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NC Gen Stat § 163-82.8A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.8A - Voter photo identification cards.

 163-82.8A. Voter photo identification cards.(a) The county board of elections shall, in accordance with this section, issue without charge voter photo identification cards upon request to registered voters. The voter photo identification cards shall contain a photograph of the registered voter, the name of the registered voter, and the voter registration number for that registered voter. The voter photo identification card shall be used for voting purposes only and shall expire 10 years from the date of issuance. The expiration of a voter photo identification card shall not create a presumption that the voter's voter registration has expired or become inactive, and a voter's voter registration shall not be rendered inactive solely due to the expiration of the voter photo identification card.(b) The State Board shall make available to county boards of elections the equipment necessary to print voter photo identification cards. County boards of elections shall operate and maintain the equipment necessary to print voter photo identification cards.(c) County boards of elections shall maintain a secure database containing the photographs of registered voters taken for the purpose of issuing voter photo identification cards.(d) The State Board shall adopt rules to ensure at a minimum, but not limited to, the following:(1) A registered voter seeking to obtain a voter photo identification card shall provide the registered voter's name, the registered voter's date of birth, and the last four digits of the voter's social security number.(2) Voter photo identification cards shall be issued at any time, except during the time period between the end of one-stop voting for a primary or election as provided in G.S. 163-227.2 and election day for each primary and election.(3) If the registered voter loses or defaces the voter's photo identification card, the registered voter may obtain a duplicate card without charge from his or her county board of elections upon request in person, or by telephone or mail.(4) If a registered voter has a change of name and has updated his or her voter registration to reflect the new name, the registered voter may request and obtain a replacement card from the registered voter's county board of elections by providing the registered voter's date of birth and the last four digits of the registered voter's social security number in person, by telephone, or by mail.(5) Voter photo identification cards issued must contain the following disclaimer: "Expiration of this voter photo identification card does not automatically result in the voter's voter registration becoming inactive."(e) Ninety days prior to expiration, the county board of elections shall notify any registered voter issued a voter photographic identification card under this section of the impending expiration of the voter photographic identification card.  (2018-144, s. 1.1(a); 2018-146, s. 3.1(a).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.9 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.9 - Cancellation of prior registration.

 163-82.9. Cancellation of prior registration.If an applicant indicates on an application form described in G.S. 163-82.3 a current registration to vote in any other county, municipality, or state, the county board of elections, upon registering the person to vote, shall send a notice to the appropriate officials in the other county, municipality, or state and shall ask them to cancel the person's voter registration there. If an applicant completes an application form described in G.S. 163-82.3 except that the applicant neglects to complete the portion of the form that authorizes cancellation of previous registration in another county, the State Board of Elections shall notify the county board of elections in the previous county of the new registration, and the board in the previous county shall cancel the registration. The State Board of Elections shall adopt rules to prevent disenfranchisement in the implementation of this section. Those rules shall include adequate notice to the person whose previous registration is to be cancelled.  (1973, c. 793, s. 28; c. 1223, s. 4; 1977, c. 265, s. 3; 1983, c. 411, ss. 1, 2; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 1995, c. 509, s. 115; 2005-428, s. 9; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.10A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.10A - Permanent voter registration numbers.

 163-82.10A. Permanent voter registration numbers.The statewide voter registration system shall assign to each voter a unique registration number. That number shall be permanent for that voter and shall not be changed or reassigned by the county board of elections.  (2001-319, s. 8.1(a); 2003-226, s. 10; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.10B (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.10B - Confidentiality of date of birth.

