North Carolina § 163-233 - Applications for absentee ballots; how retained.

§ 163-233. Applications for absentee ballots; how retained.

The county board of elections shall retain, in a safe place, the original of all applications made for absentee ballots, which shall be available to inspection by the State Board or to any person upon the directive of the State Board. Any copies of any photographic identification associated with the absentee ballots shall not be a public record. The county board of elections shall create a list of applications made for absentee ballots received by the county board, which shall be updated daily from the date the county board begins to mail application and ballots through the date of canvass. Such list shall be a public record. All applications for absentee ballots shall be retained by the county board of elections for a period of one year after which those applications may be destroyed. History (1939, c. 159, s. 7; 1943, c. 751, s. 4; 1963, c. 457, s. 7; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1973, c. 536, s. 1; c. 1075, s. 5; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1999-455, s. 13; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b); 2019-239, s. 1.1(b).) Cross References. - For present provisions covering the subject matter of this section as it existed prior to the 1977 amendment, see G.S. 163-232 . Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-1313 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-1313 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 Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(b), effective January 31, 2019, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, which had recodified this section. Session Laws 2019-239, s. 1.6, provides: "Rule Making. - The State Board of Elections shall adopt emergency rules for the implementation of this Part in accordance with G.S. 150B-21.1 A. This section does not require any rule making if not otherwise required by law." Session Laws 2019-239, s. 7, made the amendment to this section by Session Laws 2019-239, s. 1.1(b), effective January 1, 2020, and applicable to elections conducted on or after that date. Session Laws 2019-239, s. 5.12, provides: "Except for statutory changes or other provisions that clearly indicate an intention to have effects beyond the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium, the textual provisions of this Part apply only to funds appropriated for, and activities occurring during, the 2019-2021 fiscal biennium." Session Laws 2019-239, s. 5.14, is a severability clause. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2019-239, s. 1.1(b), in present subsection (a), added the subsection (a) designation, substituted "ballots, which shall be" for "ballots and shall make them," deleted "of Elections" following "State Board" twice and added the second sentence; added subsection (b); and, in present subsection (c), added the subsection (c) designation and substituted "those applications" for "they." For effective date and applicability, see editor's note.