2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-290. Designation of voting precincts in Greenwood County.
(A) In Greenwood County there are the following voting precincts:
Angel Oaks Crossing
Graham's Glen
Greenwood No. 1
Greenwood No. 2
Greenwood No. 3
Greenwood No. 4
Greenwood No. 5
Greenwood No. 6
Greenwood No. 7
Greenwood No. 8
Glendale
Harris
Laco
Ninety Six
Ninety Six Mill
Ware Shoals
Hodges
Cokesbury
Coronaca
Greenwood High
Georgetown
Sandridge
Callison
Bradley
Troy
Epworth
Verdery
New Market
Emerald
Airport
Emerald High
Civic Center
Riley
Shoals Junction
Greenwood Mill
Stonewood
Mimosa Crest
Lower Lake
Pinecrest
Maxwellton Pike
New Castle
Rutherford Shoals
Liberty
Biltmore Pines
Marshall Oaks
Sparrows Grace
Mountain Laurel
Allie's Crossing
Gideon's Way
Parson's Mill
(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map designated as document P-47-17 on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenwood County. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly.
(C) The Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Greenwood County shall designate the polling places of each precinct.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-177; 1952 Code Section 23-177; 1950 (46) 2414; 1955 (49) 663; 1958 (50) 1947; 1961 (52) 36; 1964 (53) 2210; 1965 (54) 25; 1966 (54) 2736; 1967 (55) 1153; 1973 (58) 311; 1977 Act No. 240 Section 1; 1978 Act No. 642 Section 1, became law without the signature of the Governor; 1979 Act No. 81 Section 1, eff June 4, 1979; 1992 Act No. 346, Section 1, eff May 4, 1992; 1995 Act No. 131, Section 1, eff (became law without the Governor's signature on June 13, 1995); 1997 Act No. 115, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 15, 1997); 2000 Act No. 309, Section 1, eff May 30, 2000; 2005 Act No. 70, Section 1, eff May 23, 2005; 2007 Act No. 22, Section 1, eff May 14, 2007; 2009 Act No. 21, Section 1, eff May 19, 2009; 2013 Act No. 89, Section 1, eff June 13, 2013; 2014 Act No. 142 (S.989), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2017 Act No. 85 (H.4204), Section 1, eff May 19, 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.
Effect of Amendment
The 1977 amendment deleted the descriptions of the individual precincts as they appear in the parent volume, and added the second paragraph as it appears in this supplement.
The 1978 amendment defined the boundaries of the voting precincts in Greenwood County and rewrote the last sentence.
The 1979 amendment added precincts 32 and 33.
The 1992 amendment respecified the voting precincts.
The 1995 amendment added Greenwood No. 7 and No. 8, Greenwood High, Georgetown, Sandridge, Airport, Emerald High, Civic Center precincts; deleted Cambridge, Oak Grove, Kirksey's, Phoenix, Greenwood Mill, Blakedale and Fairground precincts, and revised the date of the official map on which the lines of the precincts are delineated.
The 1997 amendment, in subsection (A), inserted precinct 9 and renumbered former precincts 9 through 32 as precincts 10 through 33; and, in subsection (B), substituted "May 20, 1997" for "May 16, 1995".
The 2000 amendment, in subsection (A), renumbered Greenwood Mill from "9" to "33" and renumbered Glendale through Shoals Junction from "10" through "33" to "9" through "32" and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-4700" for "dated May 20, 1997".
The 2005 amendment, in subsection (a), added precincts 34 to 38 and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-47-05" for "P-4700" and "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services" and deleted "certified" preceding "copies" and "State Election Commission and the" preceding "Greenwood".
The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), added precincts 39 to 41; and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-47-07" for "P-47-05".
The 2009 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "35-Mimosa Crest" for "35-Merrywood", "40-Rutherford Shoals" for "40-Rutherford Ford" and added "42-Biltmore Pines", "43-Marshall Oaks", and "44-Sparrows Grace"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-47-09" for "P-47-07".
The 2013 amendment deleted designations 1 to 44 preceding the names of the voting precincts in paragraph (A); added "Mountain Laurel", "Allie's Crossing", "Gideon's Way", and "Parson's Mill" in paragraph (A); and substituted "P-47-13" for "P-47-09" in paragraph (B).
2014 Act No. 142, Section 1, in subsection (B), substituted "P-47-14" for "P-47-13".
2017 Act No. 85, Section 1, in (A), inserted "Angel Oaks Crossing" and "Graham's Glen"; and in (B), inserted "in subsection (A)", and substituted "designated as document P-47-17 on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "P-47-14 on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".
