08 NCAC 07B .0101. SUBMITTING VOTER REGISTRATION AND CHANGES OF PARTY AFFILIATION

(a)  An applicant may submit any form outlined in G.S. 163-82.3 by fax to the county board of elections fax number.  There are no other numbers to which faxed voter registration applications may be sent. Note that faxed voter registration applications must be received by the county board of elections by 5:00 p.m. on the 25th day before the election. Applicants are encouraged to retain the fax transmission sheet in case the timeliness of their faxed application is called into question.

(b)  The applicant, after transmitting an original application for voter registration or a change of party affiliation by fax, must mail or have placed in delivery the original and signed voter registration application to the county board of elections office in the county in which the applicant is applying no later than 20 days before the election.

(c)  Changes of name or address submitted by registered voters by fax may be made in form of any written notice signed by the registrant that includes the registrant's full name, date of birth, former residence address, new residence address, and date of moving from the old to the new address.  Changes of name or address submitted by fax must be received by 5:00 p.m. on the 25th day before the election.  Original documents that show changes of name or address do not have to be delivered to the board of elections.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 163-22; 163-82.6; 163-82.15;

Temporary Adoption Eff. April 15, 2002;

Eff. August 1, 2004.