 163-82.10B. Confidentiality of date of birth.Boards of elections shall keep confidential the date of birth of every voter-registration applicant and registered voter, except in the following situations:(1) When a voter has filed notice of candidacy for elective office under G.S. 163-106, 163-122, 163-123, or 163-294.2, has been nominated as a candidate under G.S. 163-98 or G.S. 163-114, or has otherwise formally become a candidate for elective office. The exception of this subdivision does not extend to an individual who meets the definition of "candidate" only by beginning a tentative candidacy by receiving funds or making payments or giving consent to someone else to receive funds or transfer something of value for the purpose of exploring a candidacy.(2) When a voter is serving in an elective office.(3) When a voter has been challenged pursuant to Article 8 of this Chapter.(4) When a voter-registration applicant or registered voter expressly authorizes in writing the disclosure of that individual's date of birth.(5) When requested by a county jury commission established pursuant to G.S. 9-1 for purposes of preparing the master jury list in that county pursuant to G.S. 9-2.The disclosure of an individual's age does not constitute disclosure of date of birth in violation of this section.The county board of elections shall give precinct officials access to a voter's date of birth where necessary for election administration, consistent with the duty to keep dates of birth confidential.Disclosure of a date of birth in violation of this section shall not give rise to a civil cause of action. This limitation of liability does not apply to the disclosure of a date of birth in violation of this subsection as a result of gross negligence, wanton conduct, or intentional wrongdoing that would otherwise be actionable.  (2004-127, s. 17(a); 2013-166, s. 1; 2017-3, s. 4; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.11 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.11 - Establishment of statewide computerized voter registration.

 163-82.11. Establishment of statewide computerized voter registration.(a) Statewide System as Official List. - The State Board of Elections shall develop and implement a statewide computerized voter registration system to facilitate voter registration and to provide a central database containing voter registration information for each county. The system shall serve as the single system for storing and managing the official list of registered voters in the State. The system shall serve as the official voter registration list for the conduct of all elections in the State. The system shall encompass both software development and purchasing of the necessary hardware for the central and distributed-network systems.(b) Uses of Statewide System. - The State Board of Elections shall develop and implement the system so that each county board of elections can do all the following:(1) Verify that an applicant to register in its county is not also registered in another county.(2) Be notified automatically that a registered voter in its county has registered to vote in another county.(3) Receive automatically data about a person who has applied to vote at a drivers license office or at another public agency that is authorized to accept voter registration applications.(c) Compliance With Federal Law. - The State Board of Elections shall update the statewide computerized voter registration list and database to meet the requirements of section 303(a) of the Help America Vote Act of 2002 and to reflect changes when citizenship rights are restored under G.S. 13-1.(d) Role of County and State Boards of Elections. - Each county board of elections shall be responsible for registering voters within its county according to law. Each county board of elections shall maintain its records by using the statewide computerized voter registration system in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Elections. Each county board of elections shall enter through the computer system all additions, deletions, and changes in its list of registered voters promptly to the statewide computer system.(e) Cooperation on List for Jury Commission. - The State Board of Elections shall assist the Division of Motor Vehicles in providing to the county jury commission of each county, as required by G.S. 20-43.4, a list of all registered voters in the county and all persons in the county with drivers license records. The list of registered voters provided by the State Board of Elections shall not include any registered voter who has been inactive for eight years or more.  (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 2003-226, s. 6; 2007-512, s. 4; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.12 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.12 - Promulgation of guidelines relating to computerized voter registration.

 163-82.12. Promulgation of guidelines relating to computerized voter registration.The State Board of Elections shall make all guidelines necessary to administer the statewide voter registration system established by this Article. All county boards of elections shall follow these guidelines and cooperate with the State Board of Elections in implementing guidelines. These guidelines shall include provisions for all of the following:(1) Establishing, developing, and maintaining a computerized central voter registration file.(2) Linking the central file through a network with computerized voter registration files in each of the counties.(3) Interacting with the computerized drivers license records of the Division of Motor Vehicles and with the computerized records of other public agencies authorized to accept voter registration applications.(4) Protecting and securing the data.(5) Converting current voter registration records in the counties in computer files that can be used on the statewide computerized registration system.(6) Enabling the statewide system to determine whether the voter identification information provided by an individual is valid.(7) Enabling the statewide system to interact electronically with the Division of Motor Vehicles system to validate identification information.(8) Enabling the Division of Motor Vehicles to provide real-time interface for the validation of the drivers license number and last four digits of the social security number.(9) Notifying voter-registration applicants whose drivers license or last four digits of social security number does not result in a validation, attempting to resolve the discrepancy, initiating investigations under G.S. 163-33(3) or challenges under Article 8 of this Chapter where warranted, and notifying any voters of the requirement under G.S. 163-166.12(b2) to present identification when voting.(10) Enabling the statewide system to assign a unique identifier to each legally registered voter in the State.(11) Enabling the State Board of Elections to assist the Division of Motor Vehicles in providing to the jury commission of each county, as required by G.S. 20-43.4, a list of all registered voters in the county and all persons in the county with drivers license records.  (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 2003-226, s. 7(a); 2007-391, s. 21(b); 2008-187, s. 33(a); 2013-410, s. 14(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 4.5(c).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.13 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.13 - Access to statewide voter registration file.

