Cherokee County elections staff outline polling‑location shifts, drop‑box plan and outreach ahead of possible July runoff

Cherokee County elections staff told the Board of Elections that several regular polling sites would be unavailable if a likely July runoff occurs and proposed combining nearby precincts, moving a ballot drop box back to the South Annex and expanding voter education.

Director Dover and elections staff said they are preparing now because four Democrats qualified in Public Service Commission District 3, making a July runoff likely if no candidate reaches 50% plus one vote. Grace, an elections staff member, told the board the runoff would fall on July 15 and that “we have 4 locations that we know of right now that would not be able to accommodate us if we had a July runoff.”

The office proposed temporary changes intended to reduce voter confusion: move the Bradshaw precinct from Full Life Church into Hickory Flat Elementary School to host two precincts in one gym; combine the Victoria precinct (normally at Rose Creek Public Library) with the adjacent Hillside precinct at Hillside Church; move Tunai precinct operations from the South…