2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-465. Richland County voting precincts.
(A) In Richland County there are the following voting precincts:
Ward 1
Ward 2
Ward 3
Ward 4
Ward 5
Ward 6
Ward 7
Ward 8
Ward 9
Ward 10
Ward 11
Ward 12
Ward 13
Ward 14
Ward 15
Ward 16
Ward 17
Ward 18
Ward 19
Ward 20
Ward 21
Ward 22
Ward 23
Ward 24
Ward 25
Ward 26
Ward 29
Ward 30
Ward 31
Ward 32
Ward 33
Ward 34
Arcadia
Ardincaple
Ballentine 1
Ballentine 2
Barrier Free
Beatty Road
Bluff
Blythewood 1
Blythewood 2
Blythewood 3
Bookman
Brandon 1
Brandon 2
Briarwood
Bridge Creek
Caughman Road
College Place
Cooper
Dennyside
Dentsville
Dutch Fork 1
Dutch Fork 2
Dutch Fork 3
Dutch Fork 4
Eastover
Edgewood
Estates
Fairlawn
Fairwold
East Forest Acres
North Forest Acres
South Forest Acres
Friarsgate 1
Friarsgate 2
Old Friarsgate
Gadsden
Garners
Greenview
Gregg Park
Hampton
Harbison 1
Harbison 2
Hopkins 1
Hopkins 2
Horrell Hill
Hunting Creek
Keels 1
Keels 2
Keenan
Kelly Mill
Killian
Kingswood
Lake Carolina
Lincolnshire
Longcreek
Longleaf
Lykesland
Mallet Hill
Meadowfield
Meadowlake
McEntire
Midway
Mill Creek
Monticello
North Springs 1
North Springs 2
North Springs 3
Oak Pointe 1
Oak Pointe 2
Oak Pointe 3
Oakwood
Olympia
Parkridge 1
Parkridge 2
Parkway 1
Parkway 2
Parkway 3
Pennington 1
Pennington 2
Pine Grove
Pine Lakes 1
Pine Lakes 2
Pinewood
Polo Road
Pontiac 1
Pontiac 2
Rice Creek 1
Rice Creek 2
Ridge View 1
Ridge View 2
Ridgewood
Riverside
Riversprings 1
Riversprings 2
Riversprings 3
Riverwalk
Round Top
St. Andrews
Sandlapper
Satchelford
Skyland
South Beltline
Spring Hill
Spring Valley
Spring Valley West
Springville 1
Springville 2
Trenholm Road
Trinity
Valhalla
Valley State Park
Walden
Webber
Westminster
Whitewell
Wildewood
Woodfield
Woodlands
(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) are as shown on the official map prepared by and on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-79-15 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.
(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County subject to the approval of the majority of the Richland County Legislative Delegation.
(D) If the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County determines that a precinct contains no suitable location for a polling place, the board, upon approval by a majority of the county's legislative delegation, may locate the polling place inside the county and within five miles of the precinct's boundaries.
HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 20, Section 1, eff June 20, 1985; 1995 Act No. 127, Section 1, eff (became law without the Governor's signature on June 13, 1995); 1999 Act No. 35, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 2, 1999); 1999 Act No. 54, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 2, 1999); 2002 Act No. 186, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on) March 14, 2002; 2002 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 23, 2002); 2007 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff May 14, 2007; 2013 Act No. 93, Section 1, eff January 1, 2014; 2015 Act No. 84 (H.4142), Section 1, eff June 11, 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
1985 Act No. 20, Section 2, effective June 20, 1985, provides as follows:
"The Richland County Board of Voter Registration shall appropriately change voter registration to reflect the new precinct for any person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by virtue of the provisions of this act as provided by Section 7-7-720 of the 1976 Code."
Effect of Amendment
The 1995 amendment added the Gregg Park precinct.
The first 1999 amendment (by Act No. 35) divided the section in to subsections (A) and (B); in subsection (A), rewrote the list of voting precincts; in subsection (B), changed the official map to document P-7999; and made other minor changes.
The second 1999 amendment (by Act No. 54) made the same changes as Act 35.
The 2002 amendments to subsection (B), by both Act 186 and Act 221, substituted "P-7901" for "P-7999".
The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), added "Blythewood # 3", "Kelly Mill", "Lake Carolina", "Oak Point", "Parkridge", "Pine Grove", "Ridge View", "Round Top", "Sandlapper", "Spring Hill", and "Spring Valley West", and substituted "Dutch Fork #1" and "Dutch Fork #2" for "Dutch Fork", "Harbinson #1" and "Harbinson # 2" for "Harbinson", and "Parkway # 1" and "Parkway # 2" for "Parkway"; in subsection (B), substituted "Statistics" for "Statistical Services" in two places and "P-79-07" for "P-7901" and deleted "certified" preceding "copies" and "the State Election Commission and" preceding "the Richland County Board of Voter Registration"; and added subsection (C).
The 2013 amendment rewrote subsections (A), (B), and (C).
2015 Act No. 84, Section 1, in (B), deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" following "with the", substituted "P-79-15" for "P-79-13", and substituted "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" for "Office of Research and Statistics".
