2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-120. Designation of voting precincts in Berkeley County.

(A) In Berkeley County there are the following voting precincts:

Alvin

Bethera

Beverly Hill

Bonneau

Bonneau Beach

Central

Cainhoy

Cane Bay

Carnes Cross Road 1

Carnes Cross Road 2

Carnes Cross Road 3

Cordesville

Cross

Daniel Island 1

Daniel Island 2

Daniel Island 3

Daniel Island 4

Devon Forest 1

Devon Forest 2

Discovery

Eadytown

Foster Creek 1

Foster Creek 2

Foster Creek 3

Foxbank

Hanahan 1

Hanahan 2

Hanahan 3

Hanahan 4

Hanahan 5

Harbour Lake

Hilton Cross Roads

Howe Hall 1

Howe Hall 2

Huger

Jamestown

Lebanon

Liberty Hall

Macedonia

McBeth

Medway

Moncks Corner 1

Moncks Corner 2

Moncks Corner 3

Moncks Corner 4

Moultrie

Old 52

Pimlico 1

Pimlico 2

Pinopolis

Royle

Russellville

Sangaree 1

Sangaree 2

Sangaree 3

Sedgefield 1

Sedgefield 2

Seventy Eight

Shulerville

St. James

St. Stephen 1

St. Stephen 2

Stone Lake

Stratford 1

Stratford 2

Stratford 3

Stratford 4

Stratford 5

The Village

Tramway

Wassamassaw 1

Wassamassaw 2

Weatherstone

Westview 1

Westview 2

Westview 3

Westview 4

Whitesville 1

Whitesville 2

Yellow House

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-15-17 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Berkeley County.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Berkeley County subject to the approval of a majority of the Senators and a majority of the House members of the Berkeley County Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-161; 1952 Code Section 23-161; 1950 (46) 2414; 1955 (49) 176; 1960 (51) 1578; 1966 (54) 2744; 1968 (55) 3051; 1976 Act No. 704; 1977 Act No. 225 Section 1; 1983 Act No. 49 Sections 1, 2, eff April 29, 1983; 1983 Act No. 102, Sections 1, 2, eff June 9, 1983; 1984 Act No. 295, eff March 5, 1984; 1984 Act No. 351, Sections 1, 2, eff April 23, 1984; 1990 Act No. 405, Section 1, eff April 10, 1990; 1991 Act No. 31, Section 1, eff April 22, 1991; 1992 Act No. 371, Section 1, eff May 15, 1992; 1993 Act No. 180, Section 1, eff June 16, 1993; 1995 Act No. 133, Section 1, eff June 28, 1995; 2001 Act No. 22, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 30, 2001); 2008 Act No. 198, Section 1, eff April 15, 2008; 2010 Act No. 163, Section 1, eff May 12, 2010; 2013 Act No. 91, Section 1, eff June 13, 2013; 2014 Act No. 176 (H.4467), Section 1, eff July 1, 2014; 2015 Act No. 82 (H.4005), Section 1, eff July 1, 2015; 2017 Act No. 59 (S.651), Section 1, eff May 19, 2017.

Code Commissioner's Note

At the direction of the Code Commissioner, references in this section to the offices of the former State Budget and Control Board, Office of the Governor, or other agencies, were changed to reflect the transfer of them to the Department of Administration or other entities, pursuant to the directive of the South Carolina Restructuring Act, 2014 Act No. 121, Section 5(D)(1).

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.

Editor's Note

1977 Act No. 225, Section 2, provides:

"SECTION 2. The board of registration of Berkeley County shall mail a duplicate certificate reflecting the new precinct to any person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by virtue of the provisions of this act. Such certificate shall not be required to be signed by the named elector in the presence of anyone."

2010 Act No. 163, Section 2, provides:

"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is effective for all elections conducted after the primary election of 2010."

Effect of Amendment

The 1976 amendment added "Pimlico;" in the first paragraph of this section.

The 1977 amendment deleted "Bannisterdown" in the first paragraph of this section, substituted "Goose Creek No. 1; Goose Creek No. 2; Goose Creek No. 3" for "Goose Creek" in the same paragraph, deleted "Honey Hill" in the same paragraph, substituted "Shulerville-Honey Hill" for "Shulerville" in the same paragraph, and added the second paragraph.

