2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-200. Designation of voting precincts in Colleton County.

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

Ashton-Lodge

Bells

Berea-Smoaks

Canadys

Cottageville

Edisto

Green Pond

Hendersonville

Horse Pen

Hudson Mill

Jacksonboro

Maple Cane

Mashawville

Peniel

Peeples

Petits

Rice Patch

Ritter

Round O

Ruffin

Sidneys

Sniders

Stokes

Walterboro No. 1

Walterboro No. 2

Walterboro No. 3

Walterboro No. 4

Walterboro No. 5

Walterboro No. 6

Williams

Edisto Beach

Wolfe Creek

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided for in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Colleton County Board of Voter Registration and Elections as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-29-15.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-168; 1952 Code Section 23-168; 1950 (46) 2414; 1962 (52) 1710; 1967 (55) 891; 1968 (55) 2391, 2550; 1975 (59) 153; 1977 Act No. 197 Section 1; 2005 Act No. 3, Section 1, eff November 4, 2004; 2012 Act No. 193, Section 1, eff June 7, 2012; 2015 Act No. 67 (H.4260), Section 1, eff June 8, 2015.

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. 197, Section 2, provides:

"The board of registration of Colleton 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 second through ninth paragraphs of this section appearing in the parent volume, and added the new second paragraph.

The 2005 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B) and added subsection (C); in subsection (A) in the introduction substituted "are" for "shall be" and in subsection (B) substituted "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services".

The 2012 amendment inserted "Walterboro No. 5"; rewrote subsection (B); and made other, nonsubstantive, changes.

2015 Act No. 67, Section 1, in (A), substituted "Ashton-Lodge" for "Ashton", "Berea-Smoaks" for "Berea (the boundaries of Berea precinct are hereby extended to include the area formerly included in Pine Grove precinct)", "Canadys" for "Canady's", "Hudson Mill" for "Hudson's Mill", "Peeples" for "Peoples", "Sidneys" for "Sidney", deleted "Lodge" and "Smoaks", and added "Walterboro No. 6"; rewrote (B); and in (C), substituted "Colleton County Board of Voter Registration and Elections" for "Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Colleton County".