2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-280. Designation of voting precincts in Greenville County.

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

Aiken

Altamont Forest

Asheton Lakes

Avon

Baker Creek

Belle Meade

Bells Crossing

Belmont

Berea

Boiling Springs

Botany Woods

Bridge Fork

Brookglenn

Canebrake

Carolina

Castle Rock

Chestnut Hills

Circle Creek

Clear Creek

Conestee

Darby Ridge

Del Norte

Devenger

Donaldson

Dove Tree

Dunklin

Eastside

Ebenezer

Edwards Forest

Enoree

Feaster

Fork Shoals

Fountain Inn 1

Fountain Inn 2

Fox Chase

Frohawk

Furman

Gowensville

Granite Creek

Graze Branch

Greenbriar

Greenville 1

Greenville 3

Greenville 4

Greenville 5

Greenville 6

Greenville 7

Greenville 8

Greenville 10

Greenville 14

Greenville 16

Greenville 17

Greenville 18

Greenville 19

Greenville 20

Greenville 21

Greenville 22

Greenville 23

Greenville 24

Greenville 25

Greenville 26

Greenville 27

Greenville 28

Greenville 29

Grove

Hillcrest

Holly Tree

Jennings Mill

Kilgore Farms

Lakeview

Laurel Ridge

Leawood

Locust Hill

Long Creek

Maple Creek

Maridell

Mauldin 1

Mauldin 2

Mauldin 3

Mauldin 4

Mauldin 5

Mauldin 6

Mauldin 7

Mission

Monaview

Moore Creek

Mountain Creek

Mountain View

Mt. Pleasant

Neely Farms

Northwood

Oakview

Oneal

Palmetto

Paris Mountain

Pebble Creek

Pelham Falls

Piedmont

Pineview

Poinsett

Raintree

Ranch Creek

Reedy Fork

Riverside

Riverwalk

Rock Hill

Rocky Creek

Rolling Green

Royal Oaks

Saluda

Sandy Flat

Sevier

Silverleaf

Simpsonville 1

Simpsonville 2

Simpsonville 3

Simpsonville 4

Simpsonville 5

Simpsonville 6

Skyland

Slater Marietta

Southside

Sparrows Point

Spring Forest

Standing Springs

Stonehaven

Stone Valley

Suber Mill

Sugar Creek

Sulphur Springs

Sycamore

Tanglewood

Taylors

Thornblade

Tigerville

Timberlake

Trade

Travelers Rest 1

Travelers Rest 2

Tubbs Mountain

Tyger River

Verdmont

Wade Hampton

Walnut Springs

Ware Place

Welcome

Wellington

Westcliffe

Westside

Woodmont

Woodruff Lakes.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenville County as provided and maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-45-09.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in subsection (A) must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenville County with the approval of a majority of the members of the Greenville County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-176; 1952 Code Section 23-176; 1950 (46) 2414; 1951 (47) 96; 1952 (47) 2124; 1953 (48) 451; 1956 (49) 1733, 1781; 1957 (50) 39, 214; 1961 (52) 659; 1962 (52) 1731, 2273; 1963 (53) 231; 1964 (53) 1732, 1792, 2419; 1965 (54) 132; 1966 (54) 2273, 2317, 2774, 2775, 3287; 1967 (55) 531; 1968 (55) 2535, 2819; 1969 (56) 295, 816; 1970 (56) 2065; 1971 (57) 534; 1972 (57) 3062; 1974 (58) 2194; 1976 Act No. 627 Section 1; 1977 Act No. 40 Section 1; 1977 Act No. 59 Section 1; 1977 Act No. 233; 1982 Act No. 298, eff March 5, 1982; 1983 Act No. 17, eff March 25, 1983; 1984 Act No. 495, eff June 27, 1984; 1985 Act No. 12, eff March 1, 1985; 1985 Act No. 71 Sections 1, 2, eff May 2, 1985; 1986 Act No. 339, eff March 7, 1986; 1988 Act No. 302, eff February 2, 1988; 1988 Act No. 403, eff March 21, 1988; 1988 Act No. 513, eff May 9, 1988; 1989 Act No. 4, Section 1, eff February 15, 1989; 1990 Act No. 343, Section 1, eff February 27, 1990; 1990 Act No. 371, Section 1, eff March 19, 1990; 1991 Act No. 45, Sections 1,2, eff April 29, 1991; 1991 Act No. 60, Sections 1,2, eff May 22, 1991; 1992 Act No. 262, Sections 1-5, eff February 18, 1992; 1992 Act No. 521, Section 5, eff June 23, 1992; 1993 Act No. 14, Section 1, eff March 18, 1993; 1995 Act No. 126, Section 1, eff (became law without the Governor's signature on June 13, 1995); 1998 Act No. 320, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 28, 1998); 2000 Act No. 271, Section 1, eff May 1, 2000; 2003 Act No. 74, Section 1, eff Jan. 1, 2004; 2006 Act No. 245, Section 1, eff March 15, 2006; 2009 Act No. 64, Section 1, eff June 2, 2009.

