2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-160. Designation of voting precincts in Cherokee County.

(A) In Cherokee County there are voting precincts as follows:

Allens

Alma Mill

Antioch and King's Creek

Ashworth

Blacksburg Ward No. 1

Blacksburg Ward No. 2

Draytonville

Ezells and Butler

Gaffney Ward No. 1

Gaffney Ward No. 2

Gaffney Ward No. 3

Gaffney Ward No. 4

Gaffney Ward No. 5

Gaffney Ward No. 6

Goucher and Thicketty

Grassy Pond

Holly Grove and Buffalo

Limestone Mill

Littlejohn's and Sarratt's

Macedonia

Morgan

Musgrove Mill

Ninety Nine and Cherokee Falls

Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Meadows

Timber Ridge

White Plains

Wilkinsville and Metcalf; and

Wood's.

(B) The polling places of the various voting precincts in Cherokee County must be designated by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Cherokee County. The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on the official map designated as P-21-12 on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Cherokee County by the Office of Research and Statistics. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-164; 1952 Code Section 23-164; 1950 (46) 2414; 1970 (56) 2446; 1975 (59) 161; 1987 Act No. 169 Section 1, eff June 8, 1987; 2002 Act No. 223, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 23, 2002); 2012 Act No. 130, Section 1, eff March 13, 2012.

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 1987 amendment revised the voting precincts in Cherokee county and provided that the polling places would be designated by the election commission.

The 2002 amendment designated the subsections; in subsection (A), redesignated a number of the voting precincts in Cherokee County; in subsection (B), in the second sentence, inserted "designated as P-21-02" following "official map", and substituted "Office" for "Division" in two places.

The 2012 amendment deleted "Blacksburg Ward No. 3", "Blacksburg Ward No. 4", "Central", and "Ravenna and Brown's Mill" in subsection (A), and rewrote subsection (B).