Bill Text: NC S633 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

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Bill Title: No Voting By Those Adjudicated Incompetent

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-03 - Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate [S633 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2013-S633-Amended.html

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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SENATE BILL 633

 

 

Short Title:        No Voting By Those Adjudicated Incompetent.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Newton (Primary Sponsor);  Goolsby, Hise, Rabin, and Randleman.
Referred to:	Rules and Operations of the Senate.

April 4, 2013

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to amend the constitution of north carolina to provide for disqualification from voting of those adjudicated incompetent and who have not been restored to competency.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  Section 2 of Article VI of the Constitution of North Carolina is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(4)      Disqualification of person judged incompetent. – No person adjudicated to be incompetent, and who has not been restored to competency, shall be permitted to vote."

SECTION 2.  The amendment set out in Section 1 of this act shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the State at a statewide election to be conducted on November 4, 2014, which election shall be conducted under the laws then governing elections in the State. Ballots, voting systems, or both may be used in accordance with Chapter 163 of the General Statutes. The question to be used in the voting systems and ballots shall be:

"[ ] FOR           [ ] AGAINST

Constitutional amendment to provide that no person adjudicated to be incompetent, and who has not been restored to competency, shall be permitted to vote."

SECTION 3.  If a majority of votes cast on the question are in favor of the amendment set out in Section 1 of this act, the State Board of Elections shall certify the amendment to the Secretary of State. The Secretary of State shall enroll the amendment so certified among the permanent records of that office. The amendment set out in Section 1 of this act becomes effective upon certification and applies to takings after that date.

SECTION 4.  This act is effective when it becomes law.