2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-350. Designation of voting precincts in Lancaster County.

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

Antioch

Black Horse Run

Camp Creek

Carmel

Chesterfield Avenue

Douglas

Dwight

Elgin

Erwin Farm

Gold Hill

Gooch's Cross Road

Harrisburg

Heath Springs

Hyde Park

Jacksonham

Kershaw North

Kershaw South

Lake House

Lancaster East

Lancaster West

Lynwood Drive

Midway

Osceola

Pleasant Hill

Pleasant Valley

Possum Hollow

Rich Hill

River Road

Riverside

Shelley Mullis

Spring Hill

The Lodge

Unity

University

Van Wyck

(B) 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 Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-57-16.

(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lancaster County subject to approval by a majority of the Lancaster County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-182; 1952 Code Section 23-182; 1950 (46) 2414; 1954 (48) 1438; 1972 (57) 2143; 1977 Act No. 220 Section 1; 1978 Act No. 493, became law without signature of Governor; 1996 Act No. 440, Section 1, eff January 1, 1997; 2006 Act No. 369, Section 1, eff June 10, 2006; 2012 Act No. 156, Section 1, eff May 14, 2012; 2015 Act No. 40 (H.4106), Section 1, eff June 1, 2015; 2016 Act No. 176 (H.4705), Section 1, eff May 23, 2016.

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. 220, Section 2, provides:

"The board of registration of Lancaster 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."

2006 Act No. 369, Section 2, provides as follows:

"This act takes effect upon approval by the Governor and applies to elections conducted after July 15, 2006."

Effect of Amendment

The 1977 amendment substituted "Kershaw No. 1, Kershaw No. 2" for "Kershaw" in the first paragraph of this section, inserted "Three-C" in the same paragraph, and added the second paragraph.

The 1978 amendment added Kershaw Health Center as a voting precinct.

The 1996 amendment designated the first and second paragraphs as subsections (A) and (B), and added subsection (C); in subsection (A), in the introductory matter substituted "are" for "shall be"; in the table of voting precincts deleted "Charlesboro", "Dixie", "schoolhouse at" preceding "Erwin Farm", "Flat Creek", "Flint Ridge", "Fork Hill", "Kershaw Mill", "Kershaw No. 1", "Kershaw No. 2", "Kershaw Health Center E. Lancaster", "W. Lancaster", "Oak Ridge", "Primus", "Springs Mill No. 1", "Springs Mill No. 2", "Tabernacle", "Three-C", "Tradesville", "Union", and "Welsh's", substituted "Lynwood" for "Linwood", and inserted "Kershaw North", "Kershaw South", "Lancaster East", "Lancaster West", and "Spring Hill"; in subsection (B) inserted "designated as document P-5796" following "Control Board"; and made nonsubstantive changes.

The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), added "Belaire Number 2" and "Pleasant Valley Number 2"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-57-06" for "P-5796".

The 2012 amendment, in subsection (A), removed "Belaire" and inserted "Lake House"; in subsection (B), substituted "Division of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services" and substituted "P-57-12" for "P-57-06".

2015 Act No. 40, Section 1, in (A), deleted Belaire Number 2, Pleasant Valley Number 2, and Wylie Park, and added Black Horse Run, Gold Hill, Harrisburg, Osceola, Possum Hollow, River Road, Shelley Mullis, The Lodge, and University; and in (B), deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" before "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", and substituted "P-57-15" for "P-57-12".

2016 Act No. 176, Section 1, in (B), substituted "P-57-16" for "P-57-15".