Bill Text: NC H699 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: No Race/Ethnicity Req/Voter Registration Form
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-11 - Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House [H699 Detail]
Download: North_Carolina-2017-H699-Amended.html
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2017
H 1
HOUSE BILL 699
Short Title: No Race/Ethnicity Req/Voter Registration Form. |
(Public) |
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Sponsors: |
Representatives Insko and Butler (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site. |
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Referred to: |
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House |
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April 11, 2017
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to clarify on the voter registration application form that an application shall not be denied for failure to indicate race and ethnicity.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1. The State Board of Elections shall revise the voter registration application form used to request information of the applicant pursuant to G.S. 163‑82.4 to clearly and conspicuously include the following statement on the voter registration application form: "No application shall be denied for failure to indicate race or ethnicity."
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date.