2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 4 - Counties
CHAPTER 5 - CHANGE OF BOUNDARIES
Section 4-5-200. Election results; canvass of returns in annexing area.

Universal Citation: SC Code § 4-5-200 (2017)

Except as provided in Section 4-5-170(B), the commissioners of election for the county to which the area is proposed to be transferred shall canvass the returns of the managers of each voting place in the county as the returns are canvassed in the general elections and shall certify the results of the canvass in a tabulated statement of the vote at each polling place to the Secretary of State who shall transmit a tabulated statement of the vote at each polling place to the General Assembly for action as provided for in Section 4-5-220.

HISTORY: 1976 Act No. 697 Section 9; 1988 Act No. 520, eff May 18, 1988.

Effect of Amendment

The 1988 amendment made grammatical changes and added a reference to Section 4-5-170(B).

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