NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 179

HOUSE BILL 358

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE 9 OF CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO SET A TIME CERTAIN FOR PETITIONS FOR A NEW POLITICAL PARTY AND VERIFICATION THEREOF.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-96 is amended by rewriting the last paragraph therein in its entirety to read as follows:

"The group of petitioners shall submit the petitions to the Chairman of the County Board of Elections in the county in which the signatures were obtained no later than 5:00 p.m. on the fifteenth day preceding the date the petitions are due to be filed with the State Board of Elections as provided in subsection (a)(2) of this section. Provided the petitions are timely submitted, the Chairman of the County Board of Elections shall require a fee of five cents (5¢) for each signature appearing and shall proceed to examine and verify the signatures under the provisions of this subsection. Verification shall be completed within two weeks from the date such petitions are presented and the required fee received."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of April, 1975.