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SC Code § 7-7-480 (2021)
2021 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.

 Section effective January 1, 2021. See, also, Section 7-7-480 effective until January 1, 2021.  (A) In Saluda County there are the following voting precincts:  Centennial  Fruit Hill  Higgins/Zoar  Holly  Hollywood  Holstons  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-81-20 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; 2020 Act No. 159 (H.5149), Section 1, eff January 1, 2021.  Effect of Amendment  2020 Act No. 159, Section 1, in (A), deleted "Clyde" and "Delmar" following "Centennial" and deleted "Mayson", "Mt. Willing", and "Pleasant Cross" following "Holstons"; and in (B), substituted "document P-81-20" for "document P-81-17".
SC Code § 7-7-501 (2021)
2021 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 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  Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, Section 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".
SC Code § 7-7-510 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-510. Designation of voting precincts in Union County.

 (A) In Union County there are the following voting precincts:  Adamsburg  Black Rock  Bonham  Buffalo, Box 1  Carlisle  Cross Keys  East Buffalo  Excelsior  Jonesville, Box 1  Jonesville, Box 2  Kelton  Lockhart  Monarch, Box 1  Monarch, Box 2  Putnam  Santuck  Union, Ward 1, Box 1  Union, Ward 1, Box 2  Union, Ward 2  Union, Ward 3  Union, Ward 4, Box 1  Union, Ward 4, Box 2  West Springs  (B) The precinct lines defining the precincts in subsection (A) are as shown on maps filed with the clerk of court of the county and also on file with the State Election Commission as provided and maintained by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-87-03.  (C) The polling places for the precincts listed in subsection (A) must be determined by the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Union County with the approval of a majority of the Union County Legislative Delegation.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-197; 1952 Code Section 23-197; 1950 (46) 2414; 1951 (47) 361; 1953 (48) 140; 1955 (49) 21; 1958 (50) 1551, 1595, 1873; 1961 (52) 87; 1968 (55) 2301; 1977 Act No. 168 Section 1; 1978 Act No. 581, became law without the signature of the Governor; 1985 Act No. 24, eff March 19, 1985; 1986 Act No. 406, eff May 12, 1986; 2000 Act No. 231, Section 1, eff February 25, 2000; 2003 Act No. 46, Section 1, eff June 2, 2003.  Code Commissioner's Note  Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, Section 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".
SC Code § 7-7-520 (2021)
2021 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 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  Pursuant to the directive to the Code Commissioner in 2018 Act No. 246, Section 10, "Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office" was substituted for all references to "Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office".
SC Code § 7-7-710 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-710. State Election Commission shall report certain precincts to General Assembly for alteration; alteration by county boards of voter registration and elections where General Assembly fails to act.

 The State Election Commission shall report the names of all polling precincts by county that have more than one thousand five hundred registered electors as of January first to the General Assembly not later than the fourth Tuesday of each odd-numbered year. If, by April first of the same year, the General Assembly has failed to alter the precincts so that no precinct shall have more than one thousand five hundred qualified electors the State Election Commission shall notify the respective county boards of voter registration and elections which shall make such alterations as necessary to conform all precincts to such limitations. Provided, that precincts isolated by water shall not be required to meet minimum requirements.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-221; 1971 (57) 398.
SC Code § 7-7-720 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-720. Notification to persons whose registration is transferred; removal from registration books of person whose notification is returned undelivered; restoration of name.

 (A) A person whose registration is transferred to another precinct by virtue of the provisions of this article must be notified by mail by the county board of voter registration and elections of the transfer.  (B) A person whose notification is returned to the county board of voter registration and elections as undeliverable must be reported by the board to the State Election Commission. The State Election Commission must place the elector in an inactive status on the master file and may remove this elector's name from inactive status upon compliance with the provisions of Section 7-5-330(F).  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-222; 1971 (57) 398; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 10, eff June 28, 1984; 1996 Act No. 466, Section 7, eff August 21, 1996.
SC Code § 7-7-730 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-730. Division of precincts having more than 750 electors.

 When a precinct has more than seven hundred fifty registered electors, the precinct list must be divided alphabetically so that no list contains more than seven hundred fifty electors and separate managers and facilities are provided within the polling place for each list of electors. Local registration boards dividing precincts alphabetically shall notify the State Election Commission of this division so that separate alphabetically arranged poll lists may be printed by the commission. Upon completion of the above, the provisions of Section 7-7-710 are considered to be complied with regardless of the number of electors in the precinct. Nothing in this section prevents the alteration of precincts pursuant to Section 7-7-710 where the General Assembly or local registration boards consider this alteration advisable.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-223; 1971 (57) 398; 1994 Act No. 304, Section 1, eff March 16, 1994.
SC Code § 7-7-920 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-920. Places where electors shall vote in municipal elections.

