Section 163-166.50 - Certified list of executed ballots cast during early voting; distribution of list(a) With respect to each ballot voted in accordance with this Part, the State Board shall approve an official register in which the county board of elections in each county of the State shall record the following information: (1) Name of voter for whom a ballot is being requested.(2) Number of assigned voter's ballot when issued.(3) The precinct in which the voter is registered.(4) The date the voter voted early.(5) The voter's party affiliation.(6) Whatever additional information and official action may be required by this Part.(b) The State Board may provide for the official register required by this section to be kept by electronic data processing equipment.(c) The official register required by this section shall be confidential and not a public record until the opening of the voting place in accordance with G.S. 163-166.25, at which time the official register shall constitute a public record. (d) The State Board shall adopt rules to implement this section, including frequency of transmittal and ensuring that each precinct has a list of voters from that precinct who voted prior to the polls opening on election day.(e) Notwithstanding subsection (c) of this section, the State Board or a county board of elections shall inform the voter of the status of that voter's request for mail-in absentee ballots upon inquiry of the voter or the voter's near relative or verifiable legal guardian.N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-166.50
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 140,s. 35, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 140,s. 27-c, eff. 1/1/2024.Renumbered from § 163-228 by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 140,s. 1-e, eff. 1/1/2024.Amended by 2019 N.C. Sess. Laws 239, s. 1.1-a, eff. 1/1/2020.Amended by 2018 N.C. Sess. Laws 146, s. 4.9, eff. 12/27/2018.Renumbered from Chapter 163A by 2018 N.C. Sess. Laws 146, s. 3.1-a, eff. 1/31/2019.Amended by 2009 N.C. Sess. Laws 537, s. 3, eff. 1/1/2010. 1939, c. 159, ss. 3, 9; 1945, c. 758, s. 8; 1953, c. 1114; 1963, c. 457, s. 3; 1965, c. 1208; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; c. 952, s. 4; 1973, c. 536, s. 1; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1991, c. 636, s. 21; 1999-455, s. 7.