2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-380. Designation of voting precincts in Lexington County; determination of polling places by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lexington County.
(A) In Lexington County there are the following voting precincts:
Amicks Ferry
Barr Road 1
Barr Road 2
Batesburg
Beulah Church
Boiling Springs
Boiling Springs South
Bush River
Carolina Springs
Cayce No. 1
Cayce No. 2
Cayce No. 3
Cayce 2A
Cedar Crest
Chalk Hill
Challedon
Chapin
Coldstream
Congaree 1
Congaree 2
Cromer
Dreher Island
Dutchman Shores
Edenwood
Edmund 1
Edmund 2
Emmanuel Church
Fairview
Faith Church
Gardendale
Gaston 1
Gaston 2
Gilbert
Grenadier
Hollow Creek
Hook's Store
Irmo
Kitti Wake
Lake Murray 1
Lake Murray 2
Leaphart Road
Leesville
Lexington No. 1
Lexington No. 2
Lexington No. 3
Lexington No. 4
Lincreek
Mack-Edisto
Midway
Mims
Mt. Hebron
Mount Horeb
Murraywood
Oakwood
Old Barnwell Road
Old Lexington
Park Road 1
Park Road 2
Pelion 1
Pelion 2
Pilgrim Church
Pine Ridge 1
Pine Ridge 2
Pineview
Platt Springs 1
Platt Springs 2
Pond Branch
Providence Church
Quail Hollow
Quail Valley
Red Bank
Red Bank South 1
Red Bank South 2
Ridge Road
River Bluff
Round Hill
Saluda River
Sand Hill
Sandy Run
Seven Oaks
Sharpe's Hill
Springdale
Springdale South
St. Davids
St. Michael
Summit
Swansea 1
Swansea 2
West Columbia No. 1
West Columbia No. 2
West Columbia No. 3
West Columbia No. 4
Westover
White Knoll
Whitehall
Woodland Hills
(B) The polling places of the various voting precincts in Lexington County must be designated by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lexington County. The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-63-14 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Lexington County. The official map may not be changed except by act of the General Assembly.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-185; 1952 Code Section 23-185; 1950 (46) 2414, 2529; 1953 (48) 295; 1954 (48) 1563; 1955 (49) 292; 1958 (50) 1568; 1960 (51) 1527; 1970 (56) 1956; 1971 (57) 206, 1091; 1974 (58) 1957, 2805; 1984 Act No. 499, Sections 1, 2, & 4; 1985 Act No. 126, Section 1, eff May 31, 1985; 1989 Act No. 30, Section 1, eff March 31, 1989; 1993 Act No. 3, Section 1, eff February 22, 1993; 1993 Act No. 103, Section 1, eff June 11, 1993; 1995 Act No. 129, Section 1, eff (became law without the Governor's signature on June 13, 1995); 2002 Act No. 239, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on ) May 2, 2002; 2003 Act No. 41, Section 1, eff June 2, 2003; 2005 Act No. 129, Section 1, eff June 3, 2005; 2007 Act No. 37, Section 1, eff June 6, 2007; 2010 Act No. 138, Section 1, eff July 15, 2010; 2012 Act No. 254, Section 1, eff June 18, 2012; 2014 Act No. 125 (S.807), Section 1, eff March 4, 2014.
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
2010 Act No. 245, Section 7,provides as follows:
"Notwithstanding the effective date of Act 138 of 2010, the amendments to Section 7-7-380 contained in Act 138 of 2010 do not take effect until July 15, 2010."
Effect of Amendment
The 1984 amendment substantially reworded this section.
The 1985 amendment substantially reworded this section, and repealed 1984 Act No. 499.
The 1989 amendment replaced "Jamil Road" with "Grenadier".
The first 1993 amendment in the second paragraph, second sentence, added "dated May 28, 1992" following "official map".
The second 1993 amendment designated the subsections as (A) and (B); in subsection (A) added voting precincts Amicks Ferry, Bush River, Dutchman Shores, Pilgrim Church, and White Knoll; and in subsection (B) deleted from the second sentence "dated May 28, 1992" following "on the official map" and added "designated as document P-63-93".
The 1995 amendment added Barr Road, Beulah Church, Faith Church, Kitti Wake and Providence Church precincts; deleted Crapp's Store and Lakeside precincts; and changed the official map reference from "P-63-93" to "P-6395".
The 2002 amendment, in subsection (A), redesignated a number of voting precincts in Lexington County; and in subsection (B), substituted "Office" for "Division" and "P-63-02" for "P-6395".
The 2003 amendment, in subsection (A) deleted "Gaston" and inserted "Gaston 1" and "Gaston 2" in the list of voting precincts, and in subsection (B) substituted "P-63-03" for "P-63-02".
The 2005 amendment, in subsection (A), added "Bethany", "Cedar Crest", "Dreher Island", "Lincreek", "Mt. Hebron", "Oakwood", "Old Lexington", "Sand Hill" and "St. Davids", and substituted "Congaree 1" and "Congaree 2" for "Congaree", "Lake Murray 1" and "Lake Murray 2" for "Lake Murray", "Pelion 1" and "Pelion 2" for "Pelion" and "Swansea 1" and "Swansea 2" for "Swansea"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "Registration and Elections Commission for Lexington County" for "Lexington County Election Commission" in the first sentence and for "State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration of the county" in the second sentence, and "P-63-05" for "P-63-03", and deleted "certified" preceding "copies".
The 2007 amendment, in subsection (B), substituted "precincts in subsection (A)" for "above precincts", added "prepared by and" and substituted "P-63-07" for "P-63-05".
The 2010 amendment in subsection (A) substituted "Barr Road 1" and "Barr Road 2" for "Barr Road", substituted "Park Road 1" and "Park Road 2" for "Park Road", substituted "Pine Ridge 1" and "Pine Ridge 2" for "Pine Ridge", and substituted "Red Bank South 1" and "Red Bank South 2" for "Red Bank South"; and in subsection (B) substituted " P-63-10" for P-63-07".
The 2012 amendment, in subsection (A), removed "Bethany" and inserted "Edmund 1" and "Edmund 2"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "Division" for "Office", "P-63-12" for "P-63-10", and removed "by the Office of Research and Statistics".
2014 Act No. 125, Section 1, in subsection (A), added "Carolina Springs", "Platt Springs 1", "Platt Springs 2", and "River Bluff"; and in subsection (B), substituted "Office of Research" for "Division of Research", and substituted "P-63-14" for "P-63-12".
