OPT. 2ND PRIM. VOTE & SUFF. BALLOTS (NEW).

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View NCGA Bill Details2011-2012 Session
House Bill 125 (Public) Filed Thursday, February 17, 2011
TO PERMIT COUNTIES TO HAVE FEWER THAN ALL PRECINCTS OPEN FOR A SECOND PRIMARY.
Intro. by Sager, Jordan.

Status: Ref To Com On Judiciary I (Senate Action) (Jun 10 2011)

Bill History:

H 125

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Jun 8 2011 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Clarifies proposed GS 163-111(e1) to provide that a county board of elections may file a plan with the State Board of Elections (Board) for approval to open only those one-stop sites approved under GS 163-227.2(g) during a potential second primary. Such plan must be approved and sent to the Board at least 90 days before the first primary. Directs that the plan must provide for education of the voters as to the one-stop sites to be open during the second primary, and must provide notice of the second primary sites in any legal notice, as required, prior to a primary. Enacts new subsection (e) to GS 163-165.3 providing that the Board ensure that a sufficient number of ballots are provided for all primaries and elections. Details and defines what constitutes a sufficient number of ballots. Directs the Board not to promulgate rules mandating that ballots equal to 100% of the number of registered voters be provided in each official election.
    Changes title to AN ACT TO PERMIT COUNTIES TO OPEN ONLY APPROVED ONE-STOP SITES FOR A SECOND PRIMARY AND TO REQUIRE THE PROVISION OF A SUFFICIENT NUMBER OF BALLOTS FOR EACH ELECTION THAT IS NO LESS THAN TWENTY-FIVE PERCENT GREATER THAN THE VOTER TURNOUT IN THE MOST RECENT ELECTION WITH SIMILAR BALLOT ITEMS.


  • Summary date: Feb 17 2011 - View Summary

    Enacts new subsection (e1) to GS 163-111 to authorize a county board of elections to file a plan with the State Board of Elections for approval to open a limited number of precincts during a potential second primary. Allows the county board of elections to open the limited number of precincts if the plan is approved before ballots are printed for that primary. Sets forth the following requirements: (1) the county board must approve and submit the plan no later than 90 days before the primary, (2) the plan must provide for at least two precincts and the county board of elections office to be open for voting during the second primary, (3) the plan must not provide for

    more than the number of early absentee voting sites and the county board office to be open for voting during the second primary, and (4) the plan must provide for voter education about the voting places to be open during the second primary. Also requires the plan to include notice of the second primary sites in any legal notice required under GS Chapter 163 (elections law).
    Effective January 1, 2012, and applies to elections held on or after that date.