GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1987 SESSION

CHAPTER 491
HOUSE BILL 846

AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CHANGES IN THE ELECTION LAWS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-140(b)(5) is amended by deleting "including solicitor for the solicitorial district in which the county is situated", and substituting "including district attorney for the prosecutorial district in which the county is situated".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-192(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a)	After Primary.  At the conclusion of its canvass of the primary election, the State Board of Elections shall prepare separate abstracts of the votes cast:
(1)	For Governor and all State officers, justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, judges of the superior court, and United States Senators.
(2)	For members of the United States House of Representatives for the several congressional districts in the State.
(3)	For district court judges for the several judicial districts  in the State.
(4)	For district attorney in the several prosecutorial districts in the State.
(5)	For State Senators in the several senatorial districts in the State composed of more than one county.
(6)	For members of the State House of Representatives in the several representative districts in the State composed of more than one county.
Abstracts prepared by the State Board of Elections under this subsection shall state the total number of votes cast for each candidate of each political party for each of the various offices canvassed by the State Board of Elections. They shall also state the name or names of the person or persons whom the State Board of Elections shall ascertain and judicially determine by the count to be nominated for each office.
Abstracts prepared under this subsection shall be signed by the members of the State Board of Elections in their official capacity and shall have the great seal of the State affixed thereto."
Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-192(b) reads as rewritten:
"(b)	After General Election.  At the conclusion of its canvass of the general election, the State Board of Elections shall prepare abstracts of the votes cast:
(1)	For President and Vice-President of the United States, when an election is held for those offices.
(2)	For Governor and all State officers, justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Appeals, judges of the superior court, and United States Senators.
(3)	For members of the United States House of Representatives for the several congressional districts in the State.
(4)	For district court judges for the several judicial districts in the State.
(5)	For district attorney in the several prosecutorial districts in the State.
(6)	For State Senators in the several senatorial districts in the State composed of more than one county.
(7)	For members of the State House of Representatives in the several representative districts in the State composed of more than one county.
(8)	For and against any constitutional amendments or propositions submitted to the people.
Abstracts prepared by the State Board of Elections under this subsection shall state the names of all persons voted for, the office for which each received votes, and the number of legal ballots cast for each candidate for each office canvassed by the State Board of Elections. They shall also state the name or names of the person or persons whom the State Board of Elections shall ascertain and judicially determine by the count to be elected to each office.
Abstracts prepared under this subsection shall be signed by the members of the State Board of Elections in their official capacity and shall have the great seal of the State affixed thereto."
Sec. 4.  The first sentence of G.S. 163-175 is amended  by deleting "at the county courthouse", and substituting "at the county courthouse or at the office of the county board of elections (the choice of location to be at the option of the county board of elections)".
Sec. 4.1.  The sixth paragraph of G.S. 163-41 (a) is amended by deleting "three registered voters", and substituting "two registered voters".  That paragraph is further amended by adding the following at the end:  "Provided that if only one name is submitted by the fifth day preceding the date on which appointments are to be made, by a party for judge of election by the chairman of one of the two political parties in the county having the greatest numbers of registered voters in the State, the county board of elections must appoint that person."
Sec. 5.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 26th day of June, 1987.