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NC S149

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/28/2011

Primary Sponsor

Eleanor Kinnaird

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Origin

Senate

2011-2012 Session

AI Summary

  • Requires voters in Lenoir and Greene Counties to present photo identification before voting in person, with acceptable forms including driver's licenses, state/federal ID cards, passports, military ID, and tribal ID.

  • Allows voters without photo identification to cast provisional ballots that can be counted later if the voter provides valid ID and executes an affidavit, or if the voter has a sincerely held religious objection to being photographed.

  • Establishes county voter identification cards issued free by county boards of elections to registered voters without valid state-issued photo ID, containing photograph, name, address, birth date, and other identifying information.

  • Prohibits early voting on Sunday in Lenoir and Greene Counties by preventing county boards of elections from conducting one-stop voting on Sundays.

  • Becomes effective August 1, 2012, and applies only to Lenoir and Greene Counties.

Legislative Description

Lenoir and Greene Voter ID/Sunday Voting

Last Action

Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

6/21/2012

Committee Referrals

Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House6/21/2012
Government6/20/2012
Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House5/26/2011
Judiciary II3/21/2011
Rules and Operations of the Senate3/1/2011

Full Bill Text

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