street, Columbia, SC Ward 24 Kibourne Park Baptist Church 4205 Kilbourne Road, Columbia, SC Ward 25/ Ward 24 Kibourne Park Baptist Church 4205 Kilbourne Road, Columbia, SC Ward 26/ Pennington 2 Hampton Park 1117 Brandon Avenue, Columbia, SC Ward 29 Alcorn Middle School 5125 Fairfield Road, Columbia, SC Ward 30 Arsenal Hill Park 1800 Lincoln Street, Columbia, SC Ward 31 Hyatt Park Gym 950 Jackson Avenue, Columbia, SC Ward 32/ Ward 18 Charles R Drew Wellness Center 2101 Walker Solomon Way, Columbia, SC Ward 33/ Ward 13 Martin Luther King Park 2300 Greene Street, Columbia, SC Ward 34 Pinehurst Park 2300 Pinehurst Road, Columbia, SC Ardincaple Reformation Lutheran Church (temp) 1118 Union Street, Columbia, SC Brandon 1 Southeast Library (temp) 7421 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC Brandon 2/ Brandon 1 Southeast Library 7421 Garners Ferry Road, Columbia, SC Caughman Road Garners Ferry Adult Activity Center 8620 Garners Ferry Road, Hopkins, SC College Place Meadowlake Park (temp) 600 Beckman Road, Columbia, SC Dennyside Eau Claire High School (temp) 4800 Monticello Road Columbia, SC
City of Columbia Water Distribution Edgewood and Wastewater Management Facility 4013 W Beltline Blvd, Columbia, SC
(temp) Fairwold Greenview Park (temp) 6700 David Street, Columbia, SC Greenview/Fairwold Greenview Park 6700 David Street, Columbia, SC Gregg Park/ South Forest Acres AC Flora High School 1 Falcon Drive, Columbia, SC Hampton Ben Arnold Recreation Center (temp) 1100 S Holly Street, Columbia, SC Harbison 1 Harbison Community Center 106 Hillpine Road, Columbia, SC Keenan Sanders Middle School 3455 Pine Belt Road, Columbia, SC Kingswood St. Andrews Park (temp) 920 Beatty Road, Columbia, SC Lykesland Trinity Assembly East 1501 Hallbrook Drive, Columbia, SC Mallet Hill Polo Road Park (temp) 730 Polo Road, Columbia, SC Meadowfield Woodland Park (temp) 6500 Olde Knight Pkwy, Columbia, SC Meadowlake/ College Place/ Fairlawn Meadowlake Park 600 Beckman Road, Columbia, SC
Mill Creek Trinity Assembly East 1501 Hallbrook Drive, Columbia, SC Oak Pointe 1 Oak Pointe Elem School 1 River Bottom Road, Irmo, SC Olympia Olympia Learning Center 621 Bluff Road, Columbia, SC Parkridge 1 Grace United Methodist Church 410 Harbison Blvd, Columbia, SC Parkridge 2/ Parkridge 1/ Riverwalk Grace United Methodist Church 410 Harbison Blvd, Columbia, SC
Pennington 1 Kings Grant Club House 300 N Kings Grant Drive, Columbia, SC
Pennington 2 Hampton Park (temp) 1117 Brandon Avenue, Columbia, SC Pine Lakes 2/ Caughman Road Garners Ferry Adult Activity Center 8620 Garners Ferry Road, Hopkins, SC
Polo Road/ Mallet Hill Polo Road Park 730 Polo Road, Columbia, SC Pontiac 1 GraceLife Church (temp) 501 Clemson Road, Columbia, SC Pontiac 2/ Pontiac 1 GraceLife Church (temp) 501 Clemson Road, Columbia, SC Ridgewood Eau Claire High School (temp) 4800 Monticello Road, Columbia, SC Riverside St. Andrews Middle School 1231 Bluefield Drive, Columbia, SC
Riverwalk Grace United Methodist Church (temp) 410 Harbison Blvd, Columbia, SC
Skyland/ Westminster True Gospel Ministries 901 Skyland Drive, Columbia, SC South Beltline/ Ward 17 Midlands Tech Student Center 316 South Beltline Blvd, Columbia, SC South Forest Acres AC Flora High School (temp) 1 Falcon Drive, Columbia, SC St. Andrews/ Riverside St. Andrews Middle School 1231 Bluefield Drive, Columbia, SC Trinity/ Lykesland/ Mill Creek Trinity Church East 1501 Hallbrook Drive, Columbia, SC
Walden (Beatty Rd) St. Andrews Park (temp) 920 Beatty Road, Columbia SC Westminster True Gospel Ministries (temp) 901 Skyland Drive, Columbia, SC Woodfield N. Trenholm Baptist 6515 North Trenholm Road, Columbia, SC Woodlands/ Meadowfield Woodland Park 6500 Olde Knight Pkwy, Columbia, SC
Lexington County Precincts
Challedon/ Quail Valley St. Andrews Presbyterian Church 6952 St. Andrews Road, Columbia, SC
Quail Valley St. Andrews Presbyterian Church 6952 St. Andrews Road, Columbia, SC
*Bold denotes combined precincts temp = temporary location for this election