GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SECOND EXTRA SESSION 1984
CHAPTER 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. Subdivision (1) of G.S. 163-72.3(a) is amended by adding the following: "If the precinct at which the voter is registered is not open for that election, the voter shall go instead to the county board of elections office or to another location designated by the board, at which place a board employee or election official designated by the board shall issue the certificate of removal and perform the other duties specified below for the precinct officials."
Sec. 2. Subdivision (7) of G.S. 163-72.3(a) is rewritten to read:
"(7) Envelopes containing ballots voted under this section shall be retained to be opened and the ballots counted after the polls close on election day. Ballots voted at the board office shall be counted by board members or assistants appointed by the board. Ballots voted at other locations shall be counted by the precinct transfer assistants assigned to those locations, aided by precinct officials or ballot counters for those locations. At each location all envelopes shall be opened and all ballots deposited in the appropriate boxes before any ballots are counted, and the results of the counting shall be entered on duplicate transfer report forms signed by the officials responsible for the counting.
If the county board of elections designates a precinct voting place as a location for voting under this section, and only voters who now reside in that precinct are permitted to vote transfer ballots there, the board may direct the precinct officials to place the transfer ballots in the appropriate precinct ballot boxes immediately after the polls close and to count and report the results of the transfer ballots together with all other ballots voted in the precinct."
Sec. 3. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 8th day of March, 1984.