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State law adds eight precincts; Beaufort County elections office readies polling locations and voter mailings
Summary
House Bill H 43 50 (Act 53) adds eight precincts in Beaufort County, prompting outreach to potential polling sites, a revised facility-use form and a timetable for GIS processing and voter-notification before the November 2025 election.
Beaufort County election officials told the Board of Voter Registration and Elections on May 28 that a recently enacted state law adding eight precincts will require new polling locations and data updates before the November 2025 election.
The county’s director of elections, Marie Smalls, said the process begins when files arrive from the state legislative council and then move to the county’s GIS office for updated street listings. "It'll be added into REMS. And once, those are, uploaded, verified, and reverified, then voter registration cards will be issued. They will be issued before the November election," Smalls said.
The board’s facilities and elections committees have been surveying possible partner facilities and revising the polling-location agreement form to make it a single, comprehensive submission, the board heard. Committee members said staff…
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