2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-190. Designation of voting precincts in Clarendon County.

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

Alcolu;

Barrineau;

Barrows Mill;

Bloomville;

Calvary;

Davis Station;

Harmony;

Hicks;

Home Branch;

Jordan;

Manning No. 1;

Manning No. 2;

Manning No. 3;

Manning No. 4;

Manning No. 5;

New Zion;

Oakdale;

Paxville;

Panola;

Sardinia-Gable;

Summerton No. 1;

Summerton No. 2;

Summerton No. 3;

Turbeville; and

Wilson-Foreston.

(B) The polling places for the above precincts must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Clarendon County with the approval of a majority of the Clarendon County Legislative Delegation.

(C) The precinct lines defining the precincts as 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-27-17.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-167; 1952 Code Section 23-167; 1950 (46) 2414; 1958 (50) 1899; 1966 (54) 2039; 1967 (55) 1093; 1968 (55) 2303, 3096; 1977 Act No. 238 Section 1; 1991 Act No. 1, Section 1, eff February 20, 1991; 1992 Act No. 419, Section 1, eff June 1, 1992; 1993 Act No. 118 Section 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1996 Act No. 266, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 2, 1996); 2008 Act No. 254, Section 1, eff June 4, 2008; 2017 Act No. 84 (H.4183), 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. 238, Section 2, provides:

"SECTION 2. The board of registration of Clarendon 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 substantially revised this section.

The 1991 amendment added a voting place for the Panola Precinct.

The 1992 amendment substituted the second paragraph for one which read "The voting place for the Panola Precinct is the Mt. Pleasant Church."

The 1993 amendment rewrote the second paragraph, which formerly read: "The voting place for the Panola Precinct is the Mt. Pleasant Church. The voting place for the Calvary Precinct is the Panola-Rimini Fire Station. The voting place for the Harmony Precinct is the Pleasant Grove School."

The 1996 amendment revised this section to designate subsections (A) through (C) and replaced "maps" with "map document P-2796".

The 2008 amendment rewrote subsection (C).

2017 Act No. 84, Section 1, in (C), deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" preceding "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", and substituted "P-27-17" for "P-27-08".