163-165.2. Sample ballots.
(a) County Board to Produce and Distribute Sample Ballots. - The county board of elections shall produce sample ballots, in all the necessary ballot styles of the official ballot, for every election to be held in the county. The sample ballots shall be given an appearance that clearly distinguishes them from official ballots. The county board shall distribute sample ballots to the chief judge of every precinct in which the election is to be conducted. The chief judge shall post a sample ballot in the voting place and may use it for instructional purposes. The county board of elections may use the sample ballot for other informational purposes.
(b) Document Resembling an Official Ballot to Contain Disclaimer. - No person other than a board of elections shall produce or disseminate a document substantially resembling an official ballot unless the document contains on its face a prominent statement that the document was not produced by a board of elections and is not an official ballot. (2001-460, s. 3; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
Structure North Carolina General Statutes
North Carolina General Statutes
Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws
§ 163-165.1 - Scope and general rules.
§ 163-165.3 - Responsibilities for preparing official ballots.
§ 163-165.4 - Standards for official ballots.
§ 163-165.4A - Punch-card ballots and lever machines.
§ 163-165.4B - Butterfly ballots.
§ 163-165.4C - Prohibited voting systems.
§ 163-165.5 - Contents of official ballots.
§ 163-165.5A - Expired pursuant to Session Laws 2001-288, s3, effective January 1, 2012.
§ 163-165.5B - Ballots may be combined.
§ 163-165.6 - Arrangement of official ballots.
§ 163-165.7 - Voting systemspowers and duties of State Board.
§ 163-165.8 - Voting systemspowers and duties of board of county commissioners.
§ 163-165.9 - Voting systemspowers and duties of county board of elections.
§ 163-165.9A - Voting systemsrequirements for voting systems vendors; penalties.
§ 163-165.10 - Adequacy of voting system for each precinct.
§ 163-166.01 - Hours for voting.
§ 163-166.1 - Duties of county board of elections.
§ 163-166.2 - Arrangement of the voting enclosure.
§ 163-166.3 - Limited access to the voting enclosure.
§ 163-166.4 - Limitation on activity in the voting place and in a buffer zone around it.
§ 163-166.5 - Procedures at voting place before voting begins.
§ 163-166.6 - Designation of tasks.
§ 163-166.7 - Voting procedures.
§ 163-166.7A - Voter education and information.
§ 163-166.8 - Assistance to voters.
§ 163-166.9 - Curbside voting.
§ 163-166.10 - Procedures after the close of voting.
§ 163-166.11 - Provisional voting requirements.
§ 163-166.11A - Notation on provisional ballot.
§ 163-166.12 - Requirements for certain voters who register by mail.
§ 163-166.16 - Requirement for photo identification to vote in person.
§ 163-166.17 - Approval of student identification cards for voting identification.
§ 163-166.18 - Approval of employee identification cards for voting identification.