NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 102

HOUSE BILL 346

 

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE RESIDENTS OF THE TOWN OF CHAPEL HILL RESIDING IN DURHAM COUNTY TO REGISTER WITH THE ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  Subchapter B of Chapter II of Section 1 of Chapter 87 Session Laws of 1961 is hereby amended by adding new paragraphs at the end of Section 2.23 to read as follows:

"So long as the Town of Chapel Hill is making use of the Registration Books of Orange County pursuant to the provisions of this section, or any other law which provides for the use of the Registration Books of Orange County in all municipal elections conducted within the Town of Chapel Hill, the Board of Elections of Orange County is authorized to register qualified residents of the Town of Chapel Hill who reside in Durham County in the Registration Books of Orange County, such registration to be clearly marked to indicate that such registration is for the purpose of voting in municipal elections only. Any resident of the Town of Chapel Hill authorized to be registered by this section, who has been provisionally registered prior to the effective date of this act, shall upon ratification hereof be deemed to have been validly registered for the purpose of voting in all municipal elections of the Town of Chapel Hill.

The Registrars appointed by the Board of Aldermen of the Town of Chapel Hill for the election precincts lying in whole or in part within the County of Durham are hereby authorized and directed to permit all persons registered pursuant to the provisions of this section to vote in all municipal elections.

The authority granted herein is supplemental to all Special Acts authorizing or establishing election procedures within the Town of Chapel Hill, and it is not intended to repeal or supersede any such act, but is supplemental thereto."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of March, 1971.