Code Commissioner's Note

1985 Act No. 71, Section 1, amended, inter alia, precinct 23, and, by direction of the Code Commissioner, a duplicate reference to "the Greenville City Limits, W. Butler Rd.," has been deleted. Duplicate language contained in section 2 of Act 71 amending precinct 124 referring to "the Greenville City Limits, W. Butler Rd.," has, likewise been deleted.

2000 Act No. 271, Section 2 directed the Code Commissioner to delete all references to specific polling places in Section 7-7-280 of the 1976 Code when the 2000 Cumulative Supplement to the Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, is printed.

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

1976 Act No. 627, Section 2, provides:

"The provisions of this act shall take effect after the selection of a local form of government pursuant to Section 14-3701 of the 1962 Code [Section 4-9-10 of the 1976 Code]."

1977 Act No. 40, Section 2, provides:

"The board of registration of Greenville 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 Section 1 of this act. Such certificate shall not be required to be signed by the named elector in the presence of anyone."

1977 Act No. 59, Section 2, provides:

"The Commissioners of Election for Greenville County may reissue registration certificates to the registered electors residing in each district which may be mailed to the electors and which shall be valid even though they are not signed in the presence of a member of the Commissioners of Election or authorized official or employee of the Commissioners of Election."

1980 Act No. 371, Section 1, provides as follows:

"Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-7-280, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, as amended, in Greenville County the voting place for Precinct No. 7 in the City of Greenville shall be the New West Greenville Recreation Center; the voting place for Precinct No. 8 in the City of Greenville shall be the West End Fire Station and the voting place for Precinct 70, Reedy Fork, shall be the Augusta Road Ruritan Building."

2009 Act No.64 Section 2 provides as follows:

"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and is effective for all elections conducted after December 31, 2009."

Effect of Amendment

The 1976 amendment substantially revised this section.

The first 1977 amendment substituted "Rt. 22 (State Park Rd.); on the south by unnamed creek, Paris Mountain State Park boundary, Altamont Rd.; and on the west by Poinsett Hwy., Travelers Rest city limits, U. S. 276" for"; on the south by Rt. 22 (State Park Rd.), Travelers Rest city limits and on the west by U. S. 276" in the description of Precinct 11, Travelers Rest No. 3, in former subsection (3) of this section substituted "on the north by Altamont Rd., Paris Mountain State Park boundary, unnamed creek, State Park Rd." for "on the north by Travelers Rest city limits, State Park Rd." in the description of Precinct 18, Paris Mountain, and changed the voting place for that precinct from "Clearview Baptist Church" to "Piedmont Park Fire Station" in the same subsection.

The second 1977 amendment substantially revised former subsection (1) of this section.

The third 1977 amendment substantially revised former subsection (2) of this section.

The 1982 amendment completely rewrote this section.

The 1983 amendment redefined the boundaries of precincts 15, 23, 53, 54, 76, 77, and 79; changed the polling places in precincts 24, 69, 81, 90, and 103; and changed the name of precinct 34 from Pleasant Hill to Skyland.

The 1984 amendment revised the polling place of precinct 52, Greer.

The first 1985 amendment changed the polling place for Precinct 75.

The second 1985 amendment redefined the boundaries of precincts 8, 15, 16, 18, 19, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 47, 62, 75, 76, 87, 89, 94, 99, 100, and 105; the amendment also added Precincts 123 and 124.

The 1986 amendment, in the paragraph beginning "Precinct 14 . . .", substituted "is Phillis Wheatley Center" for "shall be Nicholtown School".

The 1988 amendment by Act No. 302 changed the polling place in Precinct 97 (Pliney) from Pliney Grange Hall to Five Forks Baptist Church.

The 1988 amendment by Act No. 403 changed the polling places in precincts 11, 92, 113, and 117.

The 1988 amendment by Act No. 513 in the 81st paragraph, precinct 80, changed the polling place from Gantt Fire Station No. 2 to Church of the Redeemer, and made grammatical changes.

The 1989 amendment revised provisions relating to Precinct 92.

The 1990 amendment by Act No. 343 Section 1, revised Precinct 2, Greenville, by replacing "shall consist" with "consists" and "shall be Temple of Israel" with "is Head Start - SHARE Building".

The 1990 amendment by Act No. 371 Section 1, revised the provisions of Precinct 102 by substituting "consists" for "shall consist" in describing the boundary, and changed the polling place to Mauldin Fire Station No. 1 from the Springfield Recreation Center.

The 1991 amendment, by Act No. 45 Section 1, in precinct 6, replaced "shall consist" with "consist" and replaced "shall be the County Office Building." with "is the Downtown Baptist Church" and by Section 2, in precinct 117, replaced "South Greenville Fire District Office (old Burgess School)" with "Ellen Woodside School" as the polling place; and by Act No. 60 redefined the boundaries of precinct 56 and provided for a new polling place for it, and established a new precinct 56A, and its polling place.

The first 1992 amendment, by Act No. 262 Sections 1-5, changed the polling places for Precinct 30, Jennings Mill, Precinct 77, Chestnut Hills, Precinct 80, Paramount, Precinct 86, Wellington and Precinct 90, Devenger.

The second 1992 amendment, by Act No. 521 Section 5, revised all of the precincts and voting places of Greenville County.

The 1993 amendment revised this section, changing the polling places for Greenville 29, Mauldin 1, 2, and 6, Paramount, and Pleasant Grove.

The 1995 amendment added Adams Mill, Maple Creek, Suber Mill, Trade, Tryon, and Tyger River precincts, deleted Greer 1-Greer 4 and Monaghan precincts, and changed the location for Greenville 17, Ebenezer, Fountain Inn, Mauldin 1, and Simpsonville 3 precincts.

The 1998 amendment rewrote this section.

The 2000 amendment designated subsections (A) and (B) and added subsection (C), substituting, in subsection (B), "in subsection (A)" for "above" and adding "designated as document P-4592" at the end. See Code Commissioner's Note as to changes in the format of subsection (A).

The 2003 amendment, in subsection (A), in the introductory paragraph, deleted "and polling places" after "voting precincts" and rewrote the list of voting precincts; in subsection (B), substituted "P-45-03" for "P-4592"; and in subsection (C), deleted "Beginning January 1, 2001," before "The polling places".

The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), added "Circle Creek", "Mt. Pleasant", "Oakview", "Reedy Fork", "Stone Valley" and "Woodruff Lakes" and deleted "Cobblestone", "Garrison", "Orchard Farms", and "Spaulding Farms"; and, in subsection (B), deleted "and also on file with the State Election Commission" following "Voter Registration" and substituted "P-45-05" for "P-45-03".

The 2009 amendment, in subsection (A), added "Baker Creek", "Bridge Fork", "Castle Rock", "Fox Chase", "Graze Branch", "Granite Creek", "Holly Tree", "Kilgore Farms", "Locust Hill", "Moore Creek", "Ranch Creek", "Sparrows Point", "Travelers Rest 1", "Travelers Rest 2", and "Verdmont", and deleted "Gilder Creek", "Highland Creek", and "Travelers Rest"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-45-09" for "P-45-05".