SB 403http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v6.pdf

August 6, 2014Statewide Training

SBE

SB403..Omibus Election Bill

• Ratified August 1, not yet signed by the Governor….. but signing is expected.

• Will not cause a printed supplement of the Election Law book.

• Once signed, it will be sent to each CBE and the CBE will incorporate the changes within your law book.

Deceased Absentee Voter BillHB 1267

• As of August, 2014, it did not pass. It remains in the Senate Rules Committee where it has been since June 25, 2014.

• It received a lot of publicity and the public may think it is law, but it is NOT.

• Make sure your CBE staff is aware of the situation.

Summary of SB403 …Save for Reference

• Section 1(a) …Clarifies current position that the 90 day affiliation requirement for a candidate to file in a primary is counted from the date they file, not the start or end of the filing period.

• Section 2…CHANGE…Applies the random order used in primaries to the non-partisan Article 25 General Election Judicial races. That is SBE ballot responsibility, but CBE’s need to know.

Summary

• Section 3…Clarifies “cumulative total number of scheduled voting hours” as to one-stop plans. (George McCue)

• Sections 4,5 &6 ….Corrected/removed references.

• Section 7…Photo ID amendment (Brian LiVecchi)

• Section 8..Places in the statutes the termination of the voter guides upon exhaustion of remaining funds.

Summary• Sections 9 &10…technical changes• Section 11….Failure to list zip code on

absentee ballot by voter does not invalidate it.• Section 12(a)…Changes to GS 163-82.15(e)

unreported moves ( Ronni Degraffenreid)• Section 12(b)…Repeals GS 163-166.11(5) that

had allowed CBE to count out-of-precinct voter provisional ballots for ballot items they were eligible to vote for. VIVA has already done this effective 2014.

Summary

• Section 12(c) Rewrites GS 163-182.2(a)(4) as to the counting of provisional ballots.

• Section 13(a) Makes changes to Statement of Economic Interest in GS 138A-22.(Terry Harris)

• Section 14…Makes change in DMV statute as to special ID cards issued to voters.

• Sections 15 (a) (b)(c) and (d) makes technical changes to outdated statutory references.

Summary• Section 16…SBE authority to perform List

maintenance (Ronni Degraffenreid) • Section 17…Limiting times for special

elections. Basically, no odd number county special elections, only municipal allowed in odd years and at time of regular scheduled elections. Effective 1/1/2015.

• Section 18…Minor change as to timing of vote on change of municipal government ordinance under GS 160A-102.

Electronic Filing Changes

• Section 18.5(a) makes the requirement as to electronic filing of campaign finance reports based upon amount of financial activity that has cumulatively occurred in the election cycle.

• Effective 1/1/2017.