2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-501. Designation of voting precincts in Sumter County.

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

Bates

Birnie

Burns-Downs

Causeway Branch 1

Causeway Branch 2

Cherryvale

Crosswell

Dalzell 1

Dalzell 2

Delaine

Ebenezer 1

Ebenezer 2

Folsom Park

Furman

Green Swamp 1

Green Swamp 2

Hampton Park

Hillcrest

Horatio

Lemira

Loring

Magnolia-Harmony

Manchester Forest

Mayesville

Mayewood

McCray's Mill 1

McCray's Mill 2

Millwood

Morris College

Mulberry

Oakland Plantation 1

Oakland Plantation 2

Oswego

Palmetto Park

Pinewood

Pocotaligo 1

Pocotaligo 2

Privateer

Rembert

Saint John

Saint Paul

Salem

Salterstown

Savage-Glover

Second Mill

Shaw

South Liberty

South Red Bay

Spectrum

Stone Hill

Sumter High 1

Sumter High 2

Sunset

Swan Lake

Thomas Sumter

Turkey Creek

Wilder

Wilson Hall.

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided for 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-85-09 and as shown on copies provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Sumter 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 Sumter County subject to the approval of a majority of the Sumter County Legislative Delegation.

HISTORY: 1983 Act No. 137, Section 1; 1984 Act No. 348, eff January 1, 1985; 1985 Act No. 135, eff June 6, 1985; 1986 Act No. 315 Section 2, eff February 20, 1986; 1988 Act No. 608, Section 1, eff January 1, 1989; 1993 Act No. 108, Section 1, eff June 11, 1993; 2002 Act No. 168, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on February 12, 2002); 2007 Act No. 62, Section 1, eff June 8, 2007; 2010 Act No. 128, Section 1, eff February 24, 2010.

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

1988 Act No. 608, Section 2, provides as follows:

"SECTION 2. The official map dated February 23, 1988, shows revised boundaries for the Manchester Forest and Pinewood Precincts."

Effect of Amendment

The 1985 amendment substantially revised the second paragraph.

The 1986 amendment added the paragraph relating to transfer of Sumter Elk's Club property to the Second Mill Precinct.

The 1988 amendment added "dated February 23, 1988" in the second paragraph.

The 1993 amendment rewrote this section, redesignating the voting precincts in Sumter County, deleting two paragraphs, and adding (B) and (C).

The 2002 amendment, in subsection (A), redesignated a number of the voting precincts; and, in subsection (B), substituted "Office" for "Division", "P-85-01" for "P-85-93", "Sumter County Registration and Elections Commission" for "Sumter County Board of Voter Registration", and "office" for "division".

The 2007 amendment, in subsection (A), substituted "Causeway Branch 1" and "Causeway Branch 2" for "Causeway Branch", "Ebenezer 1" and "Ebenezer 2" for "Ebenezer", and "Green Swamp 1" and "Green Swamp 2" for "Green Swamp"; in subsection (B), substituted "precincts provided for in subsection (A)" for "above precincts", "map prepared by and on" for "maps", "Office of Research and Statistics of the State Budget and Control Board" for "Office of Research and Statistical Services of the Budget and Control Board", and "P-85-07" for "P-85-01", and deleted "certified" preceding "copies" and "the State Election Commission and" preceding "The Sumter County".

The 2010 amendment in subsection (A) substituted "Dalzell 1" and "Dalzell 2" for "Dalzell" and in subsection (B) substituted "P-85-09" for "P-85-07".