North Carolina § 163-82 - 1. General principles of voter registration.

§ 163-82. 1. General principles of voter registration.

Prerequisite to Voting. - No person shall be permitted to vote who has not been registered under the provisions of this Article or registered as previously provided by law. County Board's Duty to Register. - A county board of elections shall register, in accordance with this Article, every person qualified to vote in that county who makes an application in accordance with this Article. Permanent Registration. - Every person registered to vote by a county board of elections in accordance with this Article shall remain registered until: The registrant requests in writing to the county board of elections to be removed from the list of registered voters; or The registrant becomes disqualified through death, conviction of a felony, or removal out of the county; or The county board of elections determines, through the procedure outlined in G.S. 163-82.14, that it can no longer confirm where the voter resides. Prerequisite to Voting. - No person shall be permitted to vote who has not been registered under the provisions of this Article or registered as previously provided by law. County Board's Duty to Register. - A county board of elections shall register, in accordance with this Article, every person qualified to vote in that county who makes an application in accordance with this Article. Permanent Registration. - Every person registered to vote by a county board of elections in accordance with this Article shall remain registered until: Preregistration. - A person who is at least 16 years of age but will not be 18 years of age by the date of the next election and who is otherwise qualified to register may preregister to vote and shall be automatically registered upon reaching the age of eligibility following verification of the person's qualifications and address in accordance with G.S. 163-82.7. History (1953, c. 843; 1955, c. 800; 1963, c. 303, s. 1; 1965, c. 1116, s. 1; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1973, c. 793, s. 25; 1975, c. 395; 1981, c. 39, s. 1; c. 87, s. 1; c. 308, s. 1; 1985, c. 211, ss. 1, 2; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 2009-541, s. 7(a); 2013-381, s. 12.1(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).) Prior Law in Force. - In the case of NAACP v. McCrory, the defendants were enjoined from implementing certain portions of Session Laws 2013-381 and Session Laws 2015-103, relating to photo IDs and changes to early voting, same-day registration, out-of-precinct voting, and preregistration, and the pertinent statutory provisions in effect prior to those amendments were declared to be in full force (Case 1:13-cv-00658-TDS-JEP Document 455 (M.D.N.C. 2016). The Revisor is informed that as a result, the version of this section that the State Board is actually enforcing is as follows: § 163-82.1. General principles of voter registration (1) The registrant requests in writing to the county board of elections to be removed from the list of registered voters; or (2) The registrant becomes disqualified through death, conviction of a felony, or removal out of the county; or (3) The county board of elections determines, through the procedure outlined in G.S. 163-82.14 , that it can no longer confirm where the voter resides. Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-860 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-860 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. Effect of Amendments. - Session Laws 2009-541, s. 7(a), effective January 1, 2010, added subsection (d). Session Laws 2013-381, s. 12.1(a), effective September 1, 2013, repealed subsection (d). Legal Periodicals. - For article, "Fiduciary Voters?," see 66 Duke L.J. 331 (2016).