GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 324

HOUSE BILL 484

 

AN ACT TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE ELECTIONS STATUTES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-8 is amended in the last sentence by deleting the phrase "§ 13, Article III," and substituting "Article III, Section 7".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-25 is amended by adding the following new sentence:

"If the Attorney General recommends employment of private counsel, the State Board may employ counsel with the approval of the Governor."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-59 is amended in the last sentence by inserting between the word "day" and the word "prior" the following:  "(excluding Saturdays and Sundays)".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 163-151(6)b is amended in the first sentence by adding after the word "party" the following:  "or as an unaffiliated candidate".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 163-170(5)c is amended by inserting between the word "party" and the word "for" the following:  "or as an unaffiliated candidate".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 163-302 is amended by rewriting subsection (b) to read:

"(b)      The provisions of Articles 20 and 21 of this Chapter shall apply to absentee voting in municipal elections, special district elections, and other elections for an area less than an entire county other than elections for the General Assembly, except that the earliest date by which absentee ballots shall be required to be available for absentee voting in such elections shall be 30 days prior to the primary or election or as quickly following the filing deadline specified in G.S. 163-291(2) or G.S. 163-294.2(c) as the county board of elections is able to secure the official ballots."

Sec. 7.  This act shall become effective September 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of May, 1983.