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NC Gen Stat § 163-213.4 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 18A - Presidential Preference Primary Act.|§ 163-213.4 - Nomination by State Board of Elections.

 163-213.4. Nomination by State Board of Elections.No later than 90 days preceding the North Carolina presidential preference primary, the chair of each political party shall submit to the State Board of Elections a list of its presidential candidates to be placed on the presidential preference primary ballot. The list must be comprised of candidates whose candidacy is generally advocated and recognized in the news media throughout the United States or in North Carolina, unless any such candidate executes and files with the chair of the political party an affidavit stating without qualification that the candidate is not and does not intend to become a candidate for nomination in the North Carolina Presidential Preference Primary Election. The State Board of Elections shall prepare and publish a list of the names of the presidential candidates submitted. The State Board of Elections shall convene in Raleigh on the first Tuesday in January preceding the presidential preference primary election, unless the first Tuesday in January is the first day of that month, in which case the State Board shall meet on January 2. At the meeting required by this section, the State Board of Elections shall nominate as presidential primary candidates all candidates affiliated with a political party, recognized pursuant to the provisions of Article 9 of this Chapter, who have been submitted to the State Board of Elections. Additionally, the State Board of Elections, by vote of at least three of its members in the affirmative, may nominate as a presidential primary candidate any other person affiliated with a political party that it finds is generally advocated and recognized in the news media throughout the United States or in North Carolina as candidates for the nomination by that party. Immediately upon completion of these requirements, the State Board shall release to the news media all such nominees selected. Provided, however, nothing shall prohibit the partial selection of nominees prior to the meeting required by this section, if all provisions herein have been complied with.  (1971, c. 225; 1975, c. 744; 1983, c. 729; 1987, c. 81, s. 1; c. 549, s. 6.1; 1991, c. 689, s. 15(c); 2003-278, s. 9(a); 2007-391, s. 33; 2008-187, s. 33(a); 2013-381, ss. 35.2, 36.1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2017-102, s. 45.5; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-213.5 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 18A - Presidential Preference Primary Act.|§ 163-213.5 - Nomination by petition.

 163-213.5. Nomination by petition.Any person seeking the endorsement by the national political party for the office of President of the United States, or any group organized in this State on behalf of, and with the consent of, such person, may file with the State Board of Elections petitions signed by 10,000 persons who, at the time they signed are registered and qualified voters in this State and are affiliated, by such registration, with the same political party as the candidate for whom the petitions are filed. Such petitions shall be presented to the county board of elections 10 days before the filing deadline and shall be certified promptly by the chairman of the board of elections of the county in which the signatures were obtained and shall be filed by the petitioners with the State Board of Elections no later than 5:00 P.M. on the Monday prior to the date the State Board of Elections is required to meet as directed by G.S. 163-213.4.The petitions must state the name of the candidate for nomination, along with a letter of approval signed by such candidate. Said petitions must also state the name and address of the chairman of any such group organized to circulate petitions authorized under this section. The requirement for signers of such petitions shall be the same as now required under provisions of G.S. 163-96(b)(1) and (2). The requirement of the respective chairmen of county boards of elections shall be the same as now required under the provisions of G.S. 163-96 as they relate to the chairman of the county board of elections.The State Board of Elections shall forthwith determine the sufficiency of petitions filed with it and shall immediately communicate its determination to the chairman of such group organized to circulate petitions. The form and style of petition shall be as prescribed by the State Board of Elections.  (1971, c. 225; 1975, c. 744; 2002-159, s. 55(e); 2003-278, s. 9(b); 2004-127, s. 6; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-213.6 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 18A - Presidential Preference Primary Act.|§ 163-213.6 - Notification to candidates.

 163-213.6. Notification to candidates.The State Board of Elections shall forthwith contact each person who has been nominated by the State Board or by petition and notify him in writing that his name will be printed as a candidate of a specified political party on the North Carolina presidential preference primary ballot. A candidate who participates in the North Carolina presidential preference primary of a particular party shall have his name placed on the general election ballot only as a nominee of that political party. The State Board shall send a copy of the "Presidential Preference Primary Act" to each candidate with the notice specified above.  (1971, c. 225; 1975, c. 744; 1987, c. 549, s. 6.2; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-213.7 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 18A - Presidential Preference Primary Act.|§ 163-213.7 - Voting in presidential preference primary; ballots.

