A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW CHANGES OF PARTY AFFILIATION DURING ONE‑STOP EARLY VOTING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑82.6A(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Change of Registration and Party Affiliation at One‑Stop Voting Site. – A person who is already registered to vote in the county may update the information in the registration record in accordance with procedures prescribed by the State Board of Elections, but an individual's party affiliation may not be changed during the one‑stop voting period before any second partisan primary in which the individual is eligible to vote. An individual's party affiliation may be changed during the one‑stop voting period before any first partisan primary in which the individual is eligible to vote."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 163‑82.17(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Registrant's Duty to Report. – Any registrant who desires to have the record of his party affiliation or unaffiliated status changed on the registration list shall, no later than the last day for making application to register under G.S. 163‑82.6 before the election, indicate the change on an application form as described in G.S. 163‑82.3 or on a voter registration card described in G.S. 163‑82.8. Except as provided by G.S. 163‑82.6A(e) for a first primary, no registrant shall be permitted to change party affiliation or unaffiliated status for a primary, second primary, or special or general election after the deadline for registration applications for that election as set out in G.S. 163‑82.6."
SECTION 3.  This act becomes effective September 1, 2009.