Bill Text: NC S103 | 2015-2016 | Regular Session | Amended

North Carolina Senate Bill 103 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Notice to Vote Absentee Ballot W/out Photo ID

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-02-23 - Ref To Com On Redistricting [S103 Detail]

Download: North_Carolina-2015-S103-Amended.html

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

S 1

SENATE BILL 103

Short Title: Notice to Vote Absentee Ballot W/out Photo ID.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Senators Bryant, Robinson, Foushee (Primary Sponsors); Lowe, Smith, and Smith‑Ingram.
Referred to:	Redistricting.

February 23, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to require county boards of elections to notify a registered voter of the option to complete a written request for an absentee ballot at a one‑stop voting location when the voter presents without an eligible form of photo identification.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1. G.S. 163‑166.13 reads as rewritten:

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(c) ~~Any~~ Except as provided in subsection (c1) of this section, any voter who does not comply with subsection (a) of this section shall be permitted to vote a provisional official ballot which shall be counted in accordance with G.S. 163‑182.1A.

(c1) Any voter voting in person in accordance with G.S. 163‑227.2 who does not comply with subsection (a) of this section shall be notified of the option and permitted to complete a written request for an absentee ballot in accordance with G.S. 163‑227.2(b1).

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SECTION 2. G.S. 163‑227.2 is amended by adding the following new subsection to read:

"(b1) Any voter who fails to present an eligible form of photo identification in accordance with G.S. 163‑166.13 shall be notified of the option and permitted to complete a written request form for an absentee ballot at the one‑stop absentee voting location in accordance with G.S. 163‑230.2. The county board of elections shall provide to the voter notice of each of the following:

(1) The option to complete a written request form for an absentee ballot at the one‑stop absentee voting location, so long as the completed request form is received by the county board of elections not later than 5:00 P.M. on the Tuesday before the election as provided in G.S. 163‑230.1(a).

(2) The option to complete the request form using the last four digits of the voter's social security number as provided under G.S. 163‑230.2(a)(4)c. or by providing a copy of any of the documents under G.S. 163‑166.12(b)(2).

(3) The instructions for completing the absentee ballot in accordance with G.S. 163‑230.1, along with the deadlines for returning the absentee ballot.

(4) The means by which the voter may transmit the executed ballot to the county board of elections as provided in G.S. 163‑231, including through delivery in person to an election official at a one‑stop voting location.

Upon receiving notice pursuant to this subsection, a voter shall sign a form acknowledging that the voter was notified of the option to complete the absentee ballot and opted to (i) complete the request for an absentee ballot, (ii) take the application for an absentee ballot with him or her, or (iii) declined the option to complete or receive the absentee ballot. The list of names of those voters who signed an acknowledgment is a public record.

The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules requiring signage to be displayed at all one‑stop absentee voting locations notifying voters who do not have eligible photo identification of the option to complete a written request form for an absentee ballot as provided in this subsection."

SECTION 3. This act is effective when it becomes law.