GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	1 

SENATE BILL 1049

Short Title:  Campus Satellite Polling Places.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senator Kinnaird.

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Referred to:  Judiciary.

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April 21, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW SATELLITE POLLING PLACES TO SERVE CAMPUS HOUSING AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 163-130 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163-130.  Satellite voting places.
A county board of elections may, upon approval of a request submitted in writing to the State Board of Elections, establish a plan whereby elderly or disabled voters in a precinct, or residents of campus housing at an institution of higher education, may vote at designated sites within the precinct other than the regular voting place for that precinct.  The State Board of Elections shall approve a county board's proposed plan if:
(1)	All the satellite voting places to be used are listed in the county's written request;
(2)	The plan will in the State Board's judgment overcome a barrier to voting by the elderly, the disabled, or those residing in campus housing;
(3)	Adequate security against fraud is provided for; and
(4)	The plan does not unfairly favor or disfavor voters with regard to race or party affiliation."
Section 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.