2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 5 - QUALIFICATIONS AND REGISTRATION OF ELECTORS
Section 7-5-460. Custody of books and return after election.
The commissioners of election or the county committee, as the case may be, shall turn over registration books to the election managers of each polling precinct, who are responsible for the care and custody of these books and the return of them within three days after the election. The commissioners of election or the county committee, as the case may be, shall return the books to the board of registration before the day on which the books of registration are next required by law to be opened by the board of registration and not later than twenty days after the election.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-102; 1952 Code Section 23-102; 1950 (46) 2059; 2010 Act No. 245, Section 2, eff June 2, 2010.
Code Commissioner's Note
Pursuant to the directive in 2014 Act No. 196, Section 8, at the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to county election commissions or commissioners or county boards of voter registration were changed to the "Board of Voter Registration and Elections" and board members as appropriate.
Effect of Amendment
The 2010 amendment made nonsubstantive changes to the section.
