NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 411

HOUSE BILL 852

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-22(e) is amended by rewriting as follows:

"(e)       The State Board of Elections shall determine, in the manner provided by law, the form and content of ballots, instruction sheets, pollbooks, tally sheets, abstract and return forms, certificates of election, and other forms to be used in primaries and elections. The Board shall furnish to the county and municipal boards of elections the registration application forms required pursuant to G.S. 163-67. The State Board of Elections shall direct the county boards of elections to purchase a sufficient quantity of all forms attendant to the registration and elections process. In addition, the State Board shall provide a source of supply from which the county boards of elections may purchase the quantity of pollbooks needed for the execution of its responsibilities. In the preparation of ballots, pollbooks, abstract and return forms, and all other forms, the State Board of Elections may call to its aid the Attorney General of the State, and it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to advise and aid in the preparation of these books, ballots and forms."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-41.1(b) is rewritten as follows:

"(b)      No precinct official who is the wife, husband, mother, father, son, daughter, brother or sister of any candidate for nomination or election may serve as precinct official during any primary or election in which such candidate participates. The county board of elections shall temporarily disqualify any such official for the specific primary or election involved and shall have authority to appoint a substitute official, from the same political party, to serve only during the primary or election at which such conflict exists."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-96(a)(2) is amended by substituting the word "June" in lieu of the word "July" appearing in the second sentence.

Sec. 4.  G.S. 163-98 is amended by substituting the word "July" in lieu of the word "August" appearing in the second sentence in the second paragraph.

Sec. 5.  G.S. 163-106(a) is amended by rewriting the fourth paragraph thereof as follows:

"Prior to the date on which candidates may commence filing, the State Board of Elections shall print and furnish, at State expense, to each county board of elections a sufficient number of the notice of candidacy forms prescribed by this subsection for use by candidates required to file with county boards of elections."

Sec. 6.  G.S. 163-109(b) is amended by substituting "60 days" in lieu of "30 days" wherever it appears therein.

Sec. 7.  G.S. 163-248(b), (c), and (d) are amended by substituting "60 days" for "30 days" wherever it appears therein.

Sec. 8.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of April, 1979.