NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1975 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 370

SENATE BILL 18

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-302 is hereby rewritten to read as follows:

"§ 163-302.  Absentee voting. — (a) In any municipal election, including a primary, or general election or referendum, conducted by the county board of elections, absentee voting may, upon resolution of the municipal governing body, be permitted. This subsection shall not apply if the election is conducted by a municipal board of elections; nor shall absentee voting be permitted in any special district election.

(b)        The provisions of Articles 20 and 21 of this Chapter shall apply to absentee voting permitted by this section, except that the State Board of Elections may provide a later date for the first meeting under G.S. 163-230 and the first day for voting under G.S. 163-227.2(b)."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-291(2) and 163-294.2(c) are amended by striking the word "fourth" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "fifth".

Sec. 3.  Chapter 1169 of the Session Laws of 1973 is repealed.

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

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 26th day of May, 1975.