A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to delay the required decertification of voting machines.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  Section 3.11 of S.L. 2018‑13 reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 3.11.(a)  Section 30.8 of S.L. 2013‑381 as amended by Section 6(a) of S.L. 2015‑103, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 30.8.  Any direct record electronic (DRE) voting systems currently certified by the State Board of Elections which do not use paper ballots shall be decertified and shall not be used in any election held on or after December 1, 2021. Decertification of a DRE voting system that does not use paper ballots may not be appealed to the Superior Court of Wake County pursuant to G.S. 163A‑1115(d)."
SECTION 3.11.(b)  Section 30.9 of S.L. 2013‑381, as amended by Section 6(b) of S.L. 2015‑103, reads as rewritten:
"SECTION 30.9.  This Part becomes effective December 1, 2021, for counties that use direct record electronic voting machines.""
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law.