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

Ward 1

Ward 2

Ward 3

Ward 4

Ward 5

Ward 6

Ward 7

Ward 8

Ward 9

Ward 10

Ward 11

Ward 12

Ward 13

Ward 14

Ward 15

Ward 16

Ward 17

Ward 18

Ward 19

Ward 20

Ward 21

Ward 22

Ward 23

Ward 24

Ward 25

Ward 26

Ward 29

Ward 30

Ward 31

Ward 32

Ward 33

Ward 34

Arcadia

Ardincaple

Ballentine 1

Ballentine 2

Barrier Free

Beatty Road

Bluff

Blythewood 1

Blythewood 2

Blythewood 3

Bookman

Brandon 1

Brandon 2

Briarwood

Bridge Creek

Caughman Road

College Place

Cooper

Dennyside

Dentsville

Dutch Fork 1

Dutch Fork 2

Dutch Fork 3

Dutch Fork 4

Eastover

Edgewood

Estates

Fairlawn

Fairwold

East Forest Acres

North Forest Acres

South Forest Acres

Friarsgate 1

Friarsgate 2

Old Friarsgate

Gadsden

Garners

Greenview

Gregg Park

Hampton

Harbison 1

Harbison 2

Hopkins 1

Hopkins 2

Horrell Hill

Hunting Creek

Keels 1

Keels 2

Keenan

Kelly Mill

Killian

Kingswood

Lake Carolina

Lincolnshire

Longcreek

Longleaf

Lykesland

Mallet Hill

Meadowfield

Meadowlake

McEntire

Midway

Mill Creek

Monticello

North Springs 1

North Springs 2

North Springs 3

Oak Pointe 1

Oak Pointe 2

Oak Pointe 3

Oakwood

Olympia

Parkridge 1

Parkridge 2

Parkway 1

Parkway 2

Parkway 3

Pennington 1

Pennington 2

Pine Grove

Pine Lakes 1

Pine Lakes 2

Pinewood

Polo Road

Pontiac 1

Pontiac 2

Rice Creek 1

Rice Creek 2

Ridge View 1

Ridge View 2

Ridgewood

Riverside

Riversprings 1

Riversprings 2

Riversprings 3

Riverwalk

Round Top

St. Andrews

Sandlapper

Satchelford

Skyland

South Beltline

Spring Hill

Spring Valley

Spring Valley West

Springville 1

Springville 2

Trenholm Road

Trinity

Valhalla

Valley State Park

Walden

Webber

Westminster

Whitewell

Wildewood

Woodfield

Woodlands

(B) The precinct lines defining the precincts provided 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-79-15 and as shown on copies of the official map provided to the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County by the Revenue and Fiscal Affairs Office.

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

(D) If the Board of Voter Registration and Elections of Richland County determines that a precinct contains no suitable location for a polling place, the board, upon approval by a majority of the county's legislative delegation, may locate the polling place inside the county and within five miles of the precinct's boundaries.

HISTORY: 1985 Act No. 20, Section 1, eff June 20, 1985; 1995 Act No. 127, Section 1, eff (became law without the Governor's signature on June 13, 1995); 1999 Act No. 35, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 2, 1999); 1999 Act No. 54, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on June 2, 1999); 2002 Act No. 186, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on) March 14, 2002; 2002 Act No. 221, Section 1, eff upon approval (became law without the Governor's signature on April 23, 2002); 2007 Act No. 24, Section 1, eff May 14, 2007; 2013 Act No. 93, Section 1, eff January 1, 2014; 2015 Act No. 84 (H.4142), Section 1, eff June 11, 2015.