Editing Greenwood, South Carolina (section)

==Government==
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Greenwood is governed via a council-manager system. The mayor is elected [[at-large]]. The city council consists of six nonpartisan members who are each elected from one of six [[single-member district]] wards.<ref>[https://www.cityofgreenwoodsc.com/government/city_council.php City of Greenwood: City Council] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917112300/http://cityofgreenwoodsc.com/Government.aspx |date=2010-09-17 }} Retrieved 2010–09–08.</ref> The current mayor of Greenwood is Brandon Smith. Mr. Smith was sworn in on Monday, November 19, 2018. He won election for the office vacated by Mayor Welborn Adams who decided not to seek re-election.<ref>[http://www.cityofgreenwoodsc.com/Government_ElectedOfficials.aspx City of Greenwood: Elected officials] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100917154246/http://cityofgreenwoodsc.com/Government_ElectedOfficials.aspx |date=2010-09-17 }} Retrieved 2010–09–08.</ref>
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|+Greenwood City Council <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cityofgreenwoodsc.com/government/city_council.php|title=City of Greenwood: City Council|website=www.cityofgreenwoodsc.com |language=en|access-date=2023-07-18}}</ref>
!Ward
!Council member
!First elected
!Current term
|-
|Mayor
|Brandon Smith
|2018
|11/2022-11/2026
|-
|Ward 1
|Niki Hutto
|2000
|11/2020-11/2024
|-
|Ward 2
|Robert Dean
|2022
|11/2022-11/2026
|-
|Ward 3
|Betty Boles
|2003
|11/2020-11/2024
|-
|Ward 4
|Johnathan Bass
|2019
|11/2022-11/2026
|-
|Ward 5
|Matthew Miller
|2016
|11/2020-11/2024
|-
|Ward 6
|Ronnie Ables
|2010
|11/2022-11/2026
|}

[[Leath Correctional Institution]], a [[South Carolina Department of Corrections]] prison for women, is located in [[unincorporated area|unincorporated]] Greenwood County {{convert|5|mi|0}} north of the center of Greenwood.<ref>"[http://www.doc.sc.gov/institutions/leath.jsp Leath Correctional Institution] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100819220547/http://www.doc.sc.gov/institutions/leath.jsp |date=2010-08-19 }}." [[South Carolina Department of Corrections]]. Retrieved on August 17, 2010.</ref>