2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-140. Designation of voting precincts in Charleston County.
(A) In Charleston County there are the following precincts:
Awendaw
Charleston 1
Charleston 2
Charleston 3
Charleston 4
Charleston 5
Charleston 6
Charleston 7
Charleston 8
Charleston 9
Charleston 10
Charleston 11
Charleston 12
Charleston 13
Charleston 14
Charleston 15
Charleston 16
Charleston 17
Charleston 18
Charleston 19
Charleston 20
Charleston 21
Christ Church
Deer Park 1A
Deer Park 1B
Deer Park 2A
Deer Park 2B
Deer Park 2C
Deer Park 3
Edisto Island
Folly Beach 1
Folly Beach 2
Isle of Palms 1A
Isle of Palms 1B
Isle of Palms 1C
James Island 1A
James Island 1B
James Island 3
James Island 5A
James Island 5B
James Island 6
James Island 7
James Island 8A
James Island 8B
James Island 9
James Island 10
James Island 11
James Island 12
James Island 13
James Island 14
James Island 15
James Island 17
James Island 19
James Island 20
James Island 22
Johns Island 1A
Johns Island 1B
Johns Island 2
Johns Island 3A
Johns Island 3B
Johns Island 4
Kiawah Island
Ladson
Lincolnville
McClellanville
Mt.Pleasant 1
Mt.Pleasant 2
Mt.Pleasant 3
Mt.Pleasant 4
Mt.Pleasant 5
Mt.Pleasant 6
Mt.Pleasant 7
Mt.Pleasant 8
Mt.Pleasant 9
Mt.Pleasant 10
Mt.Pleasant 11
Mt.Pleasant 12
Mt.Pleasant 13
Mt.Pleasant 14
Mt.Pleasant 15
Mt.Pleasant 16
Mt.Pleasant 17
Mt.Pleasant 18
Mt.Pleasant 19
Mt.Pleasant 20
Mt.Pleasant 21
Mt.Pleasant 22
Mt.Pleasant 23
Mt.Pleasant 24
Mt.Pleasant 25
Mt.Pleasant 26
Mt.Pleasant 27
Mt.Pleasant 28
Mt.Pleasant 29
Mt.Pleasant 30
Mt.Pleasant 31
Mt.Pleasant 32
Mt.Pleasant 33
Mt.Pleasant 34
Mt.Pleasant 35
Mt.Pleasant 36
Mt.Pleasant 37
Mt.Pleasant 38
Mt.Pleasant 39
North Charleston 1
North Charleston 2
North Charleston 3
North Charleston 4
North Charleston 5
North Charleston 6
North Charleston 7
North Charleston 8
North Charleston 9
North Charleston 10
North Charleston 11
North Charleston 12
North Charleston 13
North Charleston 14
North Charleston 15
North Charleston 16
North Charleston 17
North Charleston 18
North Charleston 19
North Charleston 20
North Charleston 21
North Charleston 22
North Charleston 23
North Charleston 24
North Charleston 25
North Charleston 26
North Charleston 27
North Charleston 28
North Charleston 29
North Charleston 30
Seabrook
St.Andrews 1
St.Andrews 2
St.Andrews 3
St.Andrews 4
St.Andrews 5
St.Andrews 6
St.Andrews 7
St.Andrews 8
St.Andrews 9
St.Andrews 10
St.Andrews 11
St.Andrews 12
St.Andrews 13
St.Andrews 14
St.Andrews 15
St.Andrews 16
St.Andrews 17
St.Andrews 18
St.Andrews 19
St.Andrews 20
St.Andrews 21
St.Andrews 22
St.Andrews 23
St.Andrews 24
St.Andrews 25
St.Andrews 26
St.Andrews 27
St.Andrews 28
St.Andrews 29
St.Andrews 30
St.Andrews 31
St.Andrews 32
St.Andrews 33
St.Andrews 34
St.Andrews 35
St.Andrews 36
St.Andrews 37
St.Pauls 1
St.Pauls 2A
St.Pauls 2B
St.Pauls 3
St.Pauls 4
St.Pauls 5
St.Pauls 6
Sullivans Island
Wadmalaw Island 1
Wadmalaw Island 2.
