2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-520. Designation of voting precincts in Williamsburg County.
(A) In Williamsburg County there are the following voting precincts:
Black River
Bloomingvale
Cades
Cedar Swamp
Central
Earles
Greeleyville
Harmony
Hebron
Hemingway
Henry-Poplar Hill
Indiantown
Kingstree No. 1
Kingstree No. 2
Kingstree No. 3
Kingstree No. 4
Lane
Morrisville
Mount Vernon
Muddy Creek
Nesmith
Pergamos
Piney Forest
Salters
Sandy Bay
Singletary
Suttons
Trio.
(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Williamsburg County as provided and maintained by the Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-89-12.
(C) The polling places for the precincts provided in this section must be established by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Williamsburg County subject to the approval of a majority of the Williamsburg County Delegation, including the Senators.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-198; 1952 Code Section 23-198; 1950 (46) 2414; 1957 (50) 223; 1967 (55) 1151; 1977 Act No. 203 Section 1; 1978 Act No. 455, became law without signature of Governor; 1990 Act No. 525, Section 1, eff May 31, 1990; 2005 Act No. 130, Section 1, eff June 3, 2005; 2006 Act No. 240, Section 1, eff March 15, 2006; 2012 Act No. 160, Section 1, eff May 14, 2012.
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. 203, Section 2, provides:
"The board of registration of Williamsburg 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 added the second paragraph of this section.
The 1978 amendment combined Henry and Poplar Hill.
The 1990 amendment provides for the establishment of polling places.
The 2005 amendment, designated subsections (A) to (C); in subsection (A), substituted "Earles" for "Earls" and "Sandy Bay" for "Sandy Ray", added "Kingstree No. 4", and deleted "Ebenezer", "Lenuds", "Midway", "Oak Ridge", "Pergamos" and "Workman"; in subsection (B), deleted "above" preceding "precincts" and added "provided in subsection (A)", substituted "filed with the County Election Commission and County Registration Board" for "filed with the clerk of court of the county and also on file with the State Election Commission" and "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services" and added "designated as document P-89-05"; and, in subsection (C), deleted the second sentence relating to establishing certain polling places.
The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), deleted the Millwood precinct and added the Pergamos precinct; and, in subsection (B), substituted "P-89-06" for "P-89-05".
The 2012 amendment substituted "Division" for "Office" and substituted "P-89-12" for "P-89-06" in subsection (B).
