Beaufort County Council adopted Redistricting Map 3A after unanimously passing the ordinance at third reading during Monday night's Council meeting.

To see if your district changed go to https://www.beaufortcountysc.gov/topics/redistricting/index.html

Beaufort County's Board of Voter Registration and Elections will take necessary actions to inform voters of the changes and precinct locations. 

The Redistricting process started with the release of the census date after South Carolina reviewed it. This occurred on October 27 at USCB as the state presented the data during an open meeting. On Monday, November 8, the County Council approved the timeline understating that the normal 9-month process was now four months to meet the State of South Carolina requirements.

From November 24 through December 13, the County held three public meetings and a redistricting website compete with informational videos, key documents, and an interactive map. The public could also submit comments through the website.

“The feedback was tremendous and helped the County staff to focus on neighborhoods street by street and make sure we get this right,” said Dan Morgan, Beaufort County Director of Mapping and Applications. “We feel we were able to preserve the one person, one vote yet improve the grouping of communities of interests with the help of the public.”

Major changes include reconfiguring the Hilton Head Island Historic Gullah Neighborhood. Currently, 12.5 of the 14 neighborhoods are included in District 10 and represented by an island resident. Chaplin and the other half of Spanish Well will be included in District 11 and represented by an island resident.

Other changes include:

Buck Island/Simmonsville corridor in Bluffton that is home to many of the town’s oldest Gullah families is in District 9.
Old Miller Road/Stony Creek community has been placed in District 9.
Rugrack Rd and Morrall Dr is placed into District 1.
Small portion of Baynard Rd is placed in District 5.