GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION
CHAPTER 197
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 163-227.2, if a direct record voting system with retrievable ballots is approved by the State Board of Elections under the provisions of G.S. 163-160 for use by a county, that county may use that voting system for ballots cast under G.S. 163-227.2 under rules approved by the State Board of Elections.
Sec. 2. Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 163-155, if a direct record voting system is approved by the State Board of Elections under the provisions of G.S. 163-160 for use by a county, that county's board of elections may require, according to rules which shall be adopted by the State Board of Election, that paper ballots used in curbside voting under G.S. 163-155 be transported to the county board of elections to be counted centrally rather than at the voting place.
Sec. 3. This act applies only to Gaston, Guilford, Mecklenburg, and Union Counties.
Sec. 4. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 7th day of June, 1995.
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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate
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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives