NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 416

SENATE BILL 433

 

 

AN ACT CONCERNING HOURS OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-2 is hereby rewritten so that the same shall hereafter read as follows:

"§ 163-2.  Hours of primaries and elections. — In all primaries, general elections, special elections, and referenda held in this State, including those held in and for municipalities, the polls shall be open at 6:30 a.m., and shall be closed at 7:30 p.m.: Provided, however, that at voting places at which voting machines are used the responsible county board of elections may permit the polls to remain open until at 8:30 p.m."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective October 1, 1971.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1971.