08 NCAC 12 .0106. PROCESSES BY MAIL

(a)  The absentee ballot number and other absentee voting information shall be entered into the register of absentee requests, applications, and ballots issued.  Upon receiving the request to receive voting materials by mail, the board shall cause to be mailed to the voter in a single package:

(1)           the official ballots the voter is entitled to vote;

(2)           a container-return envelope for the ballots, printed in accordance with G.S. 163-229; and

(3)           An instruction sheet.

(b)  If the absentee ballot and other absentee voting materials are mailed to the applicant, the container return envelope sent with the ballot and other materials shall be addressed to the election director of the county in which the voter is domiciled and registered.

(c)  Upon receipt of an absentee ballot by mail, the voter, in the presence of two other persons who are at least 18 years of age, and who are not disqualified, shall:

(1)           Mark the ballots, or cause them to be marked by one of such persons in the voter's presence according to the voter's instruction;

(2)           Fold each ballot separately, or cause each of them to be folded in the voter's presence;

(3)           Place the folded ballots in the container-return envelope and securely seal it, or have this done in the voter's presence; and

(4)           Make the certificate printed on the container-return envelope according to the provisions of G.S. 163-248(c).

(d)  The sealed container-return envelope in which executed absentee ballots have been placed shall be transmitted to the board who issued them as follows: All ballots issued under the provisions of G.S. 163, Articles 20 and 21 shall be delivered not later than 5:00 p.m. on the day before the primary, special or general election. 

 

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

Temporary Adoption Eff. April 15, 2002;

Eff. August 1, 2004.