NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 630

HOUSE BILL 1158

 

 

AN ACT TO JUSTIFY USE OF PAPER BALLOTS FOR WRITE-IN VOTES IN PRECINCTS WHERE MECHANICAL VOTING MACHINES ARE USED.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. G.S. 163-162(2), as the same appears in Volume 3D of the General Statutes is rewritten to read:

"(2)      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, provided the county board of elections has been issued written approval from the State Board of Elections."

Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 19th day of June, 1981.