NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 1344

HOUSE BILL 1418

 

 

AN ACT TO MAKE CERTAIN AMENDMENTS TO CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES RELATING TO ELECTIONS.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-106(a) is amended by rewriting the third sentence of the first paragraph to read as follows:

"Each candidate shall sign his notice of candidacy at the office of the appropriate board of elections in the presence of any member or the executive secretary of the board of elections, State, county, or municipal, with which he files. In the alternative, a candidate may have his signature on the notice of candidacy acknowledged and certified to by an officer authorized to take acknowledgments and administer oaths, in which case the candidate may mail or deliver his notice of candidacy to the appropriate board of elections. A notice of candidacy shall be deemed to have been filed with the appropriate board of elections when it is received by that board."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-150(f) is amended by rewriting the first two sentences to read:

"At each primary, general or special election, the precinct registrar shall appoint two precinct assistants (one from each political party as recommended by the county chairman thereof), one to be assigned to keep the pollbook or other voting record used in the county as approved by the State Board of Elections, and the other to keep the registration books under the supervision of the precinct officials. The names of all persons voting shall be checked on the registration records and entered on the pollbook or other voting record."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-150(f), as enacted by Section 61, Chapter 793, 1973 Session Laws is amended by deleting the word "judge" in the fourth sentence thereof and adding in its place the words "precinct assistant"; and by deleting the words in the fifth sentence thereof "and the names of absentee voters have been entered as required by G.S. 163-234."

Sec. 4.  G.S. 163-30 is hereby amended by deleting from the last paragraph the words and figures "fifteen dollars ($15.00)" and inserting in lieu thereof the words and figures "twenty-five ($25.00)".

Sec. 5.  G.S. 163-32 is amended by inserting after the word "chairman" in the last sentence of the first paragraph, the words "and members".

Sec. 6.  All payments made in good faith by any county boards of elections or boards of county commissioners to any member of the board of elections that may have exceeded the authorized statutory rate are hereby authorized and the action of the county boards of elections or boards of county commissioners in making those payments are hereby ratified.

Sec. 7.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 12th day of April, 1974.