GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2011
H 1
HOUSE BILL 658
Short Title: Change Early Voting Period. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Jones, Stam, Collins, and Sager (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, see Bill Information on the NCGA Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Elections. |
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April 7, 2011
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to change the early voting period.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 163-227.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"§ 163-227.2. Alternate procedures for requesting application for absentee ballot; "one-stop" voting procedure in board office.
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(b) Not earlier
than the third second Thursday before an election, in which
absentee ballots are authorized, in which a voter seeks to vote and not later than
1:00 P.M. on the last Saturday before that election, the voter shall appear in
person only at the office of the county board of elections, except as provided
in subsection (g) of this section. A county board of elections shall conduct
one-stop voting on the last Saturday before the election until 1:00 P.M. and
may conduct it until 5:00 P.M. on that Saturday. That voter shall enter the
voting enclosure at the board office through the appropriate entrance and shall
at once state his or her name and place of residence to an authorized member or
employee of the board. In a primary election, the voter shall also state the
political party with which the voter affiliates and in whose primary the voter
desires to vote, or if the voter is an unaffiliated voter permitted to vote in
the primary of a particular party under G.S. 163-119, the voter shall
state the name of the authorizing political party in whose primary he wishes to
vote. The board member or employee to whom the voter gives this information shall
announce the name and residence of the voter in a distinct tone of voice. After
examining the registration records, an employee of the board shall state
whether the person seeking to vote is duly registered. If the voter is found to
be registered that voter may request that the authorized member or employee of
the board furnish the voter with an application form as specified in
G.S. 163-227. The voter shall complete the application in the presence of
the authorized member or employee of the board, and shall deliver the
application to that person.
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SECTION 2. This act applies with respect to elections held on or after January 1, 2012.