North Carolina § 163-130 - 2. Temporary use of two voting places for certain precincts.

§ 163-130. 2. Temporary use of two voting places for certain precincts.

A county board of elections, by unanimous vote of all its members, may propose to designate two voting places to be used temporarily for the same precinct. The temporary designation of a voting place shall continue only for the term of office of the county board of elections making the designation. For any precinct that is temporarily given two voting places, the county board shall assign every voter to one or the other of those voting places. The county board's proposal is subject to approval by the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections. The county board shall submit its proposal in writing to the Executive Director. The Executive Director shall approve that proposal only if it finds all of the following: That the precinct has more registered voters than can adequately be accommodated by any single potential voting place available for the precinct. That no boundary line that complies with Article 12A of this Chapter can be identified that adequately divides the precinct. That the county board can account for, by street address number, the location of every registered voter in the precinct and fix that voter's residence with certainty on a map. That no more than three other precincts in the same county will have two voting places. That both voting places for the precinct would have adequate facilities for the elderly and disabled. That the proposal provides adequately for security against fraud. That the proposal does not unfairly favor or disfavor voters with regard to race or party affiliation. The county board shall designate a full set of precinct officials, in the manner set forth in Article 5 of this Chapter, for each voting place designated for the precinct. History (1999-426, s. 4(a); 2001-319, ss. 4(a), 4(b), 11; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).) Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-1049 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-1049 was then re-recodified as this section by Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), effective January 31, 2019. The historical citation from the former section has been added to this section as re-recodified. This section is former G.S. 163-130.2 , as recodified by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. The historical citation from the former section has been added to this section as recodified. This section was designated as G.S. 163-130.2 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes, the section having been designated as G.S. 163-130 B in Session Laws 1999-426, s. 4(a). Session Laws 2001-319, s. 4(b), amended Session Laws 1999-426, s. 4(b), which made this section effective January 2, 2000, and provided for its expiration on January 2, 2002, by deleting the sunset provision. Session Laws 2018-134, 3rd Ex. Sess., s. 1.1, provides: "This act shall be known as 'The Hurricane Florence Emergency Response Act.'" Session Laws 2018-134, 3rd Ex. Sess., s. 5.3(a), (b), provided for certain elections relief and accommodations, applicable for the November 2018 election only, in response to Hurricane Florence and its aftermath. Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(b), effective January 31, 2019, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, which had recodified this section.