GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
S	1
SENATE BILL 122

 
 
Short Title:	Polls Close at 9:00 P.M.	()	
Sponsors:	Senators Webster;  Carrington, Forrester, Garwood, Hartsell, and Shaw of Guilford.	
Referred to:	Judiciary II.	
February 12, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that all polls close at 9:00 p.m.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑2 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163‑2.  Hours of primaries and elections.
 In all primaries, general elections, special elections, and referenda held in this State, including those held in and for municipalities and special districts, the polls shall be open at 6:30 A.M., and shall be closed at 9:00 P.M."
SECTION 2.  This act applies with respect to elections conducted on or after December 1, 2001.