2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-210. Designation of voting precincts in Darlington County.
(A) In Darlington County there are the following voting precincts:
Antioch
Auburn
Bethel
Burnt Branch
Black Creek-Clyde
Darlington No. 1
Darlington No. 2
Darlington No. 3
Darlington No. 4
Darlington No. 5
Darlington No. 6
Dovesville
Hartsville No. 1
Hartsville No. 4
Hartsville No. 5
Hartsville No. 6
Hartsville No. 7
Hartsville No. 8
Hartsville No. 9
High Hill
Indian Branch
Kelleytown
Lake Swamp
Lamar No. 1
Lamar No. 2
Lydia
Mechanicsville
New Market
Oates
Palmetto
Society Hill
Swift Creek.
(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided for in subsection (A) are as shown on map document P-31-07 on file with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Darlington County as provided and maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Darlington County with the approval of a majority of the Darlington County Legislative Delegation to include the member or members from that district.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-169; 1952 Code Section 23-169; 1950 (46) 2414, 2529; 1951 (47) 309; 1955 (49) 240; 1967 (55) 632; 1968 (55) 2263; 1977 Act No. 204 Section 1; 1992 Act No. 464, Section 1, eff June 15, 1992; 1993 Act No. 109, Section 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1995 Act No. 13, Section 1, eff March 7, 1995; 1995 Act No. 78, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 13, 1995); 2004 Act No. 220, Section 1, eff April 29, 2004; 2007 Act No. 63, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007.
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. 204, Section 2, provides:
"SECTION 2. The board of registration of Darlington 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 substituted the words "Pineridge (formerly Black Creek)" for the words "Black Creek" in the first paragraph of this section, inserted "Hartsville No. 9" in the same paragraph, deleted the words "and the boundary between Lamar No. 1 and No. 2 is the old Darlington-Sumpter railroad right-of-way" in the same paragraph, substituted the words "Swift Creek; and High Point" for the words "and Swift Creek" in the same paragraph, and added the second paragraph.
The 1992 amendment revised the voting precincts.
The 1993 amendment revised the date on the map that defines the lines of the Darlington County voting precincts, from April 27, 1992, to May 15, 1993.
The first 1995 amendment, in the first undesignated paragraph, deleted the Philadelphia precinct and, in the second undesignated paragraph, substituted "P-3194" for "P-3193".
The second 1995 amendment deleted several precincts and parenthetical references, deleted the third undesignated paragraph, substituted "P-3195 for P-3194", designated paragraphs (A) and (B), and added paragraph (C).
The 2004 amendment, in subsection (B), substituted "P-31-04" for "P-3195", deleted "and filed with the Clerk of Court of the county and also" following "P-31-04" and substituted "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services".
The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), deleted "Hartsville Nos. 2 and 3 (combined)"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "precincts provided for in subsection (A)" for "above precincts", "P-31-07" for "P-31-04", and "Darlington County Board of Elections and Registration" for "State Election Commission".
