NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1977 SESSION

CHAPTER 95
HOUSE BILL 272

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR PRECINCT ASSISTANTS AT THE OPTION OF BOARDS OF ELECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-42, as it appears in the 1976 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is amended by rewriting the first paragraph to read as follows:
"Each county and municipal board of elections is authorized, in its discretion, to appoint two or more assistants for each precinct to aid the registrar and judges. Not more than two assistants shall be appointed in precincts having 500 or less registered voters. Assistants shall be qualified voters of the precinct for which appointed. When the board of elections determines that assistants are needed in a precinct an equal number shall be appointed from different political parties, unless the requirement as to party affiliation cannot be met because of an insufficient number of voters of different political parties within a precinct."
Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-42, as it appears in the 1976 Replacement Volume 3D of the General Statutes, is further amended by deleting the fourth paragraph.
Sec. 3.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of March, 1977.