Bill Summary for H 335 (2017-2018)

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Jun 28 2018
S.L. 2018-129

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 335 (Public) Filed Monday, March 13, 2017
AN ACT TO RESTORE EARLY ONE-STOP VOTING ON THE LAST SATURDAY BEFORE THE 2018 ELECTION AND TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY IN EARLY ONE-STOP VOTING SITES ON INHABITED ISLANDS WITH NO BRIDGE ACCESS TO THAT ISLAND.
Intro. by Burr, K. Hall, Saine, Bumgardner.

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Senate committee substitute deletes all provisions of 1st edition and replaces it with AN ACT TO RESTORE EARLY-ONE STOP VOTING ON THE LAST SATURDAY BEFORE THE 2018 ELECTION AND TO ALLOW FLEXIBILITY IN EARLY ONE-STOP VOTING SITES ON INHABITED ISLANDS WITH NO BRIDGE ACCESS TO THAT ISLAND

Amends GS 163A-1300(b), as amended by SL 2018-112, allowing for early voting not earlier than the third Wednesday before an election, and not later than 1:00 PM on the last Saturday before that election. Previously early voting was allowed not later than 7:00 PM on the last Friday before that election. Allows a county board of elections to conduct one-stop voting on the last Saturday before the election from 8:00 AM until 1:00 PM and allows the county board to conduct one-stop early voting until 5:00 PM on that Saturday. Expires January 1, 2019. 

Amends GS 163A-1303(c)(4), as amended by SL 2018-112, exempting one-stop voting sites opened on the last Saturday before the election from the requirement that all one-stop sites open on Saturday be open for the same number of hours uniformly throughout the county. Expires January 1, 2019. 

Amends GS 163A-1303, as amended by SL 2018-112, adding new subsection (d), allowing a county board of elections in a county which includes a barrier island and meets the four specified requirements, including that it has no bridge to the mainland, to propose a Plan for Implementation, by unanimous vote of the board, providing for a site in that county for absentee ballots to be cast with days and hours that vary from the county board of elections. If the county board cannot reach unanimity, members of the county board may petition the State Board to adopt a plan for the county. Any Plan approved under this subsection must provide for a uniform location, days, and hours for that site throughout the absentee ballot voting period.