North Carolina Statutes § 163-166.50 Certified list of executed ballots cast during early voting; distribution of list
Statute Text
(a)
With respect to each
[early "one-stop" absentee]
ballot
[voted under
G.S.
163-227.2
,
163-227.5
, and
163-227.6
,]
voted in accordance with this Part,
the State Board shall approve an official register in which the county board of elections in each county of the State shall record the following information:
(1)
Name of voter for whom
[application and ballots are]
a ballot is
being requested.
(2)
Number of assigned voter's
[application]
ballot
when issued.
(3)
The precinct in which the voter is registered.
(4)
The date the voter voted
[early "one-stop."]
early.
(5)
The voter's party affiliation.
(6)
Whatever additional information and official action may be required by this
[Article.]
Part.
(b)
The State Board may provide for the official
[registers]
register
required by this section to be kept by electronic data processing equipment.
(c)
The official register required by
[subsection (a) of]
this section shall be confidential and not a public record until the opening of the voting place in accordance with
[
G.S.
163-166.01
,]
G.S.
163-166.25
,
at which time the official register shall constitute a public record.
[The official register required by subsection (a1) of this section shall constitute a public record and shall be opened to the inspection of any registered voter of the county within 60 days before and 30 days after an election in which absentee ballots were authorized, or at any other time when good and sufficient reason may be assigned for its inspection.]
(d)
The State Board shall adopt rules to implement this section, including frequency of transmittal and ensuring that each precinct has a list of voters from that precinct who voted prior to the polls opening on election day.
(e)
Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, the State Board or a county board of elections shall inform the voter of the status of that voter's request for mail-in absentee ballots upon inquiry of the voter or the voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian.
History
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 140 , s. 35 , eff. 1/1/2024 .
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 140 , s. 27-c , eff. 1/1/2024 .
Renumbered from