NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1981 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 39

HOUSE BILL 135

 

 

AN ACT TO ALLOW A PERSON PURGED FROM VOTER REGISTRATION FOR FAILURE TO VOTE FOR FOUR YEARS TO HAVE HIS NAME REMAIN ON THE VOTER LIST BY NOTICE SUBMITTED BY MAIL OR BY ADDRESS TRANSFER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1. The next to the last sentence of the fourth paragraph of G.S. 163-69 is rewritten to read:

"If such person shall appear at the county board of elections office, or shall furnish evidence by mail, and show that his qualifications to register and vote in the precinct in which he is registered remain the same, or if he has moved within the county and he shall transfer his registration to the precinct in which he resides in accordance with G.S. 163-72.2, his name shall not be removed from the permanent registration records."

Sec. 2. All purges previously processed in accordance with provisions contained in this act are validated.

Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of February, 1981.