GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2009
H 1
HOUSE BILL 351
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Short Title: Party Change During Early Voting. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Allred; Blackwood, Current, Harrison, McGee, Setzer, Steen, and West. |
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Referred to: |
Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, if favorable, Judiciary I. |
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March 2, 2009
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ALLOW CHANGES OF PARTY AFFILIATION DURING ONE‑STOP EARLY VOTING.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. G.S. 163‑82.6A(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e) Change of Registration and Party
Affiliation at One‑Stop Voting Site. – A person who is already
registered to vote in the county may update the information in the registration
record in accordance with procedures prescribed by the State Board of
Elections, but an individual's party affiliation may not be changed during the
one‑stop voting period before any first or second partisan primary
in which the individual is eligible to vote. An individual's party
affiliation may be changed during the one‑stop voting period before any
first partisan primary in which the individual is eligible to vote."
SECTION 2. G.S. 163‑82.17(a) reads as rewritten:
"(a) Registrant's Duty to Report. – Any registrant
who desires to have the record of his party affiliation or unaffiliated status
changed on the registration list shall, no later than the last day for making
application to register under G.S. 163‑82.6 before the election,
indicate the change on an application form as described in G.S. 163‑82.3
or on a voter registration card described in G.S. 163‑82.8. No Except
as provided by G.S. 163‑82.6A(e) for a first primary, no registrant
shall be permitted to change party affiliation or unaffiliated status for a
primary, second primary, or special or general election after the deadline for
registration applications for that election as set out in G.S. 163‑82.6."
SECTION 3. This act becomes effective September 1, 2009.