GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 2025

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HOUSE BILL 66

Short Title:      Reduce Early Voting Period.		(Public)
Sponsors:	Representatives Gable, Tyson, Kidwell, and Scott (Primary Sponsors). For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to:	Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

February 6, 2025

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT to reduce the early voting period to the second Monday before the election.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 164‑166.40(b) reads as rewritten:

"(b)      Not earlier than the third Thursday second Monday before an election in which a voter seeks to vote and not later than 3:00 P.M. on the last Saturday before that election, the voter may appear in person only at the office of the county board of elections, except as provided in G.S. 163‑166.35. A county board of elections shall conduct early voting on the last Saturday before the election from 8:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M."

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date.