2017 South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 7 - Elections
CHAPTER 7 - POLLING PRECINCTS AND VOTING PLACES
Section 7-7-80. Designation of voting precincts in Anderson County.

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

Appleton-Equinox

Barker's Creek-McAdams

Belton

Belton Annex

Bishop's Branch

Bowling Green

Broadview

Broadway

Brushy Creek

Cedar Grove

Center Rock

Centerville Station A

Centerville Station B

Chiquola Mill

Concrete

Cox's Creek

Craytonville

Denver-Sandy Springs

Edgewood Station A

Edgewood Station B

Five Forks

Flat Rock

Fork No. 1

Fork No. 2

Friendship

Glenview

Gluck Mill

Green Pond Station A

Grove School

Hall

Hammond School

Hammond Annex

High Point

Homeland Park

Honea Path

Hopewell

Hunt Meadows

Iva

Jackson Mill

LaFrance

Lakeside

Melton

Mount Tabor

Mountain Creek

Mt. Airy

Neal's Creek

North Pointe

Pelzer

Pendleton

Piedmont

Piercetown

Powdersville

Rock Mill

Rock Spring

Shirley's Store

Simpsonville

Starr

Three and Twenty

Toney Creek

Town Creek

Townville

Varennes

West Pelzer

West Savannah

White Plains

Williamston

Williamston Mill

Wright's School

Anderson 1/1

Anderson 1/2

Anderson 2/1

Anderson 2/2

Anderson 3/1

Anderson 3/2

Anderson 4/1

Anderson 4/2

Anderson 5/A

Anderson 5/B

Anderson 6/1

Anderson 6/2

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in Anderson County 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-07-14 and as shown on official copies furnished to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Anderson County.

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

HISTORY: 1962 Code Sections 23-157, 23-157.1; 1952 Code Section 23-157; 1950 (46) 2414; 1958 (50) 1715; 1964 (53) 2210; 1966 (54) 2066; 1967 (55) 1018; 1972 (57) 2349; 1977 Act No. 230 Section 1; 1978 Act No. 425 Section 1; 1978 Act No. 472 Section 1; 1982 Act No. 342, Sections 2-4, eff April 19, 1982; 1983 Act No. 69, Section 1, eff May 26, 1983; 1984 Act No. 296, eff March 1, 1984; 1986 Act No. 310 Section 1, eff February 4, 1986; 1988 Act No. 293, eff January 14, 1988; 1996 Act No. 309, Section 1, eff September 1, 1996; 1998 Act No. 288, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 8, 1998); 2000 Act No. 280, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 23, 2000); 2000 Act No. 291, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on May 23, 2000); 2004 Act No. 211, Section 1, eff April 22, 2004; 2006 Act No. 226, Section 1, eff February 3, 2006; 2008 Act No. 217, Section 1, eff May 13, 2008; 2012 Act No. 182, Section 1, eff May 25, 2012; 2014 Act No. 124 (S.689), Section 1, eff March 4, 2014.

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 1977 amendment inserted the next-to-last paragraph of this section.

The first 1978 amendment redefined voting precincts and voting places in the city of Anderson and provided that any person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by the changes in the definitions of precincts shall be mailed a duplicate registration certificate reflecting such changes.

The second 1978 amendment amended this section by striking "Belton Mill" in the paragraph which designates the voting precincts in Anderson County outside the city of Anderson. The second 1978 amendment made no reference to the first 1978 amendment.

The first 1978 amendment redefined voting precincts and voting places in the city of Anderson and provided that any person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by the changes in the definitions of precincts shall be mailed a duplicate registration certificate reflecting such changes.

The 1983 amendment deleted the descriptive names of the voting precincts, and the boundary descriptions from the text. It also amended Section 5 of 1982 Act 342 concerning submission of the proposed 1982 amendment to the United States Department of Justice.

The 1984 amendment inserted "March 1, 1984" in lieu of "October 1, 1983".

The 1986 amendment rewrote this section.

The 1988 amendment revised the voting precincts of Anderson County, and provided for the establishment of polling places.

The 1996 amendment designated subsections (A) through (C); in subsection (A), inserted "Station A, Green Pond Station B" after "Green Pond" and "Station A, Homeland Park Station B" after "Homeland Park"; in subsection (B), inserted "designated as document P-0796" after "State Budget and Control Board"; and deleted from subsection (C) the last paragraph of this section beginning with the language "Following the annexation to the City of Anderson".

The 1998 amendment redesignated certain precincts and substituted "P-0798" for "P-0796".

The first 2000 amendment (by Act No. 280), in subsection (B), substituted "P-0700" for "P-0798".

The second 2000 amendment (by Act No. 291) made the same change.

The 2004 amendment in subsection (A), changed the existing list of precincts from a paragraph to list format, inserted "Concrete A", "Hammond Annex", "Three and Twenty A", made nonsubstantive changes; in subsection (B), substituted "Office of Research and Statistics" for "Division of Research and Statistical Services", "P-07-04" for "P-0700", and "by the office" for "by the division".

The 2006 amendment, in subsection (A), added and revised certain voting precincts; in subsection (B), substituted "P-07-05" for "P-07-04" and "on official copies furnished to the Registration and Elections Commission for Anderson County by the office" for "certified copies of the official map provided to the State Election Commission and the Anderson County Board of Voter Registration by the office"; and, in subsection (C), substituted "Registration and Elections Commission for Anderson County" for "Anderson County Election Commission".

The 2008 amendment, in subsection (B), substituted "P-07-08" for "P-07-05".

The 2012 amendment inserted "Town Creek" in subsection (A); substituted "Division" for "Office", substituted "P-07-12" for "P-07-08", and made other, nonsubstantive, changes in subsection (B).

2014 Act No. 124, Section 1, in subsection (A), added "Belton Annex", "Glenview", and "North Pointe; and in subsection (B), substituted "Office of Research" for "Division of Research", and substituted "P-07-14" for "P-07-12".