 163-213.7. Voting in presidential preference primary; ballots.The names of all candidates in the presidential preference primary shall appear at an appropriate place on the ballot or voting machine. In addition the State Board of Elections shall provide a category on the ballot or voting machine allowing voters in each political party to vote an "uncommitted" or "no preference" status. The voter shall be able to cast his ballot for one of the presidential candidates of a political party or for an "uncommitted" or "no preference" status, but shall not be permitted to vote for candidates or "uncommitted" status of a political party different from his registration. Persons registered as "Unaffiliated" shall not participate in the presidential primary except as provided in G.S. 163-119.  (1971, c. 225; 1975, c. 744; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 52; 2004-127, s. 11; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-213.8 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 18A - Presidential Preference Primary Act.|§ 163-213.8 - Allocation of delegate positions to reflect division of votes in the primary.

 163-213.8. Allocation of delegate positions to reflect division of votes in the primary.(a) Upon completion and certification of the primary results by the State Board of Elections, the Secretary of State shall certify the results to the State chairman of each political party.Each political party shall allocate delegate positions in a manner which reflects the division of votes of the party primary consistent with the national party rules of that political party.(b) In case of conflict between subsection (a) of this section and the national rules of a political party, the State executive committee of that party has the authority to resolve the conflict by adopting for that party the national rules, which shall then supercede any provision in subsection (a) of this section with which it conflicts, provided that the executive committee shall take only such action under this subsection necessary to resolve the conflict.  (1971, c. 225; 1975, c. 744; 1979, c. 800; 1983, c. 216, ss. 1, 2; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-213.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 18A - Presidential Preference Primary Act.|§ 163-213.9 - National committee to be notified of provisions under this Article.

 163-213.9. National committee to be notified of provisions under this Article.It shall be the responsibility of the State chairman of each political party, qualified under the laws of this State, to notify his party's national committee no later than January 30 of each year in which such presidential preference primary shall be conducted of the provisions contained under this Article.  (1971, c. 225; 1975, c. 744; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-213.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 18A - Presidential Preference Primary Act.|§ 163-213.10 - Transferred to G.S. 163-213.9 by Session Laws 1975, c. 744.

 163-213.10. Transferred to G.S. 163-213.9 by Session Laws 1975, c. 744.
NC Gen Stat § 163-218 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 19 - Petitions for Elections and Referenda.|§ 163-218 - Registration of notice of circulation of petition.

 163-218. Registration of notice of circulation of petition.From and after July 1, 1957, notice of circulation of a petition calling for any election or referendum shall be registered with the county board of elections with which the petition is to be filed, and the date of registration of the notice shall be the date of issuance and commencement of circulation of the petition.  (1957, c. 1239, s. 1; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-219 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 19 - Petitions for Elections and Referenda.|§ 163-219 - Petition void after one year from registration.

 163-219. Petition void after one year from registration.Petitions calling for elections and referenda shall be and become void and of no further effect one year after the date the notice of circulation is registered with the county board of elections with which it is required to be filed; and notwithstanding any public, special, local, or private act to the contrary, no election or referendum shall thereafter be called or held pursuant to or based upon any such void petition.  (1957, c. 1239, s. 2; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-220 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 19 - Petitions for Elections and Referenda.|§ 163-220 - Limitation on petitions circulated prior to July 1, 1957.

 163-220. Limitation on petitions circulated prior to July 1, 1957.Petitions calling for elections or referenda which were circulated prior to July 1, 1957, shall be and become void and of no further force and effect one year after the date of issuance of such petitions for circulation; and notwithstanding any public, special, local, or private act to the contrary, no election or referendum shall be called or held pursuant to or based upon any such void petition from and after July 1, 1957.  (1957, c. 1239, s. 3; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-221 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 19 - Petitions for Elections and Referenda.|§ 163-221 - Persons may not sign name of another to petition.

