A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to prohibit notaries public who are elected public officials or candidates for public office from notarizing absentee ballots.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 10B‑20(c) is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:
"(c)	A notary shall not perform a notarial act if any of the following apply:
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(7)	The notary is an elected public official or a candidate for public office and the record to be notarized is an absentee ballot executed in accordance with G.S. 163A‑1310(a)."
SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to absentee ballots executed on or after that date.