1. SB 403 http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2 013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v6.pdf http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2 013/Bills/Senate/PDF/S403v6.pdf August 6, 2014 Statewide Training SBE

2. SB403..Omibus Election Bill Ratified August 1, not yet signed by the Governor….. but signing is expected. Will not cause a printed supplement of the Election Law book. Once signed, it will be sent to each CBE and the CBE will incorporate the changes within your law book.

3. Deceased Absentee Voter Bill HB 1267 As of August, 2014, it did not pass. It remains in the Senate Rules Committee where it has been since June 25, 2014. It received a lot of publicity and the public may think it is law, but it is NOT. Make sure your CBE staff is aware of the situation.

4. Summary of SB403 …Save for Reference Section 1(a) …Clarifies current position that the 90 day affiliation requirement for a candidate to file in a primary is counted from the date they file, not the start or end of the filing period. Section 2…CHANGE…Applies the random order used in primaries to the non-partisan Article 25 General Election Judicial races. That is SBE ballot responsibility, but CBE’s need to know.

5. Summary Section 3…Clarifies “cumulative total number of scheduled voting hours” as to one-stop plans. (George McCue) Sections 4,5 &6 ….Corrected/removed references. Section 7…Photo ID amendment (Brian LiVecchi) Section 8..Places in the statutes the termination of the voter guides upon exhaustion of remaining funds.

6. Summary Sections 9 &10…technical changes Section 11….Failure to list zip code on absentee ballot by voter does not invalidate it. Section 12(a)…Changes to GS 163-82.15(e) unreported moves ( Ronni Degraffenreid) Section 12(b)…Repeals GS 163-166.11(5) that had allowed CBE to count out-of-precinct voter provisional ballots for ballot items they were eligible to vote for. VIVA has already done this effective 2014.

7. Summary Section 12(c) Rewrites GS 163-182.2(a)(4) as to the counting of provisional ballots. Section 13(a) Makes changes to Statement of Economic Interest in GS 138A-22.(Terry Harris) Section 14…Makes change in DMV statute as to special ID cards issued to voters. Sections 15 (a) (b)(c) and (d) makes technical changes to outdated statutory references.

8. Summary Section 16…SBE authority to perform List maintenance (Ronni Degraffenreid) Section 17…Limiting times for special elections. Basically, no odd number county special elections, only municipal allowed in odd years and at time of regular scheduled elections. Effective 1/1/2015. Section 18…Minor change as to timing of vote on change of municipal government ordinance under GS 160A-102.

9. Electronic Filing Changes Section 18.5(a) makes the requirement as to electronic filing of campaign finance reports based upon amount of financial activity that has cumulatively occurred in the election cycle. Effective 1/1/2017.