2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-420. Designation of voting precincts in Newberry County.

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

Beth-Eden

Bush River

Chappells

Fairview

Hartford

Helena

Johnstone

Kinards-Jalapa

Little Mountain

Maybinton

Midway

Mt.Bethel-Garmany

Consolidated Number 5

Newberry Ward 1

Newberry Ward 2

Newberry Ward 3

Newberry Ward 4

Newberry Ward 5

Newberry Ward 6

Oakland

O'Neal

Peak

Pomaria

Prosperity

St.Phillips-Jolly Street

Silverstreet

Stoney Hill

Wheeland

Whitmire City

Whitmire Outside.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) in Newberry County are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-71-17 and as shown on copies of the official map provided by the office to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Newberry County.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-189; 1952 Code Section 23-189; 1950 (46) 2414; 1960 (51) 1580; 1987 Act No. 38 Section 1, eff April 13, 1987; 1991 Act No. 14, Section 1, eff April 4, 1991; 2002 Act No. 355, Section 1, eff July 19, 2002; 2005 Act No. 74, Section 1, eff May 23, 2005; 2017 Act No. 82 (H.4178), 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.

Effect of Amendment

The 1987 amendment revised voting precincts, and provided for maps of revised precinct boundaries and establishment of polling places.

The 1991 amendment, in the first paragraph, deleted Mt. Pleasant as a voting precinct and added Consolidated Number 5.

The 2002 amendment designated the subsections; in subsection (A), redesignated a number of voting precincts; in subsection (B), deleted "above" preceding "precincts", and inserted "provided in subsection (A)", "designated as document P-1-71-02", and "by the office", and substituted "Office" for "Division", and "Newberry County Registration and Election Commission" for "Newberry County board of Voter Registration by the division"; and in subsection (C), substituted "Newberry County Registration and Election Commission" for "Newberry County Election Commission".

The 2005 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "Newberry Ward 3" for , "Newberry Ward 3-1" and Newberry Ward 3-2" and, in subsection (B), substituted "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Office of Research and Statistical Services" and "P-71-05" for "P-71-02".

2017 Act No. 82, Section 1, in (B), deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" preceding "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", and substituted "P-71-17" for "P-71-05".