 163-221. Persons may not sign name of another to petition.(a) No person may sign the name of another person to any of the following:(1) Any petition calling for an election or referendum.(2) Any petition under G.S. 163-96 for the formulation of a new political party.(3) Any petition under G.S. 163-107.1 requesting a person to be a candidate.(4) Any petition under G.S. 163-122 to have the name of an unaffiliated candidate placed on the general election ballot, or under G.S. 163-296 to have the name of an unaffiliated or nonpartisan candidate placed on the regular municipal election ballot.(5) Any petition under G.S. 163-213.5 to place a name on the ballot under the Presidential Preference Primary Act.(6) Any petition under G.S. 163-123 to qualify as a write-in candidate.(b) Any name signed on a petition, in violation of this section, shall be void.(c) Any person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor.  (1977, c. 218, s. 1; 1979, c. 534, s. 1; 1987, c. 565, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 1104; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2003-278, s. 7; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-226 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-226 - Who may vote an absentee ballot.

 163-226. Who may vote an absentee ballot.(a) Who May Vote Absentee Ballot; Generally. - Any qualified voter of the State may vote by absentee ballot in a statewide primary, general, or special election on constitutional amendments, referenda or bond proposals, and any qualified voter of a county is authorized to vote by absentee ballot in any primary or election conducted by the county board of elections, in the manner provided in this Article.(b) Annual Request by Person With Sickness or Physical Disability. - If the applicant reports that the voter has a sickness or physical disability that is expected to last the remainder of the calendar year, the voter may request to vote by mail-in absentee ballot for all of the primaries and elections held during the calendar year when the completed written request under G.S. 163-230.1 is received.(c) Repealed by Session Laws 2019-136, s. 1, effective July 19, 2019, and applicable to fire district elections held on or after that date.(d) The Term "Election". - As used in this Article, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the term "election" includes a general, primary, second primary, runoff election, bond election, referendum, or special election.(e) The Term "Verifiable Legal Guardian." - An individual appointed guardian under Chapter 35A of the General Statutes. For a corporation appointed as a guardian under that Chapter, the corporation may submit a list of 10 named individuals to the State Board of Elections who may act for that corporation under this Article.(f) For the purpose of this Article, "near relative" means spouse, brother, sister, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, mother-in-law, father-in-law, daughter-in-law, son-in-law, stepparent, or stepchild.  (1939, c. 159, s. 1; 1963, c. 457, s. 1; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; c. 952, s. 1; 1973, c. 536, s. 1; c. 1018; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1979, c. 140, s. 1; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 561, s. 1; c. 734, s. 5; 1999-455, s. 1; 2001-337, s. 1; 2001-507, s. 1; 2013-381, s. 4.5; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b); 2019-136, s. 1; 2019-239, ss. 1.2(a), 1.3(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-226.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-226.1 - Absentee voting in primary.

 163-226.1. Absentee voting in primary.A qualified voter may vote by absentee ballot in a partisan primary provided the qualified voter is affiliated, at the time the qualified voter makes application for absentee ballots, with the political party in whose primary the qualified voter wishes to vote, except that an unaffiliated voter may vote in a party primary if permitted under G.S. 163-119. The official registration records of the county in which the voter is registered shall be proof of whether the qualified voter is affiliated with a political party and of the party, if any, with which the qualified voter is affiliated.  (1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1999-455, s. 2; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-226.2 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-226.2 - Absentee voting in municipal elections.

 163-226.2. Absentee voting in municipal elections.Absentee voting by qualified voters residing in a municipality shall be in accordance with the authorization specified in G.S. 163-302.  (1977, c. 469, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-227.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-227.1 - Second primary; applications for absentee ballots for voting in second primary.

 163-227.1. Second primary; applications for absentee ballots for voting in second primary.A voter applying for an absentee ballot for a primary election who will be eligible to vote under this Article on the day of the primary and second primary shall be permitted by the county board of elections to indicate that fact on that voter's application and that voter shall automatically be issued an application and absentee ballot for the second primary if one is called. The county board of elections shall consider that indication a separate request for application for the second primary and, at the proper time, shall enter that voter's name in the absentee register along with the listing of other applicants for absentee ballots for the second primary.In addition, a voter entitled to absentee ballots under the provisions of this Article who did not make application for the primary or who failed to apply for a second primary ballot at the time of application for a first primary ballot may make a written request for absentee ballots for a second primary not earlier than the day a second primary is called and not later than the date and time provided by G.S. 163-230.1.All procedures with respect to absentee ballots in a second primary shall be the same as with respect to absentee ballots in a first primary except as otherwise provided by this section.  (1973, c. 536, s. 1; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1981, c. 560, s. 1; 1985, c. 600, s. 3; 1999-455, s. 5; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-227.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-227.3 - Recodified as G.S. 163-227.10 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.

