2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-180. Designation of voting precincts in Chesterfield County.

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

Angelus-Catarrh

Bay Springs

Black Creek

Brocks Mill

Cash

Center Grove-Winzo

Cheraw No. 1

Cheraw No. 2

Cheraw No. 3

Cheraw No. 4

Courthouse

Dudley-Mangum

Grants Mill

Jefferson

Middendorf

Mt. Croghan

McBee

Ousleydale

Pageland No. 1

Pageland No. 2

Patrick

Pee Dee

Ruby

Shiloh

Snow Hill-Vaughn.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in Chesterfield County pursuant to subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-25-08 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Chesterfield County by the office.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-166; 1952 Code Section 23-166; 1950 (46) 2414; 1958 (50) 1978; 1960 (51) 1734; 1963 (53) 306; 1964 (53) 1799, 2063; 1977 Act No. 237 Section 1; 1989 Act No. 19, Section 1, eff March 12, 1989; 2008 Act No. 294, Section 1, eff January 1, 2009.

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. 237, Section 2, provides:

"The board of registration of Chesterfield 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."

Effect of Amendment

The 1977 amendment deleted the descriptions of Cheraw precincts Nos. 1, 2 and 3 as they appear in the parent volume, and added the second paragraph as it appears in this supplement.

The 1989 amendment combined the Center Grove and Winzo precincts into Center Grove-Winzo, and the Dudley and Mangum Precincts into the Dudley-Mangum precincts.

The 2008 amendment rewrote this section designating the subsections, updating the voting precincts in subsection (A) and agency and document references in subsection (B), and adding subsection (C) relating to establishing polling places for precincts.