(B) The precinct lines pursuant to subsection (A) defining the precincts in Charleston County are as shown on the official map of the United States Census Bureau designated as P-19-17 on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office. The Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office shall provide revised copies of maps of the above precincts defining precinct changes incorporated by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office pursuant to this section to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Charleston County.
(C) The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Charleston County shall designate the polling place in each precinct.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-163; 1952 Code Section 23-163; 1950 (46) 2414; 1957 (50) 122, 190, 370, 655; 1960 (51) 1542, 1967, 2038; 1961 (52) 237, 276; 1962 (52) 1892, 2303, 2304; 1963 (53) 316; 1967 (55) 926; 1968 (55) 2671; 1970 (56) 2317; 1973 (58) 738; 1978 Act No. 498 Section 1; 1979 Act No. 32 Sections 1-4; 1980 Act No. 314; 1980 Act No. 395 Section 1; 1982 Act No. 357, Section 1, eff May 10, 1982; 1984 Act No. 409, Sections 1-6, eff May 23, 1984; 1992 Act No. 260, Section 1, eff February 19, 1992; 1993 Act No. 106, Section 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1996 Act No. 268, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 2, 1996); 1997 Act No. 142, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 15, 1997); 1998 Act No. 278, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 8, 1998); 1999 Act No. 5, Section 1, eff February 19, 1999; 2000 Act No. 329, Section 1, eff June 6, 2000; 2006 Act No. 225, Section 1, eff February 3, 2006; 2007 Act No. 43, Section 1, eff June 1, 2007; 2017 Act No. 26 (H.3936), Section 1, eff May 9, 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.
Effect of Amendment
The 1978 amendment changed the location of the polling place for the Meggett Precinct.
The 1979 amendment divided the former Deer Park Precinct No. 1 into Deer Park Precinct No. 1 and North Charleston Precinct No. 13 and divided Garden-Kiawah Precinct into Garden-Kiawah Precinct and City of Charleston Precinct No. 28.
The first 1980 amendment deleted the former Garden-Kiawh Precinct, and incorporated the area formerly covered by that precinct into the St. Phillip's and St. Michael's Precinct.
The second 1980 amendment changed the name of the former Lambs Precinct to Goodwin Precinct.
The 1982 amendment completely rewrote this section.
The 1984 amendment redefined Christ Church Precinct No. 4, Ravenel Precinct No. 2, and John's Island Precinct No. 4, and created Christ Church Precinct No. 6, St. Andrews Precinct No. 15, and John's Island Precinct No. 5.
The 1992 amendment eliminated the descriptions of the voting precincts; revised the precincts; added subsection (b); and relettered former subsection (b) as (c).
The 1993 amendment, in subsection (a) divided Charleston precinct 3 into Charleston 3A and Charleston 3B, and divided Folly Beach precinct into Folly Beach 1 and Folly Beach 2; and in subsection (b) substituted "designated as P1993" for "dated September 1, 1991".
The 1996 amendment revised this section to revise the voting precincts in subsection (A) and to replace in subsection (B) "P1993" with "P-1996".
The 1997 amendment revised Folly Beach 2, James Island 1, and James Island 4 precincts; and, in subsection (B), substituted ". The Division of Research and Statistical Services shall provide revised certified copies of maps of the above precincts defining precinct changes incorporated pursuant to the act" for "and as shown on the certified copies provided".
The 1998 amendment revised the voting precincts in subsection (A) and replaced "P-1996" with "P-1998" in subsection (B).
The 1999 amendment revised the voting precincts in subsection (A) to reflect the renaming of Johns Island 5A as Kiawah Island and Johns Island 5B as Town of Seabrook.
The 2000 amendment, in the first sentence of subsection B, substituted "P-19-00" for "P-1998".
The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), revised the voting precincts; in subsection (B), substituted "P-19-05" for "P-19-00", "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services", and "Board of Elections and Voter Registration of Charleston County" for "State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration of the County" and, in the second sentence, deleted "certified" preceding "copies of maps"; and, in subsection (C), deleted ", from time to time," following "designate".
The 2007 amendment, in subsection (B), in the first sentence substituted "pursuant to subsection (A) defining" for "defining the above" and "P-19-07" for "P-19-05".
2017 Act No. 26, Section 1, in (B), in the first sentence, substituted "P-19-17" for "P-19-07", and deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" following "on file with", in the second sentence, substituted "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Office of Research and Statistics", inserted "by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", and deleted "by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" at the end.
