08 NCAC 12 .0103. APPLICATIONS/REQUESTS

(a)  Voters under G.S. 163, Article 21, which deals with military and overseas citizens absentee voting, may use the Federal Post Card Application (FPCA) to register to vote and to apply for an absentee ballot.  The applicant may send the application by air mail or have it placed in delivery or send it by fax to the State Board of Elections secure fax line and may request that the ballot be sent by air mail, placed in delivery or transmitted by fax.

(b)  Upon receipt of an application for an absentee ballot under G.S. 163, Article 21, it shall be determined at the county level whether the applicant is qualified to vote.  A list shall be made of those applications approved and disapproved (which list shall be open to inspection by election officials and the public) and an absentee ballot shall be forwarded to each person whose application is approved. 

(c)  When the county board receives an application request by fax or other delivery from a voter under G.S. 163, Article 21, and that voter requests to have the ballot sent to him/her by fax, the county board shall verify the voter's eligibility to vote.  If the voter is eligible to vote, the county board shall send the ballot to the voter as soon as practicable by fax using the telephone number supplied by the voter for that purpose or the number specified by the Department of Defense's Federal Voting Assistance Program.  If the voter is not eligible to vote in the State or county, notice of non-eligibility shall be provided to the voter by fax as soon as practicable after the receipt of the request.  All transmission statements shall be retained with the corresponding voter's records.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 163-22; 163-257;

Temporary Adoption Eff. April 15, 2002;

Eff. August 1, 2004.