Bill Summary for S 325 (2017-2018)

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Jun 14 2018
S.L. 2018-112

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
Senate Bill 325 (Public) Filed Tuesday, March 21, 2017
AN ACT TO SET HOURS FOR ONE-STOP EARLY VOTING SITES AND TO REQUIRE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE.
Intro. by Tillman, Brock, Tucker.

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House committee substitute deletes all provisions of 1st edition and replaces it with AN ACT TO SET HOURS FOR ONE-STOP EARLY VOTING SITES AND TO REQUIRE COUNTY BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO SUBMIT AN ANNUAL REPORT ON VOTER LIST MAINTENANCE. Conforms short title. Amends GS 163A-1300(b), changing timing requirements for voting sites such that a voter must appear in person only at the office of the county board of elections not earlier than the third Wednesday before an election in which absentee ballots are authorized, and not later than 7:00 PM on the last Friday before that election. Removes requirement that a county board of elections conduct one-stop voting on the last Saturday before the election until 1:00 PM. Allows registered voter to request application form as specified in GS 163A-1391. Amends GS 163A-1303, deleting requirement that any plan adopted by either the county board of elections or the State Board must provide for the same days of operation and same number of hours of operation on each day at all sites. Adds new subsection (c), requiring that all sites approved for one-stop voting be open at the same location, that all sites be open if one site is open, that all sites be open during weekdays from 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM, and that if sites are open on weekend days they are all open for the same number of hours each weekend day. 

Repeals GS 163A-1304 concerning the calculation of the scheduled voting hours for absentee ballots. Amends GS 163A-877, adding new subsection (f), requiring an annual report on list maintenance efforts. Lists are due to the State Board by September 1. The State Board is required to compile annual reports from the county boards of election and submit them to the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee by October 1.