NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 124

HOUSE BILL 392

 

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO PERMIT PRECINCT OFFICIALS TO COMBINE BALLOTS IN ONE BALLOT BOX OR MORE AFTER COUNTING HAS BEEN COMPLETED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 163-171, as the same appears in Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by adding a new sentence at the end of the first paragraph to read:

"In the alternative, the county board of elections may permit the precinct officials to put the counted ballots back in one ballot box or more to facilitate safekeeping provided the board prescribes an appropriate procedure to keep the different kinds of ballots separated in bundles or bags within the box."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 23rd day of March, 1981.