NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 129

HOUSE BILL 35

AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE ABSENTEE BALLOTS IN BUNCOMBE COUNTY IN ELECTIONS CONDUCTED BY THE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Any qualified voter of Buncombe County or special district of Buncombe County who is qualified to vote by absentee ballot under subsection (a) of G.S. 163-226 is authorized to vote by absentee ballot in Buncombe County or special district of Buncombe County where the voter resides, in any primary or election, conducted by the county board of elections, except ABC elections, sanitary district elections, fire district elections or soil and water conservation district elections.

Sec. 2. This act shall apply only to Buncombe County.

Sec. 3. This act shall become effective upon ratification and shall expire on July 1, 1977.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 4th day of April, 1977.