 163-82.13. Access to statewide voter registration file.(a) Free Copy for Political Parties. - Beginning January 1, 1996, the State Board of Elections shall make available free of charge, upon written request, one magnetic copy of the statewide computerized voter registration file to the chairman of each political party as defined in G.S. 163-96 as soon as practicable after the close of registration before every statewide primary and election. The file made available to the political party chairmen shall contain the name, address, gender, age but not date of birth, race, voting history, political affiliation, and precinct of every registered voter in the State. If a county board enters telephone numbers into its computer lists of registered voters, then the free list provided under this subsection shall include telephone numbers.(b) Copies for Sale to Others. - Beginning January 1, 1996, the State Board of Elections shall sell, upon written request, to other public and private organizations and persons magnetic copies of the statewide computerized voter registration file. The State Board of Elections may sell selective lists of registered voters according to county, congressional or legislative district, party affiliation, gender, age but not date of birth, race, date of registration, or any other reasonable category, or a combination of categories. The State Board of Elections shall require all persons to whom any list is furnished under this subsection to reimburse the board for the actual cost incurred in preparing it.  (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 2004-127, s. 17(d); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.15A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.15A - Administrative change of registration when county line is adjusted.

 163-82.15A. Administrative change of registration when county line is adjusted.When a boundary between counties is established by legislation or under G.S. 153A-18, the Executive Director shall direct the county boards of elections involved to administratively change the voter registration of any voter whose county of residence is altered by the establishment of the boundary. The voter shall not be required to submit a new application to register, and the provisions of G.S. 163-57 shall apply to the determination of residency. The Executive Director shall prescribe a method of notifying the voter of the change of county registration, the correct precinct, and other relevant information.  (2005-428, s. 3(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.16 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.16 - Change of name.

 163-82.16. Change of name.(a) Registrant's Duty to Report. - If the name of a registrant is changed in accordance with G.S. 48-1-104, G.S. 50-12, or Chapter 101 of the General Statutes, or if a married registrant assumes the last name of the registrant's spouse, the registrant shall not be required to re-register, but shall report the change of name to the county board not later than the last day for applying to register to vote for an election in G.S. 163-82.6. The registrant shall report the change on a form described in G.S. 163-82.3 or on a voter registration card described in G.S. 163-82.8 or in another written statement that is signed, contains the registrant's full names, old and new, and the registrant's current residence address.(b) Verification of New Name by Mail. - When a county board of elections receives a notice of name change from a registrant in that county, the county board shall send a notice, by nonforwardable mail, to the registrant's residence address. The notice shall state that the registrant's records will be changed to reflect the new name if the registrant does not respond that the name change is incorrect. If the Postal Service returns the county board's notice to the registrant as undeliverable, the county board shall send to the registrant's residence address a confirmation notice as described in G.S. 163-82.14(d)(2).If the registrant does not respond to the confirmation notice as described in G.S. 163-82.14(d)(2), then the county board shall proceed with the removal of the registrant from the list of voters in accordance with G.S. 163-82.14(d).(c) Board's Duty to Make Change. - If the county board confirms the registrant's address in accordance with subsection (b) of this section and the registrant does not deny making the application for the name change, the county board shall as soon as practical change the record of the registrant's name to conform to that stated in the application.(d) Unreported Name Change. - A registrant who has not reported a name change in accordance with subsection (a) of this section shall be permitted to vote if the registrant reports the name change to the chief judge at the voting place, or to the county board along with the voter's application for an absentee ballot.  (1979, c. 480; 1981, c. 33, s. 3; 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 991, s. 3; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1032, s. 2; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 1995, c. 457, s. 9; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.20A (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.20A - Voter registration upon restoration of citizenship.

