NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 1275

SENATE BILL 1475

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES TO SET A DATE BY WHICH ABSENTEE BALLOTS FOR VOTING IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS MUST BE MADE AVAILABLE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 20 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by adding a new section therein as follows:

"§ 163-227.3.  Date by which absentee ballots must be available for voting in primary elections. — Notwithstanding provisions contained in Article 20 and Article 21 to the contrary, the State Board of Elections may, if necessary, provide absentee ballots of the kinds to be furnished by the State Board, to the County Boards of Elections 40 days prior to the date on which the primary shall be conducted. This section is applicable only to primary election ballots."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 11th day of April, 1974.