NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 149

SENATE BILL 122

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 163-137 TO PROVIDE FOR THE ARRANGEMENT OF NAMES ON THE BALLOT, AND TO AMEND G.S. 163-162 TO CLARIFY AUTHORITY TO PROVIDE PAPER BALLOTS FOR WRITE-IN VOTES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-137 is amended by adding a new subsection to read as follows:

"In a primary election the names of all candidates of the same political party for the same office shall be printed on the ballot either vertically or horizontally, and in no event shall both arrangements of names be used concurrently for candidates on the same ballot for the same office."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-162 is rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 163-162.  Use of paper ballots where voting machines used — In counties in which voting machines are used in some or all precincts the county board of elections shall have authority to furnish paper ballots of each kind to precincts using voting machines for use by:

(a)        Persons required to sign their ballots under the provisions of G.S. 163-150(e) and G.S. 163-155, and

(b)        Persons who wish to write in names of candidates who are not on the ballot, if it is not practical to use voting machines to record write-in votes in particular precincts because of the horizontal or vertical printing limitations of G.S. 163-137."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-160 is amended by adding a new subsection (9) to read as follows:

"(9)      Use of paper ballots where voting machines are used as set out in G.S. 163‑162."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1975.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of April, 1975.