NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1135

HOUSE BILL 1663

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 163-136 TO REQUIRE DIFFERENT COLORS FOR EACH SEPARATE BALLOT IN PRIMARY AND GENERAL ELECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-136, as the same appears in the 1972 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by adding a new subsection (d) to read:

"(d)      Each kind of official ballot as defined in G.S. 163-140 used in a primary election shall have a distinct and separate color, and each such ballot used in a general election shall have a distinct and separate color. In both a primary and general election, the color of each kind of official ballot as defined in G.S. 163-140 shall be determined by the board of elections responsible for printing the ballots."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1974.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 3rd day of April, 1974.