GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	1
HOUSE BILL 32

 
 
Short Title:	Faithless Elector Penalty Increased.	()	
Sponsors:	Representatives Goodwin;  Dedmon, Shubert, and Justus.	
Referred to:	Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform.	
February 1, 2001

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to double the penalty for presidential electors who refuse or fail to vote for the candidates of the party which nominated that elector.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑212 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163‑212.  Penalty for failure of presidential elector to attend and vote.
Any presidential elector having previously signified his consent to serve as such, who fails to attend and vote for the candidate of the political party which nominated such elector, for President and Vice‑President of the United States at the time and place directed in G.S. 163‑210 (except in case of sickness or other unavoidable accident) shall forfeit and pay to the State  one thousand dollars ($1,000), to be recovered by the Attorney General in the Superior Court of Wake County. In addition to such forfeiture, refusal or failure to vote for the candidates of the political party which nominated such elector shall constitute a resignation from the office of elector, his vote shall not be recorded, and the remaining electors shall forthwith fill such vacancy as hereinbefore provided.
The clear proceeds of forfeitures provided for in this section shall be remitted to the Civil Penalty and Forfeiture Fund in accordance with G.S. 115C‑457.2. "
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.