 In all municipal elections when the aldermen or councilmen are elected by wards, the electors shall vote at the voting place within their ward nearest their residences, and in all municipal elections when the aldermen, councilmen or other officials are elected by a vote at large within the municipality, the electors shall vote at the voting place in the precinct within which they reside which is nearest their residences.  In all municipal elections when the ward lines and the precinct lines coincide within the city limits of the municipality, electors shall vote at the nearest voting place within the ward or precinct.  In any city or town having not more than one polling precinct, established by ordinance, for municipal elections, all duly qualified electors shall be permitted to vote in municipal elections at such voting place if such electors are authorized to vote at any voting precinct within such city or town.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-211.1; 1952 Code Section 23-118; 1951 (47) 78, 229.
SC Code § 7-7-940 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-940. Procedure upon removal of elector from one precinct to another.

 In case of the moving of a registered elector from one precinct to another in the same county, the elector must notify the board of voter registration and elections of the county. The board must note the fact upon the proper book and give the elector a notification of the precinct into which he is moved.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-215; 1952 Code Section 23-215; 1950 (46) 2059; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 11, eff June 28, 1984.
SC Code § 7-7-950 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-950. Procedure when new precinct is established.

 When a new voting precinct is established by law, the county board of voter registration and elections must transfer from the books of registration the names of electors registered to vote in other voting precincts as should register and vote in the new voting precinct and shall notify electors of the change of polling precincts.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-216; 1952 Code Section 23-216; 1950 (46) 2059; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 12, eff June 28, 1984.
SC Code § 7-7-960 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-960. Procedure upon change of ward or precinct boundaries; effect of annexation of part of county to municipality divided into wards.

 (a) Any elector whose precinct or ward is changed by a change of ward or precinct boundaries must have notification mailed to him by the county board of voter registration and elections reflecting his new precinct or ward.  (b) Any area in the county annexed to a municipality which is divided into wards shall be made part of a ward to which it is contiguous by the county board of voter registration and elections. In the event the annexed area in a municipality divided into wards contains at least five hundred qualified electors the area annexed shall be made a separate ward which must be given a numerical designation. As soon as practicable following annexation, the board must mail all registered electors of record residing in the annexed area notification designating the number of the ward, if appropriate, and precinct to which they have been assigned.  (c) The envelope in which notifications mailed out in conjunction with the provisions of subsections (a) and (b) must have printed on the front "DO NOT FORWARD". All electors whose precinct or ward is changed by boundary changes must be added to the records of the precinct or ward to which they are assigned and deleted from those of the precinct or ward to which they were formerly assigned.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-193.2; 1975 (59) 635; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 13, eff June 28, 1984.
SC Code § 7-7-970 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-970. Change of location of voting place or name of precinct.

 When one voting place has been changed to another in the same township or polling precinct, or when the name of the voting place has been changed since the last general election, the registration of electors for the former voting place shall be valid and effectual for the new voting place.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-217; 1952 Code Section 23-217; 1950 (46) 2059.
SC Code § 7-7-980 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-980. Registration of officers and their spouses temporarily residing at capital or county seat.

 Federal, state and county officers and their spouses temporarily residing at or near the capital or county seat may register and vote in their former home precincts if they so desire.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-218; 1952 Code Section 23-218; 1950 (46) 2059; 1968 (55) 2693.
SC Code § 7-7-990 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-990. Barrier-free polling places for physically handicapped electors; criteria and procedures for use.

