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On April 12, 2013 in County News
On April 10, 2013 in County News
Conway, South Carolina –Horry County Registration and Elections would like to remind registered voters that the election date for the 2013 County Council Chair General Election is Tuesday, April 30, 2013.
Polls will open from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. and registered voters waiting in line at 7 p.m. will still be allowed to vote. Registered voters will be required to show any one of five forms of identification in order to vote: South Carolina driver’s license, South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles identification card, voter’s registration card with picture, Federal military identification with picture or a United States passport.
The last day to vote absentee in the Horry County Registration and Elections Office is Monday, April 29, 2013. The Horry County Registration and Elections Office is located at 1515 4th Avenue in Conway. (Absentee voting requirements are below.) Keep in mind that there is no EARLY voting in South Carolina.
Curbside voting will also available for any voter, because of a physical handicap or aged 65 or older who cannot enter the polling place may vote outside of the polling place in their car.
• Certified poll watchers, poll managers, and county election officials working on Election Day
Procedures for voting by absentee ballot:
Qualified voters may vote absentee in person or by mail.
In Person - Visit your county voter registration office , complete an application, and cast your ballot. You may vote absentee in person up until 5:00 p.m. on Monday, April 29, 2013. (Horry County Registrations and Elections Office is located at 1515 4th Avenue in Conway.)
By Mail - Step 1: Contact your county voter registration office to request an absentee ballot application. You may make the request in person or by phone, mail, email, or fax. (Horry County Registration and Elections Office (843) 915-5440, fax (843) 915-6440)
Step 5: Vote the ballot following ballot instructions and return it to your county voter registration office by 7:00 p.m. on the day of the election. You may return the ballot in person or by mail.
Candidates for County Council Chairman
On April 5, 2013 in County News
Conway, South Carolina – With the ever increasing popularity of e-readers, the Horry County Memorial Library System has implemented the 3M Cloud Library ™. The 3M Cloud Library ™ is a flexible, easy to use lending system that functions across multiple devices with books from more than 40 publishers including Random House, Harper Collins, Harlequin, Wiley, Baker, and National Geographic. The 3M Cloud Library ™ is user friendly with no long installation procedures or complicated sign-ins and can be accessed on everything from a standard Windows® PC or Mac® to an iPad ®, iPhone®, Kindle Fire™ and other smart phones/tablets.
The Horry County Memorial Library System currently has 340 titles and will be adding more titles on a regular basis. Patrons may check out two e-books at a time with a circulation period of 7 days with early return available. Books cannot be renewed but can be checked out again if no one else is waiting for it. Patrons may set up a 3M Cloud Library ™ account with a library card.
Horry County Memorial Library director, Clifton Boyer said, “I am excited about offering this new service to the community. E-books have been one of the most requested services and we wanted to go with a vendor that had access to major publishers and had a product that worked across multiple platforms. The library recognizes that more and more publishers are moving to produce titles that are only available in e-pub format and we are excited that we can now offer these books to our patrons along with other high quality selections.”
The library has developed easy to follow instructions and links at http://horry.lib.sc.us/ebookhelp.
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