2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-220. Designation of voting precincts in Dillon County; polling places.

(A) In Dillon County there are the following voting precincts: Bermuda; Carolina; East Dillon; South Dillon; West Dillon; Floydale; Fork; Gaddy's Mill; Hamer; Kemper; Lake View; Latta; Little Rock; Manning; Minturn; Mt. Calvary; New Holly; Oak Grove; Oakland; and Pleasant Hill.

(B) The precinct lines defining these precincts are as shown on maps filed with the clerk of court of the county and also on file with the State Election Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document P-33-17.

(C) Polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Dillon County with the approval of a majority of the Senators and a majority of the members of the House of Representatives representing Dillon County.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-170; 1952 Code Section 23-170; 1950 (46) 2414; 1960 (51) 1710; 1977 Act No. 226 Section 1; 2002 Act No. 180, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on February 27, 2002); 2017 Act No. 9 (H.3803), Section 1, eff April 5, 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. 226, Section 2, provides:

"The board of registration of Dillon 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 added the second paragraph of this section.

The 2002 amendment designated the subsections (A) and (B) and made nonsubstantive changes; and added subsection (C).

2017 Act No. 9, Section 1, in (B), substituted "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and designated as document P-33-17" for "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" and made nonsubstantive changes.