Bill Text: NC H1239 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Restore Early Voting Period
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 37-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-05-28 - Ref To Com On Elections [H1239 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2013-H1239-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2013
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HOUSE BILL 1239
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Short Title: Restore Early Voting Period. |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives L. Hall, Cunningham, Pierce, and Harrison (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site. |
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Referred to: |
Elections. |
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May 28, 2014
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to restore the full early voting period.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 163‑227.2(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b) Not earlier than (i) the third Thursday
before the general election in even‑numbered years and the first primary
election in even‑numbered years or (ii) the second Thursday before an
any other primary or 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, 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. 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."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after September 1, 2014.
