2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-480. Designation of voting precincts in Saluda County.

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

Centennial

Clyde

Delmar

Fruit Hill

Higgins/Zoar

Holly

Hollywood

Holstons

Mayson

Mt. Willing

Pleasant Cross

Pleasant Grove

Richland

Ridge Spring/Monetta

Saluda No. 1

Saluda No. 2

Sardis

Ward

(B) The precinct lines defining the above precincts are as shown on official maps on file with the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-81-17 and as shown on certified copies provided to the State Election Commission and the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Saluda County by the office.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-194; 1952 Code Section 23-194; 1950 (46) 2414; 1956 (49)1758; 1977 Act No. 172, Section 1; 1994 Act No. 320, Section 1, eff March 24, 1994; 1996 Act No. 286, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 7, 1996); 1996 Act No. 311, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 7, 1996); 2017 Act No. 73 (H.3667), 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.

Editor's Note

1977 Act No. 172, Section 2, provides:

"The board of registration of Saluda 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."

Effect of Amendment

The 1977 amendment substantially revised this section.

The 1994 amendment redesignated the precincts in Saluda County, and provided that the precinct lines defining the precincts are as shown on official maps on file with the division of research and Statistical Services of the Budget and Control Board designated as document P-81-94 and must be established by the Saluda County Election Commission, and added subsection (C).

The First 1996 amendment deleted the Denny precinct from subsection (A).

The Second 1996 effected the same change as the first 1996 amendment.

2017 Act No. 73, Section 1, in (B), deleted "Office of Research and Statistics of the" preceding "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office", and substituted "P-81-17" for "P-81-94".