 163-227.3. Recodified as G.S. 163-227.10 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.
NC Gen Stat § 163-227.10 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-227.10 - Date by which absentee ballots must be available for voting.

 163-227.10. Date by which absentee ballots must be available for voting.(a) A board of elections shall provide absentee ballots of the kinds needed 60 days prior to the statewide general election in even-numbered years and 50 days prior to the date on which any other election shall be conducted, unless 45 days is authorized by the State Board under G.S. 163-22(k) or there shall exist an appeal before the State Board or the courts not concluded, in which case the board shall provide the ballots as quickly as possible upon the conclusion of such an appeal. Provided, in a presidential election year, the board of elections shall provide general election ballots no later than three days after nomination of the presidential and vice presidential candidates if that nomination occurs later than 63 days prior to the statewide general election and makes compliance with the 60-day deadline impossible. However, in the case of municipal elections, absentee ballots shall be made available no later than 30 days before an election. In every instance the board of elections shall exert every effort to provide absentee ballots, of the kinds needed by the date on which absentee voting is authorized to commence.(b) Second Primary. - The board of elections shall provide absentee ballots, of the kinds needed, as quickly as possible after the ballot information for a second primary has been determined.  (1973, c. 1275; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 986, s. 2; 1987, c. 485, ss. 2, 5; c. 509, s. 9; 1989, c. 635, s. 5; 2001-353, s. 4; 2002-159, s. 55(i); 2009-537, s. 2; 2013-381, s. 17(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-230.3 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-230.3 - Online request for absentee ballots.

 163-230.3. Online request for absentee ballots.(a) Notwithstanding G.S. 163-230.1 and G.S. 163-230.2, a qualified voter who is eligible to vote by absentee ballot under G.S. 163-226, or that voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian, may submit a request for absentee ballots online using the procedures set forth in this section in lieu of the completed written request on a form established by the State Board. All other provisions in G.S. 163-230.1 and G.S. 163-230.2 shall apply.(b) The State Board shall establish a secure Internet Web site to permit individuals described in subsection (a) of this section to submit an online request for absentee ballots. The Internet Web site must be able to track the IP address of anyone who accesses the Web site. The Web site must require that the voter or the voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian provide all of the following information:(1) All information required for a valid written request for absentee ballots in G.S. 163-230.2.(2) An electronic signature, as defined in G.S. 66-312 of the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act, of the voter, or the voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian, if requesting on the voter's behalf.(c) Upon receipt of an online request for absentee ballots, the State Board shall submit the request to the county board of elections in which the voter resides. The county board of elections shall process the online request in the same manner as processing a completed written request for absentee ballots submitted under G.S. 163-230.1.  (2020-17, s. 7(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-233 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-233 - Applications for absentee ballots; how retained.

 163-233. Applications for absentee ballots; how retained.(a) The county board of elections shall retain, in a safe place, the original of all applications made for absentee ballots, which shall be available to inspection by the State Board or to any person upon the directive of the State Board. Any copies of any photographic identification associated with the absentee ballots shall not be a public record.(b) The county board of elections shall create a list of applications made for absentee ballots received by the county board, which shall be updated daily from the date the county board begins to mail application and ballots through the date of canvass. Such list shall be a public record.(c) All applications for absentee ballots shall be retained by the county board of elections for a period of one year after which those applications may be destroyed.  (1939, c. 159, s. 7; 1943, c. 751, s. 4; 1963, c. 457, s. 7; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1973, c. 536, s. 1; c. 1075, s. 5; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1999-455, s. 13; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b); 2019-239, s. 1.1(b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-233.1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.|§ 163-233.1 - Withdrawal of absentee ballots not allowed.

 163-233.1. Withdrawal of absentee ballots not allowed.No person shall be permitted to withdraw an absentee ballot after such ballot has been mailed to or returned to the county board of elections.  (1973, c. 536, s. 1; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)