GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2001
H	2
HOUSE BILL 34
 Committee Substitute Favorable 4/9/01

Short Title:	Ban Butterfly and Punch-Card Ballots.	()	
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February 1, 2001

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to ban butterfly and punch-card ballots.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Article13 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 163.140.2.  Punch-Card ballots.
No ballot may be used which requires the voter to punch out a hole with a stylus or other tool in any election."
SECTION 2.  Article 13 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes is amended by adding a new section to read:
"§ 163.140.3.  Butterfly ballots.
No ballot may have two parallel sets of columns with some of the parties in one column and the other parties in the second column."
SECTION 3.  Section 1 of this act becomes effective when it becomes law, and applies to elections conducted on or after that date except in the counties, and the municipalities located therein, of:  Cabarrus, Duplin, Forsyth, McDowell, Mitchell, Onslow, Vance, and Watauga.   Section 1 of this act becomes effective in those counties and municipalities when federal, State, or applicable local funds are appropriated to replace the punch-card systems in use.  Nothing in this act shall obligate the General Assembly to appropriate funds to implement this act.  Section 2 of this act is effective when it becomes law.