2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-40. Designation of voting precincts in Aiken County.

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

Aiken No. 1

Aiken No. 2

Aiken No. 3

Aiken No. 4

Aiken No. 5

Aiken No. 6

Aiken No. 47

Anderson Pond No. 69

Ascauga Lake

Ascauga Lake No. 84

Bath

Beech Island

Belvedere No. 9

Belvedere No. 44

Belvedere No. 62

Belvedere No. 74

Breezy Hill

Carolina Heights

Cedar Creek No. 64

China Springs

Clearwater

College Acres

Couchton

Eureka

Fox Creek No. 58

Fox Creek No. 73

Gem Lakes No. 60

Gem Lakes No. 77

Gloverville

Graniteville

Hammond

Hammond No. 81

New Holland

Hitchcock No. 66

Hollow Creek

Jackson

Langley

Levels No. 52

Levels No. 72

Levels No. 83

Lynwood

Midland Valley No. 51

Midland Valley No. 71

Millbrook

Misty Lakes

Monetta

Montmorenci No. 22

Montmorenci No. 78

New Ellenton

North Augusta No. 25

North Augusta No. 26

North Augusta No. 27

North Augusta No. 28

North Augusta No. 29

North Augusta No. 54

North Augusta No. 55

North Augusta No. 67

North Augusta No. 68

North Augusta No. 80

Oak Grove

Perry

Redds Branch

Salley

Sandstone No. 70

Sandstone No. 79

Shaws Fork

Shiloh

Silver Bluff

Six Points No. 35

Six Points No. 46

Sleepy Hollow No. 65

South Aiken No. 75

South Aiken No. 76

Tabernacle

Talatha

Pine Forest

Vaucluse

Wagener

Ward

Warrenville

White Pond

Willow Springs

Windsor

Windsor No. 82

(B) Precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) of this section are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-03-16 and as shown on certified copies of the official map provided by the office to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Aiken County.

(C) Polling places for the precincts provided in subsection (A) of this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Aiken County with the approval of a majority of the county legislative delegation.

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-155; 1952 Code Section 23-155; 1950 (46) 2414; 1954 (48) 1839; 1956 (49) 2070, 2099; 1957 (50) 578; 1967 (55) 401; 1968 (55) 2633; 1969 (56) 348; 1971 (57) 988, 2045; 1977 Act No. 236 Section 1; 1978 Act No. 637 Section 1, became law without signature of Governor; 1979 Act No. 138 Section 1, eff June 4, 1979; 1980 Act No. 510, eff June 11, 1980; 1994 Act No. 285, Section 1, eff March 1, 1994; 2000 Act No. 243, Sections 1 and 2, eff March 29, 2000; 2001 Act No. 87, Section 1, eff August 10, 2001; 2004 Act No. 212, Section 1, eff April 22, 2004; 2006 Act No. 247, Section 1, eff March 15, 2006; 2010 Act No. 136, Section 1, eff March 30, 2010; 2014 Act No. 130 (H.4475), Section 1, eff March 4, 2014; 2015 Act No. 13 (S.588), Section 1, eff May 7, 2015; 2016 Act No. 139 (S.937), Section 1, eff March 14, 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.

Effect of Amendment

The 1977 amendment substantially revised this section.

The 1978 amendment specified boundary lines for the voting precincts in Aiken County.

The 1979 amendment added the names of the voting precincts and changed the descriptions of precincts sixteen and forty one.

The 1980 amendment redefined the boundaries of precincts 16, 18, 19, 37, 46, 50 and 58.

The 1994 amendment redesignated and added new precincts in Aiken County.

The 2000 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "Pine Forest" for "Town Creek" and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-0300" for "P-0394".

The 2001 amendment revised the list of voting precincts in subsection (A); and changed "document P0300" to "document P-03-01" in subsection (B).

The 2004 amendment in subsection (B), substituted "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services", "P-03-04" for "P-03-01", and "provided by the office" for "provided by the division".

The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), deleted the numbers in parentheses preceding each voting precinct and substituted "Fox Creek 58" and Fox Creek 73" for "(23) Fox Creek"; and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-03-06" for "P-03-04".

The 2010 amendment in subsection (A) added "Belvedere #74", substituted "Montmorenci #22" for "Montmorenci" , and added "South Aiken #75" and "South Aiken #76"; and in subsection (B) substituted "P-03-10" for "P-03-06".

2014 Act No. 130, Section 1, in subsection (A), substituted "Gem Lakes No. 60" for "Gem Lakes", added "Gem Lakes No. 77", substituted "Levels No. 52" for "Levels", and made other nonsubstantive changes; and in subsection (B), substituted "P-03-14" for "P-03-10.

2015 Act No. 13, Section 1, in (a), added "Ascauga Lake No. 84", "Hammond No. 81", "Levels No. 83", "North Augusta No. 80", and "Windsor No. 82"; in (B), substituted "Precinct" for "The precinct", deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" before "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", and substituted "P-03-15" for "P-03-14"; and in (C), substituted "Polling" for "The polling".

2016 Act No. 139, Section 1, in (B), substituted "P-03-16" for "P-03-15".