GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 1191
Committee Substitute Favorable 4/24/01

Short Title:	Canvass Show Under/Over Votes.	()	
Sponsors:	     	
Referred to:	     	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE ELECTRONIC VOTING SYSTEMS TO REPORT OVERVOTES AND UNDERVOTES. 

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:
"§ 163-165. Electronic voting systems to report undervotes and overvotes.
A voting system requiring the voter to vote a ballot that is inserted in an electronic counting device shall report, if possible, the number of ballots on which a voter voted for a lesser number of candidates than the voter was lawfully entitled to vote for an office and the number of ballots on which a voter voted for a greater number of candidates than the voter was lawfully entitled to vote. The canvass and abstract of votes shall summarize this information for each precinct and the entire county."
SECTION 2.  This act applies with respect to elections conducted on or after January 1, 2002.