The Office of State Budget and Management, the Department of Transportation and county and municipal planning departments shall cooperate and assist the Legislative Services Office, the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections and the county boards of elections in the implementation of this Article. (1985, c. 757, s. 205(a); 1987, c. 715, s. 4; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1074, s. 2; 1989, c. 440, s. 3, c. 770, s. 75.3; 2000-140, ss. 93.1(c); 2001-319, s. 11; 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
§ 163-132.5A. Repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 927, s. 1.
§ 163-132.5B. Repealed by Session Laws 2018-146, s. 4.5(e), effective January 31, 2019.
§ 163-132.5C. Local acts and township lines.
(a)Notwithstanding the provisions of any local
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The Office of State Budget and Management, the Department of Transportation and county and municipal planning departments shall cooperate and assist the Legislative Services Office, the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections and the county boards of elections in the implementation of this Article. (1985, c. 757, s. 205(a); 1987, c. 715, s. 4; 1987 (Reg. Sess., 1988), c. 1074, s. 2; 1989, c. 440, s. 3, c. 770, s. 75.3; 2000-140, ss. 93.1(c); 2001-319, s. 11; 2001-424, s. 12.2(b); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
§ 163-132.5A. Repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 927, s. 1.
§ 163-132.5B. Repealed by Session Laws 2018-146, s. 4.5(e), effective January 31, 2019.
§ 163-132.5C. Local acts and township lines.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of any local act, a county board of elections need not have the approval of any other county board or commission to make precinct boundary changes required by this Article.
(b) Precinct boundaries established, retained or changed under this Article, or changed to follow a district line where a precinct has been divided in a districting plan, may cross township lines. (1987, c. 715, s. 4; 1989, c. 440, s. 5; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 927, s. 1; 1995, c. 423, s. 2; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
§ 163-132.5D. Retention of precinct maps.
The Executive Director of the State Board of Elections shall retain the maps and written descriptions which he approves pursuant to G.S. 163-132.3. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 927, s. 1; 2001-319, s. 11; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
§ 163-132.5E. Repealed by Session Laws 1999-227, s. 1, effective June 25, 1999.
§ 163-132.5F. U.S. Census data by voting tabulation district.
The State shall request the U.S. Bureau of the Census for each decennial census to provide summaries of census data by voting tabulation district and shall participate in any U.S. Bureau of the Census' program to effectuate this provision. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 927, s. 1; 2007-391, s. 6(e); 2008-187, s. 33(b); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
§ 163-132.5G. Voting data maintained by precinct.
(a) Each county board of elections shall maintain voting data by voting precinct so that precinct returns for each item on the ballot shall include the votes cast by all residents of that voting precinct who voted, regardless of where that voter cast his or her ballot. The county board shall not be required to report returns by voting precinct for voters who voted other than at the voting precinct associated with that voter's voter registration on election day until 30 days after the election.
(a1) In reporting returns, all of the following shall apply:
(1) The county board shall not compromise the secrecy of an individual's ballot.
(2) The county board shall report, by precinct for each item on the ballot, the number of voters who did not select a choice for that item on the ballot.
(3) The county board shall report, by precinct for each item on the ballot, the number of voters who selected more choices than available for that item on the ballot.
(4) The county board shall report ballots cast during early voting under Part 5 of Article 14A of this Chapter separately from mail-in absentee ballots cast under Article 20 or 21A of this Chapter.
(b) The 30-day deadline for reporting returns by voting precinct does not relieve the county board of the duty to report all returns as soon as practicable after the election according to other categories specified by the State Board.
(c) The State Board shall adopt rules for the enforcement of this section.
(d) If a county board of elections does not comply with the requirements of this section, the State Board shall direct the chair of the county board of elections to appear and explain the delay at the next official meeting of the State Board. (2001-466, s. 2; 2003-183, s. 1; 2005-323, s. 1(e); 2007-391, s. 6(c); 2008-187, s. 33(b); 2016-109, s. 9(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b); 2020-17, s. 10.5; 2023-140, s. 19.)
§ 163-132.6. Repealed by Session Laws 1991 (Regular Session, 1992), c. 927, s. 1.
§ 163-133. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§ 163-134. Reserved for future codification purposes.
§§ 163-135 through 163-159: Repealed by Session Laws 2001-460, s. 1, effective January 1, 2002.
§§ 163-160 through 163-164: Repealed by Session Laws 2001-460, s. 1, effective January 1, 2002.
Part 1. Definitions.