North Carolina § 163-132 - 5G. Voting data maintained by precinct.

§ 163-132. 5G. Voting data maintained by precinct.

Each county board of elections shall maintain voting data by voting precinct so that precinct returns for each item on the ballot shall include the votes cast by all residents of that voting precinct who voted, regardless of where the voter voted. The county board shall not be required to report returns by voting precinct for voters who voted other than at the voting precinct associated with that voter's voter registration until 30 days after the election. In reporting returns, the county board shall not compromise the secrecy of an individual's ballot. In reporting returns, the county board shall report, by precinct for each item on the ballot, the number of voters who did not select a choice for that item on the ballot and the number of voters who selected more choices than available for that item on the ballot. The 30-day deadline for reporting returns by voting precinct does not relieve the county board of the duty to report all returns as soon as practicable after the election according to other categories specified by the State Board. The State Board shall adopt rules for the enforcement of this section. If a county board of elections does not comply with the requirements of this section, the State Board shall direct the chair of the county board of elections to appear and explain the delay at the next official meeting of the State Board. History (2001-466, s. 2; 2003-183, s. 1; 2005-323, s. 1(e); 2007-391, s. 6(c); 2008-187, s. 33(b); 2016-109, s. 9(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b); 2020-17, s. 10.5.) Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-1079 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-1079 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. Session Laws 2016-109, s. 9(c), provides: "Until January 1, 2020, the State Board of Elections shall report for each voter registration the current voting precinct and the 2010 Census Bureau voting tabulation district." Session Laws 2016-109, s. 9(d), made the amendment to subsection (a) of this section by Session Laws 2016-109, s. 9(b), applicable to elections conducted on or after September 1, 2016 and contracts awarded on or after September 1, 2016. Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(b), effective January 31, 2019, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, which had recodified this section. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2005-323, s. 1(e), effective August 26, 2005, inserted "by provisional ballot and" in the first sentence and "provisional and" in the second sentence, and deleted the former fourth and fifth sentences, which read: "Those rules shall provide for exemptions where the expense of compliance would place a financial hardship on a county. Those rules shall provide for compliance by 2004 for counties the State Board determines are capable of complying by that year." Session Laws 2007-391, s. 6(c), effective January 1, 2008, substituted "voting tabulation district" for "precinct" in the section catchline and rewrote the section. Session Laws 2016-109, s. 9(a), effective September 1, 2016, added subsection designators (a), (b), and (c); in subsection (a), substituted "precinct" for "tabulation district as provided in G.S. 163-132.1 B," "voting tabulation district," and "tabulation district," "that voting precinct" for "the voting tabulation district," "the voter" for "they," "the voting" for "their," "associated with that voter's voter registration" for "voting place on election day," and "30-day" for "60-day"; and in subsection (b), substituted "30-day" for "60-day" and "precinct" for "tabulation district." The section above is effective January 1, 2020. See editor's note for applicability. Session Laws 2020-17, s. 10.5, effective June 12, 2020, added the last sentence in subsection (a); substituted "State Board" for "State Board of Elections" in subsections (b) and (c); and added subsection (d). § 163-132.6: Repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 927, s. 1. §§ 163-133, 163-134: Reserved for future codification purposes.