GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1997

S	2 

SENATE BILL 553
State Government, Local Government, and Personnel Committee Substitute Adopted 4/17/97

Short Title:  Paper Ballots in Runoff.	(Public)

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March 27, 1997

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT ALLOWING COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO USE PAPER BALLOTS IN SECOND PRIMARY ELECTIONS WHERE VOTING SYSTEMS ARE USED IN THE FIRST PRIMARY ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 14 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 164-162.2.  Use of paper ballots in a second primary where voting systems are used in the first primary.
In counties in which voting machines are used in some or all precincts in a primary election, the county board of elections shall have authority to furnish in a second primary election paper ballots of each kind to precincts that used voting machines in the first primary election."
Section 2.  This act applies only to Catawba County.
Section 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law.