Amends GS 136-182.5, concerning canvassing votes after elections, to require the county board of elections to meet at 11:00AM on the tenth day after every election (currently, on the tenth day after every election held on the same day as a general election in November of the even numbered year, and the seventh day after every other election) to complete the canvass of votes cast and to authenticate the count in every ballot item in the county by determining that the votes have been counted and tabulated correctly.

Effective January 1, 2017, and applies to elections held on or after that date.