A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to require that the burden of proof in certain challenges to candidacy be placed on the challenger under the laws governing elections.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 163A‑1029(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	Except for a challenge based on residency as provided in subsection (b) of this section, the burden of proof shall be upon the challenger, who must show by a preponderance of the evidence of the record as a whole that the candidate is not qualified to be a candidate for the office."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to challenges to candidacy on or after that date.