NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 305

HOUSE BILL 616

 

 

AN ACT TO ESTABLISH THE SAME DEADLINE FOR ONE STOP ABSENTEE VOTING AND ABSENTEE VOTING BY MAIL AND TO FIX THE BEGINNING DATE FOR ONE STOP VOTING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 163-227, as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting the word "Thursday" for the word "Wednesday" wherever it appears.

Sec. 2. G.S. 163-227.2(b), as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting in the first sentence thereof the words "Not earlier than the day following the day on which the registration books close" in lieu of the words "Not earlier than 30 days."

Sec. 3. G.S. 163-230(2)a. and G.S. 163-230(3)c., as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes are amended by substituting "Thursday" for "Wednesday" wherever it appears therein.

Sec. 4. G.S. 163-232, as the same appears in the 1979 Supplement to Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by substituting "Thursday" for "Wednesday" where it appears in the oath specified therein.

Sec. 5. This act is effective with respect to all elections occurring on or after July 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of May, 1981.