 163-82.20A. Voter registration upon restoration of citizenship.The State Board of Elections, the Division of Adult Correction and Juvenile Justice of the Department of Public Safety, and the Administrative Office of the Courts shall jointly develop and implement educational programs and procedures for persons to apply to register to vote at the time they are restored to citizenship and all filings required have been completed under Chapter 13 of the General Statutes. Those procedures shall be designed to do both of the following:(1) Inform the person that the restoration of rights removes the person's disqualification from voting, but that in order to vote the person must register to vote.(2) Provide an opportunity to that person to register to vote.At a minimum, the program shall include a written notice to the person whose citizenship has been restored, informing that person that the person may now register to vote, with a voter registration form enclosed with the notice.  (2007-391, s. 26(a); 2011-145, s. 19.1(h); 2017-6, s. 3; 2017-186, s. 2(lllllllll); 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.21 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.21 - Voter registration at military recruitment offices.

 163-82.21. Voter registration at military recruitment offices.The Executive Director, jointly with the Department of Defense, shall develop and implement procedures for persons to apply to register to vote at recruitment offices of the Armed Forces of the United States in compliance with section 7(c) of the National Voter Registration Act.  (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 2001-319, s. 11; 2011-183, s. 111; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.22 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.22 - Voter registration at public libraries and public agencies.

 163-82.22. Voter registration at public libraries and public agencies.(a) Every library covered by G.S. 153A-272 shall make available to the public the application forms described in G.S. 163-82.3, and shall keep a sufficient supply of the forms so that they are always available. Every library covered by G.S. 153A-272 shall designate at least one employee to assist voter registration applicants in completing the form during all times that the library is open.(b) If approved by the State Board of Elections, the county board of elections, and the county board of commissioners, a county may offer voter registration in accordance with this section through the following additional public offices:(1) Senior centers or facilities operated by the county.(2) Parks and recreation services operated by the county.  (1975, c. 234, s. 1; 1977, c. 626, s. 1; 1983, c. 588, ss. 2, 3; c. 707; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 973, ss. 1, 2; c. 1044, s. 19(b); 1993, c. 74, s. 2; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 2013-381, s. 5.1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.23 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.23 - Voter registration at public high schools.

 163-82.23. Voter registration at public high schools.Every public high school shall make available to its students and others who are eligible to register to vote the application forms described in G.S. 163-82.3, and shall keep a sufficient supply of the forms so that they are always available. A local board of education may, but is not required to, designate high school employees to assist in completing the forms. Only employees who volunteer for this duty may be designated by boards of education.  (1975, c. 234, s. 1; 1977, c. 626, s. 1; 1983, c. 588, ss. 2, 3; c. 707; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 973, ss. 1, 2; c. 1044, s. 19(b); 1993, c. 74, s. 2; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 2009-541, s. 15(a); 2013-381, s. 12.1(d); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
NC Gen Stat § 163-82.24 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 7A - Registration of Voters.|§ 163-82.24 - Statewide training and certification for election officials.

 163-82.24. Statewide training and certification for election officials.(a) Training. - The State Board of Elections shall conduct training programs in election law and procedures. Every county elections director shall receive training conducted by the State Board at least as often as required in the following schedule:(1) Once during each odd-numbered year before the municipal election held in the county;(2) Once during each even-numbered year before the first partisan primary; and(3) Once during each even-numbered year after the partisan primaries but before the general election.Every member of a county board of elections shall receive training conducted by the State Board at least once during the six months after the member's initial appointment and at least once again during the first two years of the member's service. The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules for the training of precinct officials, which shall be followed by the county boards of elections.  (b) Certification. - The State Board of Elections shall conduct a program for certification of election officials. The program shall include training in election law and procedures. Before issuing certification to an election official, the State Board shall administer an examination designed to determine the proficiency of the official in election law and procedures. The State Board shall set adequate standards for the passage of the examination.  (1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 1995, c. 243, s. 1; 2001-319, s. 2(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)