 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the county board of voter registration and elections in each county of the state is encouraged to make every polling place barrier free and shall provide at least one polling place, free of architectural barriers, which shall be known as the Countywide Barrier-Free Voting Precinct, for use by physically handicapped electors of the county. Such polling place may be within any existing polling place that now is barrier-free or that is made barrier-free. Any physically handicapped elector, regardless of his place of residence in the county, may vote in this polling place if he meets the following criteria:  (1) Elector either cannot ambulate without the aid of a wheelchair, leg braces, crutches or a walker, or elector suffers from a lung disease to such an extent that he is unable to walk without the aid of a respirator.  (2) Elector has applied in writing to and obtained from the county board of voter registration and elections thirty days before the election a voting registration transfer authorizing the elector to vote at the county barrier-free polling place. An elector whose physical handicap, as defined in item (1) of this subsection, is permanent, as certified by a licensed physician, is not required to register once he has done so initially under the provisions of this item.  B. For every election the State Election Commission shall furnish to the proper county or party officials a separate roster of those handicapped electors registered to vote at the barrier-free polling place, and the county election officials shall ensure that election managers are designated to staff the barrier-free polling place. Such roster shall also contain appropriate precinct and district references for each voter when practical and reasonable.  C. The county board of voter registration and elections shall be authorized to use paper ballots in lieu of voting machines in the Countywide Barrier-Free Voting Precinct in those counties where voting machines are used.  D. When the Countywide Barrier-Free Voting Precinct in the respective counties closes, the votes of the Countywide Barrier-Free Voting Precinct shall be tabulated and reported as a separate precinct when other ballots of the county are counted on election day.  E. The provisions of this section shall only apply to elections conducted by the county board of voter registration and elections or county executive committee of a political party and are in lieu of voting by absentee ballot.  HISTORY: 1982 Act No. 363, eff May 11, 1982; 1992 Act No. 494, Section 1, eff July 1, 1992.
SC Code § 7-7-1000 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 7 - Polling Precincts And Voting Places|Section 7-7-1000. Pooling precincts in municipal elections.

 For purposes of municipal elections only, a municipality may pool one or more precincts with other precincts and have one voting place for all of these pooled precincts upon the following conditions:  (1) Any precinct which contains five hundred or more registered voters within the municipality must have its own voting place.  (2) The total number of registered voters within the municipality in each group of pooled precincts cannot exceed one thousand five hundred.  (3) The voting place of any precinct pooled with others cannot be more than three miles from the nearest part of any pooled precinct.  (4) The notice requirements of Section 7-7-15 must be complied with and in addition to this requirement, the location of voting places for all precincts including those pooled must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality on the day of the election. If the newspaper is not published daily, then on the date of publication nearest and prior to the date of election.  (5) Whenever precincts are pooled in a municipal election, the voter registration lists, poll lists, and ballots for each precinct represented must be used by the managers of election. Results of the election must also be reported and certified by individual precinct.  HISTORY: 1998 Act No. 412, Section 8, eff June 9, 1998.
SC Code § 7-9-20 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Party Organization|Section 7-9-20. Qualifications for party membership and voting in primary election.

 The qualifications for membership in a certified party and for voting at a party primary election include the following: the applicant for membership, or voter, must be at least eighteen years of age or become so before the succeeding general election, and must be a registered elector and a citizen of the United States and of this State. A person may not vote in a primary unless he is a registered elector. The state convention of any political party, organization, or association in this State may add by party rules to the qualifications for membership in the party, organization, or association and for voting at the primary elections if the qualifications do not conflict with the provisions of this section or with the Constitution and laws of this State or of the United States.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-253; 1952 Code Section 23-253; 1950 (46) 2059; 1970 (56) 1899; 1974 (58) 2866; 1984 Act No. 510, Section 14, eff June 28, 1984; 2010 Act No. 245, Section 3, eff June 2, 2010.
SC Code § 7-9-70 (2021)
2021 South Carolina Code of Laws|Title 7 - Elections|Chapter 9 - Party Organization|Section 7-9-70. County conventions; notice, time.

 A county convention must be held during a twelve-month period ending March thirty-first of each general election year during a month determined by the state committee as provided in Section 7-9-100. The county committee shall set the date, time, and location during the month designated by the state committee for the county convention to be held. The date set by the county committee for the county convention must be at least two weeks before the state convention. When a month in a nongeneral election year is chosen for the county convention, it must be held for the purpose of reorganization only. The date, time, and location that the county convention must be reconvened during the general election year to nominate candidates for public office to be filled in the general election must be set by county committee. Notices, both for the convention to be held for reorganization and for the reconvened convention to nominate candidates, must be published by the county committee, once a week for two consecutive weeks, not more than three nor less than two weeks, before the day in a newspaper having general circulation in the county.  HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 23-259; 1952 Code Section 23-259; 1950 (46) 2059; 1954 (48) 1447; 1964 (53) 1831; 1968 (55) 2349; 1974 (58) 2866; 1976 Act No. 479 Section 1; 1977 Act No. 133 Section 1; 1979 Act No. 173 Section 1, eff July 25, 1979; 1986 Act No. 327, Section 2, eff February 20, 1986; 2010 Act No. 245, Section 4, eff June 2, 2010.