North Carolina Statutes § 163-20 Meetings of Board; quorum; minutes
Statute Text
(a)
Call of meeting. - The State Board
[of Elections]
shall meet at the call of the
[chairman]
chair
whenever necessary to discharge the duties and functions imposed upon it by this Chapter. The
[chairman]
chair
shall call a meeting of the
State
Board upon the written application or applications of any two members thereof. If there is no
[chairman,]
chair,
or if the
[chairman]
chair
does not call a meeting within three days after receiving a written request or requests from two members, any three members of the
State
Board shall have power to call a meeting of the
State
Board, and any duties imposed or powers conferred on the
State
Board by this Chapter may be performed or exercised at that meeting, although the time for performing or exercising the same prescribed by this Chapter may have expired.
(b)
Place of Meeting. - Except as provided in
[subsection (c), below,]
subsection (c) of this section,
the State Board
[of Elections]
shall meet in its offices in the City of Raleigh, or at another place in
the City of
Raleigh to be designated by the
[chairman.]
chair.
However, subject to the limitation imposed by
[subsection (c), below,]
subsection (c) of this section
upon the prior written request of any four members, the State Board
[of Elections]
shall meet at any other place in the State designated by the four members.
(c)
Meetings to Investigate Alleged Violations of This Chapter. - When called upon to investigate or hear sworn alleged violations of this Chapter, the State Board
[of Elections]
shall meet and hear the matter in the county in which the violations are alleged to have occurred.
(d)
Quorum. - A majority of the members constitutes a quorum for the transaction of business by the State
[Board of Elections.]
Board.
If any member of the
State
Board fails to attend a meeting, and by reason thereof there is no quorum, the members present shall adjourn from day to day for not more than three days, by the end of which time, if there is no quorum, the
[Governor]
State Auditor
may summarily remove any member failing to attend and appoint
[his]
a
successor.
(e)
Minutes. - The State Board
[of Elections]
shall keep minutes recording all proceedings and findings at each of its meetings. The minutes shall be recorded in a book which shall be kept in the office of the State Board in
the City of
Raleigh.
History
Amended by 2024 N.C. Sess. Laws 57 , s. 3A.3-d , eff. 12/11/2024 .
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 139 , s. 2.2 , eff. 1/1/2024 .
1901, c. 89, s. 7; Rev., ss. 2760, 4301, 4302; C.S., ss. 5922, 5923; 1933, c. 165, s. 1; 1945, c. 982; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1973, c. 793, s. 3; c. 1223, s. 1; 2016-125, 4th Ex. Sess., s. 5(b); 2017-6, ss. 2, 3, 7(b); 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).
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