S.L. 1969-557

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 557

SENATE BILL 511

AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS AND ELECTION PROCEDURES OF THE RURAL HALL SANITARY DISTRICT IN FORSYTH COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That a new registration of voters qualified to vote in elections held to elect the Board of Commissioners of the Rural Hall Sanitary District in Forsyth County and to vote on any other matters involving the Rural Hall Sanitary District is hereby called, with the present Board of Commissioners of the Rural Hall Sanitary District in Forsyth County to specify the time or period for the new registration, to be held at least 60 days before the next general election at which time new members of the Board of Commissioners of the Rural Hall Sanitary District are elected as specified in G.S. 130-126.

Sec. 2. That a separate registration book and separate registration cards of different form and color from cards used for voting in general elections shall be utilized with the voter's signature to appear on said registration cards along with an oath to be printed on said cards as to the voter's qualifications for voting in the Rural Hall Sanitary District.

Sec. 3. The qualifications for voting in the Rural Hall Sanitary District elections shall be: that the voter is a citizen of the United States; that he or she is a resident of North Carolina and has been for a continuous period of one year preceding the oath; that he or she is a resident of the Rural Hall Sanitary District and has been for at least 30 days preceding the taking of the oath; that he or she is at least 21 years of age and is able to read and write.

Sec. 4. Registration as herein provided for is to be accomplished either at the Board of Elections Office of Forsyth County or in the voter's precinct with the precinct registrar.

Sec. 5. The Board of Elections Office of Forsyth County is to perform the recording of information on the registration books for the Rural Hall Sanitary District, and to keep such records in a safe place in the Board of Elections Office; and the registration books of the Rural Hall Sanitary District are to be given to the precinct registrar 3 days before the election, with said registration books to be returned to the Board of Elections by the precinct registrar immediately after the election and on the night of the election when other supplies and materials are returned to the Board of Elections Office after a general election.

Sec. 6. Return sheets for the results of the election which are to be returned to the Board of Elections for certification are to be furnished by the Board of Elections.

Sec. 7. The registration books for the Rural Hall Sanitary District are to be revised every four years for the purpose of ascertaining inactive registered voters. A notice is to be mailed to each inactive voter, meaning those who have not voted in a Rural Hall Sanitary District election in four preceding Rural Hall Sanitary District elections, at the address shown by the registration book, advising said inactive voter to show cause within 30 days from the date of the letter as to why his or her name should not be removed from the registration book. If no reply is received within 30 days from the date of the letter, the inactive voter is to be removed from the registration books 10 days after the 30 day waiting period for a reply expires. Deceased persons registered are to be removed periodically from the registration books by the Board of Elections.

Sec. 8. It is hereby provided that registration in the voter's precinct for a general election or general voting shall not operate as registration automatically for voting on Rural Hall Sanitary District matters and that no absentee ballots shall be allowed for voting on Rural Hall Sanitary District matters.

Sec. 9. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

Sec. 10. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of May, 1969.