GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 1046
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/23/01

Short Title:	Election Data by Precinct.	()	
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Referred to:	     	
April 10, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO IMPROVE THE ACCURACY AND UNDERSTANDABILITY OF PRECINCT DATA.  

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article 12A of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 163-132.5G. Voting data maintained by precinct.
To the extent that it can do so without compromising the secrecy of an individual's ballot, each county board of elections shall maintain voting data by precinct so that precinct returns for each item on the ballot shall include the votes cast by residents of the precinct who voted by absentee ballot, both mail and one-stop. The county board shall not be required to report absentee voting data by precinct until 60 days after the election. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules for the enforcement of this section with the goal that all voting data shall be reported by precinct by the 2006 election. Those rules shall provide for exemptions where the expense of compliance would place a financial hardship on a county."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.