GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1991

S	1 

SENATE BILL 313*

Short Title:  Election Results Filing.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senators Cooper; Bryan, Conder, and Hartsell.
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Referred to:  Election Laws.
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March 27, 1991

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO REQUIRE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS TO FILE CERTIFIED COPIES OF CERTAIN ELECTION RETURNS WITH THE SECRETARY OF STATE IN A FORMAT PRESCRIBED BY THE SECRETARY OF STATE, SO AS TO ALLOW PUBLICATION OF THE RETURNS IN A TIMELY MANNER AND IN A READILY ACCESSIBLE FORMAT.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  G.S. 163-195 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163-195. Secretary of State to record abstracts and certified general election results.
(a)	The Secretary of State shall record the State, district, and county abstracts filed with him by the State Board of Elections in a book to be kept by him for that purpose.
(b)	Within seven days after the county board of elections meets to canvass the returns for the general election, the chairman of that board shall mail, or otherwise deliver, to the Secretary of State certified results of elections for:President and Vice President of the United States
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and all other State executive officers
United States Senators
Members of the House of Representatives of the United States Congress
Justices, Judges, and District Attorneys of the General Court of  Justice
State Senators
Members of the State House of Representatives
Constitutional amendments and propositions submitted to the voters of the State." Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.