GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1985 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 600

SENATE BILL 659

 

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE DEADLINES FOR MAKING APPLICATION FOR ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO PROVIDE FOR APPLICATIONS BY MAIL TWO DAYS EARLIER, BUT EXTENDING BY ONE DAY THE DEADLINE FOR ONE-STOP ABSENTEE VOTING.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-227(a) is amended by deleting "Thursday" each time that word appears, and substituting "Tuesday".

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-227(b) is amended by deleting "Thursday" each time that word appears, and substituting "Tuesday".

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-227.1 is amended by deleting "Thursday" each time that word appears, and substituting "Tuesday".

Sec. 4.  G.S. 163-227.2 is amended by deleting "Thursday" each time that word appears, and substituting "Friday".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 163-230(2)a. is amended in the first paragraph by deleting "fifth", and substituting "sixth".

Sec. 6.  G.S. 163-230(3)c. is amended by deleting "Thursday" and substituting "Tuesday".

Sec. 7.  G.S. 163-232 is amended by deleting "Thursday", and substituting "Tuesday or Friday".

Sec. 7.1.  G.S. 163-41(b) as rewritten by Chapter 387, Session Laws of 1985 is amended by deleting "from time until", and substituting "from time to time until".

Sec. 8.  This act shall become effective with respect to elections held on or after January 1, 1986.  Section 7.1 is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of July, 1985.