ABSENTEE BALLOT/EVERETTE HARRIS ACT.

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View NCGA Bill Details2013-2014 Session
House Bill 1267 (Public) Filed Tuesday, June 17, 2014
AN ACT TO CLARIFY THAT A VOTER WHO CASTS A MAIL-IN ABSENTEE BALLOT OR AN IN-PERSON ONE-STOP EARLY VOTE AND DIES THEREAFTER MAY NOT HAVE THAT BALLOT CHALLENGED ON ACCOUNT OF DEATH.
Intro. by Tillis, Lewis, Elmore.

Status: Ref To Com On Rules and Operations of the Senate (Senate Action) (Jun 25 2014)
H 1267

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Jun 17 2014 - View Summary

    Amends GS 163-89 by enacting a new subsection that provides that an absentee ballot cannot be challenged on the grounds that the voter has died, if the voter was alive at the time the ballot was cast.  Provides that this new provision applies to ballots cast (1) in person pursuant to GS Chapter 163-227.2(b) or 163-227.2(g); (2) under other provisions of GS Chapter 163, Article 20 (Absentee Ballot); or (3) under the provisions of GS Chapter 163, Article 21A (Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act).