1. (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

2. (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 Office of Research and Statistics of the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office designated as document P-87-03.
3. (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

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. 168, Section 2, provides:

"The board of registration of Union 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 provisions relative to maps showing precinct lines.

The 1978 amendment deleted Coleraine, Jonesville No. 3 and Parham as voting precincts.

The 1985 amendment substantially revised the provisions of this section setting forth the voting precincts and their respective polling places.

The 1986 amendment changed the polling place for Precinct Number Thirteen from "Sis' Toning and Fitness" to "New Buffalo Elementary School" and changed the polling place for Precinct Number Twenty-Six from "Lockhart Methodist Church Annex" to "Lockhart First Baptist Church Christian Activities Building".

The 2000 amendment designated the first paragraph as subsection (A) and eliminated precinct numbers from the descriptions of the precincts, designated the second paragraph as subsection (B) and added subsection (C).

The 2003 amendment, in subsection (A) inserted "Lockhart" and deleted "Lockhart, Box 1", "Lockhart, Box 2", "Meadows", "Oakland", and "Ottaray", and in subsection (B) substituted "Office" for "Division" and "P-87-03" for "P-8786".