GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 1194
     

 
Short Title:	Election Board Closing Time.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Blue; and Adams.	
Referred to:	Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform.	
April 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to eliminate the requirement that county boards of elections close at 5:00 p.M. on the last day for voter registration.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑82.6(c) reads as rewritten:
"(c)	Registration Deadlines for an Election. – In order to be valid for an election, the form:
(1)	If submitted by mail, must be postmarked at least 25 days before the election, except that any mailed application on which the postmark is missing or unclear is validly submitted if received in the mail not later than 20 days before the election,
(2)	If submitted in person, must be received by the county board of elections by a time established by that board, but no earlier than 5:00 P.M., on the twenty‑fifth day before the election,
(3)	If submitted through a delegatee who violates the duty set forth in subsection (a) of this section, must be signed by the applicant and given to the delegatee not later than 25 days before the election,
except as provided in subsection (d) of this section."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective with respect to elections held on or after January 1, 2002.