NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 971

SENATE BILL 659

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 163-176 AND G.S. 163-177 BY ADDING CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF PRIMARY AND ELECTION RETURNS TO THOSE OF WHICH DUPLICATE ABSTRACTS ARE NOW REQUIRED TO BE MAILED TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-176 as the same appears in the 1967 Supplement to the 1964 Replacement Volume 3D is hereby amended by inserting the word "two" in the third paragraph between the words "and" and "duplicate".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-177 in the same supplement is hereby amended by deleting the four line sentence following the words "Constitutional amendments and other propositions submitted to the voters of the State" and inserting in lieu thereof the following: "One duplicate abstract prepared in accordance with Sec. 163-176 for all offices and referenda for which the county board of elections is required to canvass the votes and declare the results (and which are listed below) shall be retained by the county board, which shall forthwith publish and declare the results; the second duplicate abstract shall be mailed to the chairman of the State Board of Elections, to the end that there be one set of all primary and election returns available at the seat of government."

Sec. 3.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 4.  This Act shall become effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of June, 1969.