NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 381
SENATE BILL 190

AN ACT TO AMEND G.S. 163‑43 SO AS TO AUTHORIZE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO INSTALL A NEW LOOSE-LEAF REGISTRATION BOOK SYSTEM UPON APPROVAL BY THE BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Amend G.S. 163‑43 by deleting from the first paragraph the following:
"Provided, the State Board of Elections may authorize any County Board of Elections, at the request of any county board and at such county's expense, to use a modern loose‑leaf registration book system in the larger precincts instead of the new registration book to be furnished by the State.",
and by substituting therefor the following:
"Provided, any County Board of Elections, by and with the approval of a majority of the board of county commissioners shall have the authority to order and to install a modern loose‑leaf registration book system in any one or all of the voting precincts of the county."
Sec. 2.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 3.  This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of May, 1961.