North Carolina § 163-221 - Persons may not sign name of another to petition.
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§ 163-221. Persons may not sign name of another to petition.
No person may sign the name of another person to any of the following: Any petition calling for an election or referendum. Any petition under G.S. 163-96 for the formulation of a new political party. Any petition under G.S. 163-107.1 requesting a person to be a candidate. Any petition under G.S. 163-122 to have the name of an unaffiliated candidate placed on the general election ballot, or under G.S. 163-296 to have the name of an unaffiliated or nonpartisan candidate placed on the regular municipal election ballot. Any petition under G.S. 163-213.5 to place a name on the ballot under the Presidential Preference Primary Act. Any petition under G.S. 163-123 to qualify as a write-in candidate. Any name signed on a petition, in violation of this section, shall be void. Any person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. History (1977, c. 218, s. 1; 1979, c. 534, s. 1; 1987, c. 565, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 1104; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2003-278, s. 7; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).) Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-1278 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-1278 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 Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(b), effective January 31, 2019, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, which had recodified this section.
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