GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

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HOUSE BILL 166

Short Title:  Purge by General Law.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Representative Creech.
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Referred to:  Judiciary. 
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February 7, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT THE ALAMANCE, COLUMBUS, FORSYTH, FRANKLIN, GASTON, HARNETT, HERTFORD, JOHNSTON, MARTIN, NORTHAMPTON, RANDOLPH, ROBESON, ROWAN, SCOTLAND, AND WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS SHALL PURGE VOTER REGISTRATION ROLLS UNDER GENERAL LAW PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL AFTER FAILURE TO VOTE IN TWO SUCCESSIVE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS AND ALL ELECTIONS BETWEEN THEM, RATHER THAN A RECENTLY DISCOVERED LOCAL ACT, WHICH HAD NOT BEEN FOLLOWED, PROVIDING FOR REMOVAL AFTER FAILURE TO VOTE FOR SIX YEARS.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Section 1 1/2 of Chapter 1116, Session Laws of 1965, as amended by Chapters 576 and 927, Session Laws of 1969, is repealed.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.