North Carolina § 163-258 - 28. Registration and voting on primary or election day.

§ 163-258. 28. Registration and voting on primary or election day.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, an individual shall be permitted to register in person at any time the office of the board of elections or the voting place is open, including the day of a primary or election if that individual was absent on the day the registration records close for an election, but returns to that individual's county of residence in North Carolina thereafter, and if the absence is due to uniformed service as defined by G.S. 163-258.2 . If an individual so absent on the day registration closes shall appear in person at the voting place on election day and is otherwise eligible to vote, that individual shall be entitled to register and vote at the voting place that day, regardless of whether the person's uniformed service status has changed since the close of registration. History (1977, c. 93; 1999-424, s. 7( l ); 2001-353, s. 3; 2009-281, s. 1; 2011-182, s. 2; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).) Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-1367 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-1367 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 2011-182, s. 2, effective January 1, 2012, recodified and amended former G.S. 163-254 as G.S. 163-258.23. It was subsequently renumbered as G.S. 163-258.28 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes. Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(b), effective January 31, 2019, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, which had recodified this section.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 2009-281, s. 1, effective July 10, 2009, substituted "National Guard" for "national guard" in subdivision (1). Session Laws 2011-182, s. 2, effective January 1, 2012, in the first paragraph, substituted "this Chapter" for "Chapter 163 of the General Statutes" and "absence is due to uniformed service as defined by G.S. 163-258.2 " for "absence is due to an occupation or status of that individual listed below"; deleted subdivisions (1) through (5), which were a listing of occupations and statuses; and in the last paragraph, substituted "person's uniformed service status" for "person's occupation or status as outlined in subdivisions (1) through (5) of this section." Legal Periodicals. - For survey of 1977 administrative law affecting state government, see 56 N.C.L. Rev. 867 (1978).