VOTER INTEGRITY.

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 758 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 11, 2017
AN ACT TO BETTER ENSURE VOTER INTEGRITY.
Intro. by Blust.

Status: Ref To Com On Elections and Ethics Law (House Action) (Apr 13 2017)

Bill History:

H 758

Bill Summaries:

  • Summary date: Apr 11 2017 - View Summary

    Amends GS 163-166.11 (Provisional voting requirements). Adds a new provision to require the provisional ballot to be a retrievable ballot, whereby if the ballot is counted and it is later determined that it should not have been counted, that ballot can be removed from the total. 

    Amends GS 163-57 (Residence defined for registration and voting). Adds a new provision establishing that a vacant lot or business address cannot be considered a residence or used as a residential address for a person offering to register to vote unless a person uses that location as their usual sleeping area. 

    Amends GS 163-45(c), concerning actions of a designated election observer, to authorize the observer to be present and move about the voting place prior to, during, and following the closing of the polls until the chief judge and judges have completed all of their duties. Further provides that the observer must be permitted to observe precinct officials checking voter registration from a position that allows an observer to clearly hear and understand voter responses. Requires a chief judge or judges of a precinct that limit the movement of or expel an observer from a voting place to specify in writing and sign a statement of the reasons for the limitation or expulsion. Further, requires the writing to be witnessed by at least one of the other precinct judges. Allows an observer to challenge the limitation or expulsion using the procedure for an election protest as provided in GS 163-182.9. Provides that if the county board of elections finds that a chief judge or judge expelled or limited an observer without cause, the chief judge or judge must be fined the sum of the wage paid to the chief judge or judge for that election for a first offense, and requires the chief judge or judge to be permanently barred from serving as a chief judge or judge for a second offense. 

    Effective January 1, 2018.