NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1075

HOUSE BILL 1508

AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES IN ARTICLE 20 OF CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES, RELATING TO ABSENTEE VOTING.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-227(1), as enacted by Section 1, Chapter 536, 1973 Session Laws, is amended by striking the words "Affidavit and" from the caption of the form of Application For Ballots By Voter Who Expects To Be Absent From County In Which Registered On Primary or General Election Day.

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-227(4), as enacted by Section 1, Chapter 536, 1973 Session Laws, is amended by rewriting the first paragraph thereof to read:

"(4)      Application forms issued by chairman of county board of elections. The chairman of the county board of elections shall be sole custodian of all absentee ballot application forms, but he, the secretary of the board or the executive secretary of the board, in accordance with one of the following two procedures, shall issue and deliver a single application form, upon request, to a person authorized to sign such an application under the provisions of this section:

(a)        The chairman, secretary or executive secretary may deliver the form to a voter personally or to his near relative at the office of the county board of elections for the voter's own use; or

(b)        The chairman, secretary or executive secretary may mail the form to a voter for his own use upon receipt of a written request from the voter or his near relative."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-227(4) is amended by changing the word "his" in the second sentence of the second paragraph thereof to "the board's".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 163-230(3)(b), as enacted by Section 1, Chapter 536, 1973 Session Laws, is amended by striking the words "in which his ballots are to be voted" from the first sentence thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the words "in which the voter is registered".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 163-233, as enacted by Section 1, Chapter 536, 1973 Session Laws, is amended by striking the letter "X" in the last paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the letter "A".

Sec. 6.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 1st day of April, 1974.