2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-320. Designation of voting precincts in Horry County.
(A) In Horry County there are the following voting precincts:
Adrian
Allsbrook
Atlantic Beach
Aynor
Bayboro-Gurley
Brooksville #1
Brooksville #2
Brownway
Burgess #1
Burgess #2
Burgess #3
Burgess #4
Carolina Bays
Carolina Forest #1
Carolina Forest #2
Cedar Grove
Cherry Grove #1
Cherry Grove #2
Coastal Carolina
Coastal Lane #1
Coastal Lane #2
Cool Springs
Crescent
Daisy
Deerfield
Dog Bluff
Dogwood
Dunes #1
Dunes #2
Dunes #3
East Conway
East Loris
Ebenezer
Emerald Forest #1
Emerald Forest #2
Emerald Forest #3
Enterprise
Forestbrook
Four Mile
Galivants Ferry
Garden City #1
Garden City #2
Garden City #3
Garden City #4
Glenns Bay
Green Sea
Hickory Grove
Hickory Hill
Homewood
Horry
Inland
Jackson Bluff
Jamestown
Jernigans X Roads
Jet Port #1
Jet Port #2
Jordanville
Joyner Swamp
Juniper Bay
Lake Park
Leon
Little River #1
Little River #2
Little River #3
Live Oak
Maple
Marlowe #1
Marlowe #2
Marlowe #3
Methodist-Mill Swamp
Mt. Olive
Mt. Vernon
Myrtle Trace
Myrtlewood #1
Myrtlewood #2
Myrtlewood #3
Nixons X Roads #1
Nixons X Roads #2
Nixons X Roads #3
North Conway #1
North Conway #2
Ocean Drive #1
Ocean Drive #2
Ocean Forest #1
Ocean Forest #2
Ocean Forest #3
Palmetto Bays
Pawley's Swamp
Pleasant View
Poplar Hill
Port Harrelson
Race Path #1
Race Path #2
Red Bluff
Red Hill #1
Red Hill #2
River Oaks
Salem
Sea Oats #1
Sea Oats #2
Sea Winds
Shell
Socastee #1
Socastee #2
Socastee #3
Socastee #4
Spring Branch
Surfside #1
Surfside #2
Surfside #3
Surfside #4
Sweet Home
Taylorsville
Tilly Swamp
Toddville
Wampee
West Conway
West Loris
White Oak
Wild Wing
Windy Hill #1
Windy Hill #2
(B) Precinct lines defining the precincts provided for in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Horry County as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-51-15A.
(C) Polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Horry County with the approval of a majority of the Horry County Legislative Delegation.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-179; 1952 Code Section 23-179; 1950 (46) 2414; 1954 (48) 1532; 1957 (50) 656; 1958 (50) 1669; 1960 (51) 1574, 1711; 1961 (52) 121; 1962 (52) 2279; 1966 (54) 2597; 1968 (55) 2676; 1977 Act No. 202 Section 1; 1978 Act No. 626; 1982 Act No. 443, eff June 8, 1982; 1985 Act No. 181, Section 1, eff June 21, 1985; 1987 Act No. 183 Section 1, eff June 30, 1987; 2000 Act No. 229, Section 1, eff February 25, 2000; 2002 Act No. 170, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on February 12, 2002); 2003 Act No. 66, Section 1, eff June 25, 2003; 2004 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff May 24, 2004; 2005 Act No. 126, Section 1, eff June 3, 2005; 2007 Act No. 64, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007; 2010 Act No. 129, Section 1, eff February 24, 2010; 2014 Act No. 137 (H.4468), Section 1, eff March 13, 2014; 2015 Act No. 38 (H.3840), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015.
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. 202, Section 2, provides:
"The board of registration of Horry 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."
1985 Act No. 181, Section 2, eff June 21, 1985, provides as follows:
"Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the boundary between White Oak voting precinct and Bayboro voting precinct in Horry County is as follows: S.C.L. Railroad tracks at portion between Bug Swamp and County Road 323."
Effect of Amendment
The 1977 amendment substituted the words "notwithstanding the provisions of Section 7-7-10, six voting precincts in the city of Myrtle Beach" for the words "three voting precincts in the city of Myrtle Beach" in the first paragraph of this section, and added the second paragraph.
The 1978 amendment added Garden City and Atlantic Beach as voting precincts.
The 1982 amendment added the last paragraph as to the White Oak Voting Precinct in Horry County.
The 1985 amendment made a grammatical change, added several precincts and deleted others, deleted provisions relating to precincts in Myrtle Beach to be determined by the Horry county board of registration.
The 1987 amendment added Garden City 4 precinct to Horry County voting precincts.
The 2000 amendment designated the first paragraph as subsection (A), reconfigured the districts as a list, and altered some of them, designated the second paragraph as subsection (B) and added "designated as document P-5199" and added subsection (C).
The 2002 amendment, in subsection (B), substituted "Office of Research and Statistical Services" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services", and "P-51-01" for "P-5199".
The 2003 amendment, in subsection (B), substituted "P-51-03" for "P-51-01".
The 2004 amendment, in subsection (B), substituted "P-51-04" for "P-51-03".
The 2005 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "Burgess 1" and "Burgess 2" for "Burgess", "Jet Port 1" and "Jet Port 2" for "Jet Port" and added "Little River 3", "Myrtle Trace", "Palmetto Bays" and "Socastee 4"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "County Election Commission and the Voter Registration Board" for "clerk of the court of the county and also on file with the State Election Commission" and "P-51-05" for "P-51-04"; and, in subsection (C), substituted "Election Commission" for "Board of Registration and Elections".
The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "Carolina Forest 1" and "Carolina Forest 2" for "Carolina Forest", "Cherry Grove 1" for "Cherry Grove Beach 1", "Cherry Grove 2" for "Cherry Grove Beach 2", "Crescent" for "Crescent Beach", "Emerald Forest 1", "Emerald Forest 2" and "Emerald Forest 3" for "Emerald Forest", "Surfside 1" for "Surfside Beach 1", "Surfside 2" for "Surfside Beach 2", "Surfside 3" for "Surfside Beach 3", "Surfside 4" for "Surfside Beach 4", and "Windy Hill 1" and "Windy Hill 2" for "Windy Hill"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "precincts provided for in subsection (A)" for "above precincts" and "P-51-07" for "P-51-05".
The 2010 amendment added "Burgess 3" and substituted "Marlowe 1" and "Marlowe 2" for "Marlowe" in subsection (A), and substituted "P-51-09" for "P-51-07" in subsection (C).
2014 Act No. 137, Section 1, in subsection (A), substituted "Bayboro-Gurley" for "Bayboro", added "Burgess #4", substituted "Forestbrook" for "Forest Brook", deleted "Gurley", deleted "Methodist Rehobeth", added "Marlowe #3", deleted "Mill Swamp", added "Methodist-Mill Swamp", and made nonsubstantive changes; in subsection (B), substituted "P-51-14" for "P-51-09".
2015 Act No. 38, Section 1, in (A), substituted Brooksville #1 & 2 for Brooksville, added Carolina Bays, deleted Floyds, substituted Jernigans X Roads for Jernigan's Cross Roads, substituted Nixons X Roads # 1, 2, and 3 for Nixon's Cross Roads # 1 and 2, deleted Norton, and added River Oaks; in (B), substituted "Precinct lines" for "The precinct lines", deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" before "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", and substituted "P-51-15A" for "P-51-14"; and in (C), substituted "Polling places" for "The polling places".