The first 1983 amendment changed the language of the first paragraph by changing "shall be" to "are" adding No. 1 to Russellville, and adding Russellville No. 2. The amendment also added a third paragraph concerning boundaries of the two Russellville precincts.

The second 1983 amendment deleted the reference to No. 1 following Russellville, deleted Russellville No. 2, and added Eadytown as a voting precinct. The second amendment also reidentified the boundaries set forth in paragraph three as Russellville and Eadytown.

The first 1984 amendment changed the boundaries of the Russellville precinct, designated the paragraph setting forth those boundaries as "Russellville No. 1", and designated the following paragraph as "Russellville No. 2".

The second 1984 amendment redesignated the "Russellville No. 1" boundaries as "Russellville", redesignated the "Russellville No. 2" boundaries as "Eadytown", and added the paragraph indicating the voting places of the Russellville and Eadytown precincts.

The 1990 amendment revised this section.

The 1991 amendment, in subsection (A) added a new item (24); renumbered former (24) through (26), as (25) through (27); and deleted former item (27) "Wide Awake; Stratford High School."

The 1992 amendment in subsection (A), item (5), substituted "Cainhoy Fire Department" for "Cainhoy High School".

The 1993 amendment, in subsection (A) added precincts for Devon Forest, Howe Hall and Sangaree, and renumbered the remaining precincts accordingly, changed "Goose Creek No. 2" to "Goose Creek High School", and deleted mention of each precinct's polling place; in subsection (B) added "designated as document P-15-93-A"; and added subsection (C) pertaining to polling places.

The 1995 amendment redesignated the Sangaree and the Stratford precincts and changed the reference to the official map from "P-15-93-A" to "P-1595A".

The 2001 amendment rewrote subsection (A); in subsection (B), substituted "P-15-01" for "P-1595A"; and in subsections (B) and (C) substituted "Board of Elections and Voter Registration of Berkeley County" for "Berkeley County Board of Voter Registration".

The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), deleted the numbers preceding and the semi-colons following each precinct and substituted Daniel Island Nos. 1 and 2 for Daniel island, Devon Forest Nos. 1 and 2 for Devon Forest, and St. Stephen Nos. 1 and 2 for St. Stephen, and deleted Goose Creek No. 3; and, in subsection (B), substituted "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services", "P-15-08" for "P-15-01", and "copies provided to" for "certified copies of the official map provided by the State Election Commission and".

The 2010 amendment in subsection (A) added "Beverly Hills", "Howe Hall No. 1", "Howe Hall No. 2", "Liberty Hall", "Medway", "Whitesville No. 1", and "Whitesville No. 2", and deleted "Boulder Bluff No. 2", "Howe Hall", and "Whitesville-Berkeley"; and in subsection (B) changed the document number from P-15-08 to P-15-10.

The 2013 amendment substituted "Central" for "Boulder Bluff No. 1"; inserted "Daniel Island No. 3", "Daniel Island No. 4", "The Village", and "Yellow House; deleted "Absentee" following "Whitesville No. 2"; and substituted "P-15-13" for "P-15-10" in paragraph (B).

2014 Act No. 176, Section 1, in subsection (A), deleted "No." from before numbers, and added "Cane Bay", "Discovery", "Foxbank", "Hanahan 5", "Moultrie", "Old 52", "Royle", "Seventy Eight", "Stone Lake", "Stratford 5", and "Westview 4"; in subsection (B), substituted "P-15-14" for "P-15-13".

2015 Act No. 82, Section 1, in (A), substituted Foster Creek 1 through 3 for Foster Creek, deleted Goose Creek 1 and 2, and added Harbour Lake, Sedgefield 1 and 2, St. James, Tramway, and Weatherstone; and in (B), deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" following "with the", and substituted "P-15-15" for "P-15-14".

2017 Act No. 59, Section 1, in (A), substituted "Beverly Hill" for "Beverly Hills" and "Pimlico 1" for "Pimlico", added "Carnes Cross Road 3" and "Pimlico 2"; and in (B), substituted "P-15-17" for "P-15-15".