NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 1325

HOUSE BILL 1638

AN ACT OF LIMITED DURATION TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF PAPER BALLOTS IN VOTING FOR PRESIDENT WHERE VOTING MACHINES ARE USED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Article 14 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North Carolina is amended by inserting a new section to read:

"§ 163-162.1.  Temporary authority regarding voting for President. — The Executive Secretary-Director of the State Board of Elections is hereby authorized to permit any county using voting machines or systems, where limitations render impossible the placing of the entire ballot thereon, to prescribe temporary rules to such counties, upon written request, for the use of paper ballots for the office of President of the United States in precincts where voting machines are used for voting on all other offices in the November 4, 1980 general election. In the alternative, permission may be granted to use paper ballots for the office of soil conservation district board of supervisors."

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification and shall cease to be in effect on and after January 1, 1981.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 25th day of June, 1980.