GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1995

S	1 

SENATE BILL 790

Short Title:  College Voter Accessibility.	(Public)

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Sponsors: Senators McDaniel and Gulley.

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Referred to:  Judiciary II/Election Laws

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April 24, 1995

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO ENSURE THE ACCESSIBILITY OF VOTER REGISTRATION TO IN-STATE INDIVIDUALS ENTERING POSTSECONDARY INSTITUTIONS IN NORTH CAROLINA.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  Article 7A of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 163-82.23A.  Voter registration at universities and community colleges.
(a)	Each constituent institution of The University of North Carolina as defined by G.S. 116-2 and each community college as defined in G.S. 115D-2 shall:
(1)	Require a member of the faculty or staff to personally supply, within 30 days of matriculation, each eligible in-State student entering for the purpose of earning a degree, a voter registration application form as provided in G.S. 163-82.3.
(2)	Designate a location where the student can return the application form.
(b)	The constituent institution or community college shall, upon receipt of an application form from a North Carolina resident, forward it to the appropriate county board of elections.
Application forms received by the constituent institution or community college by the deadline provided by G.S. 163-82.6(c)	shall be considered to have been timely filed.  The constituent institution or community college shall have the applications delivered promptly, and any application forms received by the deadline provided by G.S. 163-82.6(c) that have not already been forwarded shall be immediately delivered.
(c)	Private postsecondary institutions shall make available to its students and others who are eligible to vote the application forms described by G.S. 163-82.3, and for that purpose shall keep a sufficient supply of the forms so they are always available."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.