163-30. County boards of elections; appointments; terms of office; qualifications; vacancies; oath of office; instructional meetings. (a) In every county of the State there shall be a county board of elections, to consist of five persons of good moral character who are registered voters in the county in which they are to act. Members of […]
163-31. Meetings of county boards of elections; quorum; minutes. (a) In each county of the State the members of the county board of elections shall meet at the courthouse or board office at noon on the Tuesday following the third Monday in July in the year of their appointment and, after taking the oath of […]
163-32. Compensation of members of county boards of elections. In full compensation of their services, members of the county board of elections (including the chairman) shall be paid by the county twenty-five dollars ($25.00) per meeting for the time they are actually engaged in the discharge of their duties, together with reimbursement of expenditures necessary […]
163-33. Powers and duties of county boards of elections. The county boards of elections within their respective jurisdictions shall exercise all powers granted to such boards in this Chapter, and they shall perform all the duties imposed upon them by law, which shall include the following: (1) To make and issue such rules, regulations, and […]
163-33.1. Power of chairman to administer oaths. The chairman of the county board of elections is authorized to administer to election officials specified in Articles 4, 5, and 20 of this Chapter the required oath, and may also administer the required oath to witnesses appearing before the county board at a duly called public hearing. […]
163-33.2. Chairman and county board to examine voting machines. Prior to each primary and general election the chairman and members of the county board of elections, in counties where voting machines are used, shall test vote, in a reasonable number of combinations, no less than ten percent (10%) of all voting machines programmed for each […]
163-33.3. County board of elections littering notification. At the time an individual files with a county board of elections a notice of candidacy pursuant to G.S. 163-106, 163-112, 163-291, or 163-294.2, is certified to a county board of elections by a political party executive committee to fill a nomination vacancy pursuant to G.S. 163-114, qualifies […]
163-34. Power of county board of elections to maintain order. Each county board of elections shall possess full power to maintain order, and to enforce obedience to its lawful commands during its sessions, and shall be constituted an inferior court for that purpose. If any person shall refuse to obey the lawful commands of any […]
163-35. Director of elections to county board of elections; appointment; compensation; duties; dismissal. (a) In the event a vacancy occurs in the office of county director of elections in any of the county boards of elections in this State, the county board of elections shall submit the name of the person it recommends to fill […]
163-35.1. Termination of county director of elections; suspension. (a) The county board of elections may, by petition signed by a majority of the board, recommend to the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections the termination of the employment of the county board’s director of elections. The petition shall clearly state the reasons for […]
163-36. Modified full-time offices. The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules permitting counties that have fewer than 6,501 registered voters to operate a modified full-time elections office to the extent that the operation of a full-time office is not necessary. Nothing in this section shall preclude any county from keeping an elections office open […]
163-37. Duty of county board of commissioners. The respective boards of county commissioners shall appropriate reasonable and adequate funds necessary for the legal functions of the county board of elections, including reasonable and just compensation of the director of elections. (1999-424, s. 3(a); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
163-37.1. Criminal history record checks of current and prospective employees of county boards of elections. (a) As used in this section, the term "current or prospective employee" means a current or prospective permanent or temporary employee of a county board of elections who has or will have access to the statewide computerized voter registration system […]
