GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 691

HOUSE BILL 1088

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR CLERKS OF SUPERIOR COURT TO NOTIFY THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS OF FELONY CONVICTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:

"§ 163-69.2.  Removal for conviction of a felony.-(a) On or before the fifteenth day of February, May, August, and November the Clerk of Superior Court of each county shall report to the County Board of Elections of that county the name, county of residence, and residence address if available, of each individual against whom a final judgment of conviction of a felony has been entered in that county in the preceding calendar quarter.

(b)       Any county board of elections receiving a report under subsection (a) of this section about an individual who is a resident of another county in this State shall forward a copy of that report to the board of elections of that county as soon as possible.

(c)       When a county board of elections receives a notice under subsections (a) or (b) of this section relating to a resident of that county, and that person is registered to vote in that county the board shall, after giving 30 days' written notice to the voter at his registration address, and if the voter makes no objection, remove the person's name from its registration records, provided, however, that if the voter notifies the board of his objection to the removal within 30 days of the notice, the chairman of the board of elections shall enter a challenge under G.S. 163-85(c)(5), and the notice under subsections (a) or (b) of this subsection shall be prima facie evidence for the preliminary hearing that the registrant was convicted of a felony."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective with respect to reports due for calendar quarters ending after September 30, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 28th day of July, 1987.