North Carolina SB 386: Counties to Report Anticipated Use of PSBCF.

Bill Text

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
S 1
SENATE BILL 386

Short Title: Whiz Kids/Slow Pokes Voter Registration. (Public)
Sponsors: Senators Meyer and Smith (Primary Sponsors).
Referred to: Rules and Operations of the Senate
March 25, 2025
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO ENSURE PROCRASTINATORS THEIR RIGHT TO VOTE BY 2
ESTABLISHING SAME-DAY REGISTRATION ON ELECTION DAY AND TO 3
ENGAGE OVERACHIEVING TEENAGERS IN VOTING BY RECODIFYING THE 4
PROGRAM TO PREREGISTER INDIVIDUALS SIXTEEN AND SEVENTEEN YEARS 5
OF AGE. 6
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
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PART I. SAME-DAY VOTER REGISTRATION ON ELECTION DAY 9
SECTION 1.1. G.S. 163-82.6B reads as rewritten: 10
"§ 163-82.6B. Same-day registration. 11
(a) Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an individual who is qualified 12
to register to vote may register in person and then vote in the person's county of residence on 13
election day or at an early voting site in the individual's county of residence during the period for 14
early voting provided under Part 5 of Article 14A of this Chapter. 15
(b) To register and vote under this section, an individual shall do all of the following: 16
(1) Complete a voter registration application form as prescribed in G.S. 163-82.4. 17
(2) Provide proof of residence by presenting a HAVA document listing the 18
individual's current name and residence address. 19
(3) Present photo identification in accordance with G.S. 163-166.16. 20
(c) An applicant who registers under this section shall vote a retrievable ballot as 21
provided in G.S. 163-166.45 immediately after submitting the voter registration application form. 22
If a person declines to vote immediately, the registration shall be processed, and the person may 23
later vote at an early voting site under this section in the same election if the early voting period 24
has not closed. 25
(d) Within two business days of the individual's registration under this section, the county 26
board of elections in conjunction with the State Board shall verify the North Carolina drivers 27
license or social security number in accordance with G.S. 163-82.12, update the statewide 28
registration database, search for possible duplicate registrations, and proceed under 29
G.S. 163-82.7 to verify the applicant's address. The applicant's vote shall be counted unless the 30
county board determines that the applicant is not qualified to vote in accordance with this 31
Chapter. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, if the Postal Service returns the 32
first notice required under G.S. 163-82.7(c) as undeliverable before the close of business on the 33
business day before canvass, the county board shall not register the applicant and shall retrieve 34
the applicant's ballot and remove that ballot's votes from the official count. 35

General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2025
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(e) For purposes of this section, a "HAVA document" is any of the following that shows 1
the name and address of the individual: 2
(1) A current utility bill. 3
(2) A current bank statement. 4
(3) A current government check. 5
(4) A current paycheck. 6
(5) Another current government document. 7
(6) A current document issued from the institution who issued the photo 8
identification shown by the voter pursuant to G.S. 163-166.16. 9
(f) Any person who will become qualified by age to register and vote in the general 10
election for which a partisan or nonpartisan primary is held, even though not so qualified by the 11
date of the primary, may register for the primary and general election prior to the primary and 12
then vote in the primary and general election after being registered in accordance with the 13
provisions of this section." 14
SECTION 1.2. G.S. 163-59 reads as rewritten: 15
"§ 163-59. Right to participate or vote in party primary. 16
No person shall be entitled to vote or otherwise participate in the primary election of any 17
political party unless that person complies with all of the following: 18
(1) Is a registered voter. 19
(2) Has declared and has had recorded on the registration book or record the fact 20
that the voter affiliates with the political party in whose primary the voter 21
proposes to vote or participate. 22
(3) Is in good faith a member of that party. 23
Notwithstanding the previous paragraph, any unaffiliated voter who is authorized under 24
G.S. 163-119 may also vote in the primary if the voter is otherwise eligible to vote in that primary 25
except for subdivisions (2) and (3) of the previous paragraph. 26
Any person who will become qualified by age to register and vote in the general election for 27
which the primary is held, even though not so qualified by the date of the primary, shall be 28
entitled to register for the primary and general election prior to the primary and then to vote in 29
the primary after being registered. Such person may register not earlier than 60 days nor later 30
than