North Carolina General Statutes
Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.
§ 163-233 - Applications for absentee ballots; how retained.

163-233. Applications for absentee ballots; how retained.
(a) The county board of elections shall retain, in a safe place, the original of all applications made for absentee ballots, which shall be available to inspection by the State Board or to any person upon the directive of the State Board. Any copies of any photographic identification associated with the absentee ballots shall not be a public record.
(b) The county board of elections shall create a list of applications made for absentee ballots received by the county board, which shall be updated daily from the date the county board begins to mail application and ballots through the date of canvass. Such list shall be a public record.
(c) All applications for absentee ballots shall be retained by the county board of elections for a period of one year after which those applications may be destroyed. (1939, c. 159, s. 7; 1943, c. 751, s. 4; 1963, c. 457, s. 7; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1973, c. 536, s. 1; c. 1075, s. 5; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1999-455, s. 13; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b); 2019-239, s. 1.1(b).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws

Article 20 - Absentee Ballot.

§ 163-226 - Who may vote an absentee ballot.

§ 163-226.1 - Absentee voting in primary.

§ 163-226.2 - Absentee voting in municipal elections.

§ 163-226.3 - Certain acts declared felonies.

§ 163-227.1 - Second primary; applications for absentee ballots for voting in second primary.

§ 163-227.2 - Alternate procedures for requesting application for absentee ballot; "one-stop" voting procedure in board office.

§ 163-227.3 - Recodified as G.S163-227.10 at the direction of the Revisor of Statutes.

§ 163-227.5 - (Effective until December 1, 2019 see note) One-stop voting counties having voting systems with retrievable ballots.

§ 163-227.6 - Sites and hours for one-stop voting.

§ 163-227.10 - Date by which absentee ballots must be available for voting.

§ 163-228 - Register of absentee requests, applications, and ballots issued; a public record.

§ 163-229 - Absentee ballots, applications on container-return envelopes, and instruction sheets.

§ 163-230.1 - Simultaneous issuance of absentee ballots with application.

§ 163-230.2 - Method of requesting absentee ballots.

§ 163-230.3 - Online request for absentee ballots.

§ 163-231 - Voting absentee ballots and transmitting them to the county board of elections.

§ 163-232 - Certified list of executed absentee ballots; distribution of list.

§ 163-232.1 - Certified list of executed absentee ballots received on or after election day; publication of list.

§ 163-233 - Applications for absentee ballots; how retained.

§ 163-233.1 - Withdrawal of absentee ballots not allowed.

§ 163-234 - Counting absentee ballots by county board of elections.

§ 163-236 - Violations by county board of elections.

§ 163-237 - Certain violations of absentee ballot law made criminal offenses.

§ 163-238 - Reports of violations to district attorneys.

§ 163-239 - Article 21A relating to absentee voting by military and overseas voters not applicable.

§ 163-240 - through .5Expired July 1, 1972.

§ 163-240.1 - 163-240 through 163-240.5Expired July 1, 1972.

§ 163-240.2 - 163-240 through 163-240.5Expired July 1, 1972.

§ 163-240.3 - 163-240 through 163-240.5Expired July 1, 1972.

§ 163-240.4 - 163-240 through 163-240.5Expired July 1, 1972.

§ 163-240.5 - 163-240 through Expired July 1, 1972.