2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-230. Designation of voting precincts in Dorchester County.
(A) In Dorchester County there are the following voting precincts:
Archdale
Archdale 2
Ashborough East
Ashborough East 2
Ashborough West
Ashborough West 2
Ashley River
Bacons Bridge
Bacons Bridge 2
Beech Hill
Beech Hill 2
Brandymill
Brandymill 2
Briarwood
Briarwood 2
Briarwood 3
Butternut
Carolina
Central
Central 2
Clemson
Clemson 2
Clemson 3
Coastal
Coastal 2
Coastal 3
Coosaw
Coosaw 2
Coosaw 3
Cypress
Cypress 2
Delemars
Dorchester
Dorchester 2
Flowertown
Flowertown 2
Flowertown 3
Four Hole
German Town
Givhans
Givhans 2
Greenhurst
Greenwave
Grover
Harleyville
Indian Field
Indian Field 2
Irongate
Irongate 2
Irongate 3
King's Grant
King's Grant 2
Knightsville
Lincoln
Miles/Jamison
Newington
Newington 2
North Summerville
North Summerville 2
Oakbrook
Oakbrook 2
Patriot
Reevesville
Ridgeville
Ridgeville 2
Rosinville
Rosses
Saul Dam
Sawmill Branch
Spann
St. George No. 1
St. George No. 2
Stallsville
Tranquil
Tranquil 2
Tranquil 3
Trolley
Tupperway
Tupperway 2
Windsor
Windsor 2
(B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on maps filed with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-35-14 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Dorchester 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 Dorchester County.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-171; 1952 Code Section 23-171; 1950 (46) 2414; 1972 (57) 2124; 1973 (58) 229; 1977 Act No. 229 Section 1; 1982 Act No. 356, Section 1, eff May 10, 1982 [Repealed 1983 Act 119, Section 3, eff June 14, 1983]; 1983 Act 119, Section 1, eff June 14, 1983; 1984 Act No. 294, eff March 5, 1984; 1986 Act No. 536, Part IV, eff June 23, 1986; 1994 Act No. 422, Section 1, eff May 25, 1994; 1996 Act No. 238, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on March 5, 1996); 2004 Act No. 182, Section 1, eff July 1, 2004; 2008 Act No. 212, Section 1, eff January 1, 2009; 2014 Act No. 141 (S.957), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014.
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
1982 Act No. 356, Section 2, provides as follows:
"The board of registration of Dorchester 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."
1983 Act No. 119, Sections 2 and 3, effective June 14, provide as follows:
"Section 2. The board of registration of Dorchester 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. The certificate shall not be required to be signed by the named elector in the presence of anyone.
"Section 3. Act 356 of 1982 is repealed."
1984 Act No. 294, Section 2, eff March 5, 1984, provides as follows:
"The board of registration of Dorchester 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. The certificate is not required to be signed by the named elector in the presence of anyone."
Effect of Amendment
The 1977 amendment substantially revised this section.
The 1982 amendment substantially revised this section.
The 1983 amendment added "Indian Field; North Summerville; Spann; Tupperway; and Irongate" as voting precincts in the first undesignated paragraph.
The 1984 amendment rewrote this section.
The 1986 amendment changed the voting place for the Clemson voting precinct (item 16) from the Industrial Building, Highway 78, to the Dubose Middle School.
The 1994 amendment assigned a letter to each of the subsections of this section; in subsection (A) deleted "6. Grover No. 1" and "7. Grover No. 3" and inserted "6. Grover", and renumbered all the subsequently listed precincts accordingly; deleted the column in subsection (A) setting forth the voting place for each district and inserted, instead, subsection (C) providing that polling places must be established by the county Election Commission; and rewrote subsection (B) which formerly read: "The precinct lines defining the above 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 Division of Research and Statistical Services of the State Budget and Control Board."
The 1996 amendment, by Section 1, revised this section.
The 2004 amendment, in subsection (A), added new precinct names; in subsection (B), substituted "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services", "P-35-04" for "P-3596", "Dorchester County Board of Elections and Registration" for "Dorchester County Board of Voter Registration" and, at the end, "office" for "division"; and, in subsection (C), substituted "Dorchester County Board of Elections and Registration" for "Dorchester County Election Commission".
The 2008 amendment, in subsection (A), added "Archdale 2", "Ashborough East 2", "Ashborough West 2", "Beech Hill 2", "Brandymill 2", "Briarwood 2", "Briarwood 3", "Central 2", "Clemson 2", "Clemson 3", "Coastal 2", "Coosaw 2", "Dorchester 2", "Flowertown 2", "Givhans 2", "Indianfield 2", "Irongate 2", "Irongate 3", "King's Grant 2", "North Summerville 2", "Ridgeville 2", "Tranquil 2" and "Tupperway 2"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-35-08" for "P-35-04" and deleted "certified" preceding "copies" and "the State Election Commission and" preceding "Dorchester County".
2014 Act No. 141, Section 1, in subsection (A), added "Bacons Bridge 2", "Coastal 3", "Coosaw 3", "Cypress 2", "Flowertown 3", "Newington 2", "Oakbrook 2", "Tranquil 3", and "Windsor 2"; and in subsection (B), substituted "P-35-14" for "P-35-08".
