2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-30. Designation of voting precincts in Abbeville County.

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

Abbeville No. 1

Abbeville No. 2

Abbeville No. 3

Abbeville No. 4

Antreville

Broadmouth

Calhoun Falls

Cold Springs

Donalds

Due West

Hall's Store

Keowee

Lowndesville

Lebanon

Smithville

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts identified in subsection (A) are as shown on map document P-01-17 and filed with the clerk of court of the county and the State Election Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

(C) The polling places for the voting precincts in Abbeville County must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Abbeville County with the approval of a majority of the Abbeville County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-154; 1952 Code Section 23-154; 1950 (46) 2414; 1956 (49) 1797; 1977 Act No. 188 Section 1; 1989 Act No. 22, Section 1, eff March 12, 1989; 1993 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff April 23, 1993; 1995 Act No. 130, Section 1, eff (became law without the Governor's signature on June 13, 1995); 2017 Act No. 83 (H.4179), 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.

Editor's Note

1977 Act No. 188, Section 2, provides:

"SECTION 2. The board of registration of Abbeville 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 deleted "Abbeville Shops;" in the first paragraph of this section, and added the second paragraph.

The 1989 amendment deleted J. Claude Ashley's store as the polling place for Keowee Precinct, and provided for the designation of voting precincts in Abbeville County.

The 1993 amendment in subsection (C), replaced 24 specific polling places in Abbeville County with the provision that the polling places be determined by the Abbeville County election commission.

The 1995 amendment deleted Abbeville Mill, Calhoun Falls No. 2, Central, Hampton, Hillville, Level Land, Lowndesville No. 2, Mountain View, Rock Springs, and Watts precincts and designated the official precinct map as map document P-0195.

2017 Act No. 83, Section 1, in (A), added Smithville; in (B), substituted "identified in subsection (A)" for "above" and "P-01-17" for "P-0195", deleted "also on file with" preceding "the State Election Commission", and deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" preceding "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office"; and made nonsubstantive changes.