(a) Subject to subsection (b), when the use of voting machines at elections in the county has been, or shall hereafter be authorized, the county governing body of the county shall have the authority to designate a voting center or voting centers in the county. The order so designating voting centers shall state the location of the voting center and the boundaries of the territory in which electors shall reside to be entitled to vote at the voting center. A copy of this order shall be posted at the courthouse door of each county to which this article applies. The limitations prescribed by law as to the number of electors who may reside in a voting district shall not apply to a territory designated hereunder. All of the territory designated for a voting center shall be located in the same precinct; and the voting center designated therefor shall be located in the territory. The county governing body may by order abolish a voting territory and discontinue the voting center therein or may extend or restrict the boundaries of such voting territory and retain the voting center therein, or may subdivide such voting territory and designate an additional voting center therein.

(b) Except as herein expressly provided, in designating voting centers and the territory for which they were established, the county governing body shall be subject to all other laws applicable to the governing body of a county, regarding the change or establishment of the districts of a precinct including, but not limited to, Sections 17-5-1 through 17-5-13, as amended.