NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 761

HOUSE BILL 205

 

 

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES OF NORTH CAROLINA SO AS TO REQUIRE THAT ALL COUNTIES ADOPT A MODERN LOOSE-LEAF REGISTRATION BOOK SYSTEM OF VOTERS.

 

The General, Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-65 (a) is amended by deleting the second paragraph thereof and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

"In lieu of a bound book, the county boards of elections shall install a loose-leaf registration book system in all of the precincts of the county prior to January 1, 1970; provided that nothing herein shall alter the power of the county board of elections, with the approval of the county board of commissioners, to establish by resolution a full-time system of registration as provided in G.S. 163-67(b). The necessary binders for the loose-leaf registration book system shall be purchased by each county. The State Board of Elections shall have authority to approve types, sizes and kinds of binders to be used for the loose-leaf registration book system. Uniform registration sheets of paper approved by the State Board of Elections which are necessary for the binders shall be furnished by the State Board of Elections from funds provided by the State from the contingency and emergency fund. One or more duplicate sets of registration sheets shall be maintained by the chairman of the county board of elections at all times in a safe place."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-65 (c) is amended by adding after the word "registration" in the heading and before the colon the words "or loose-leaf registration book system"; and by adding after the word "registration" and before the comma in the first line the words "or loose-leaf registration book system."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-67 (b) is amended by deleting from line 2 the word "permitted" and inserting in lieu thereof the word "required."

Sec. 4.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 13th day of June, 1967.