GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2013

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HOUSE BILL 1267

Short Title:        Absentee Ballot/Everette Harris Act.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Tillis, Lewis, and Elmore (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of Sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly Web Site.
Referred to:	Elections.

June 18, 2014

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to clarify that a voter who casts a MAIL‑IN absentee ballot or an in‑person one‑stop early vote and dies thereafter may not have that ballot challenged on account of death.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Everette Harris Act."

SECTION 2.  G.S. 163‑89 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(c1) Decease of Voter. – The death of the voter is not grounds for challenge of an absentee ballot if the voter was alive at the time of casting the ballot. This subsection applies to ballots cast (i) in person under G.S. 163‑227.2(b) or G.S. 163‑227.2(g), (ii) under other provisions of Article 20 of this Chapter (Absentee Ballot), or (iii) under the provisions of Article 21A of this Chapter (Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act)."

SECTION 3.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date.