House committee substitute replaces the content of the 1st edition with the following.

Enacts new GS 163-41.3. Authorizes removal of a precinct official for incompetency or failure to discharge the duties of the office by the county board of elections pursuant to GS 163-33. Extends removal authority to the day of the election or primary. Authorizes county boards to prohibit service as a precinct official in subsequent elections upon removal. Recodifies GS 163-41(d), which governs removal and vacancies of precinct chief judges and judges of election, as subsection (b) in this new statute.

Makes conforming, technical and clarifying changes to GS 163-41. Further amends GS 163-41 to specify that the definition set forth for "precinct official" applies to Article 5 (Precinct Election Officials).

Amends GS 163-33, adding a statutory cross-reference to new GS 163-41 pertaining to the removal of chief judges, judges of election, and precinct officials.

Amends GS 163-42 to require each county to have at least six emergency election-day assistants. Expands the grounds for county boards to assign emergency election-day assistants on the day of the election to any precinct where there are insufficient precinct officials to include an emergency, the removal of a precinct official, or any other reason that prevents a precinct official from serving through the day of the primary or election (was limited to an emergency occurring within 48 hours of the opening of the polls that prevents an appointed precinct official from serving). Makes technical changes.

Amends GS 163-82.24, establishing a list of seven components that must be included in the training of precinct officials, including (1) how to provide proper voting assistance, (2) the prohibition of election-related activity in the voting place and buffer zone of that voting place, and (3) the potential for removal from office for failure to comply with the Chapter's requirements.

Makes conforming changes to the act's long titles.