NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1971 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 74

SENATE BILL 216

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 160-34 TO PROVIDE A PERIOD FOR NEW REGISTRATIONS OF VOTERS IN MUNICIPALITIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 160-34 as the same appears in the 1964 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is hereby amended by inserting at the end thereof a new sentence to read as follows:

"When a new registration of voters shall be ordered, the registration books shall be open between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on each day (Sundays excepted) beginning on the fourth Saturday preceding the day of election and ending on the second Saturday preceding the day of election. In addition, any municipal governing body may extend the hours for new registration beyond the hours set forth above."

Sec. 2.  This act shall be effective upon its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of March, 1971.