GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2015

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HOUSE BILL 373

Committee Substitute Favorable 4/16/15

 

Short Title:        Paper Ballots by 2020/Certain Counties.		(Public)
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March 30, 2015

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT extending the time frame to implement the requirement for paper ballots from 2018 to SEPTEMBER 1, 2019, for counties that use direct record electronic voting machines for current voting requirements.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.(a)  Section 30.8 of S.L. 2013‑381 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 30.8.  Any direct record electronic (DRE) voting systems currently certified by the State Board of Elections which do not use paper ballots shall be decertified and shall not be used in any election held on or after January 1, 2018. September 1, 2019, for counties that use direct record electronic voting machines on election day as of January 1, 2015, and January 1, 2018, for all other counties. Decertification of a DRE voting system that does not use paper ballots may not be appealed to the Superior Court of Wake County pursuant to G.S. 163‑165.7(b)."

SECTION 1.(b)  Section 30.9 of S.L. 2013‑381 reads as rewritten:

"SECTION 30.9. This Part becomes effective January 1, 2018. September 1, 2019, for counties that use direct record electronic voting machines on election day as of January 1, 2015. This Part becomes effective for all other counties January 1, 2018."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.