NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 153

SENATE BILL 240

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE OPTIONAL THE METHOD OF CONVEYANCE OF THE DUPLICATE COPY OF THE PRECINCT RETURN FORM.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 163-173, as the same appears in Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by rewriting the second paragraph to read:

"One of the statements of the voting in the precincts shall be placed in a sealed envelope and delivered to the registrar or a judge selected by the precinct officials for the purpose of delivery to the county board of elections for review at its meeting on the second day after the primary or election. The other copy of the statement shall either be mailed immediately or delivered in person immediately, as directed by the county board of elections, by one of the other two precinct election officials, to the chairman of the county board of elections or the supervisor of elections if authorized by the chairman to receive the statement."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 31st day of March, 1981.