North Carolina General Statutes 163-131. Accessible polling places
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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 163-131
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories, so called; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the said district and territories and all dependencies. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(a) The State Board of Elections shall promulgate rules to assure that any disabled or elderly voter assigned to an inaccessible polling place, upon advance request of such voter, will be assigned to an accessible polling place. Such rules should allow the request to be made in advance of the day of the election.
(b) Words in this section have the meanings prescribed by P.L. 98-435, except that the term “disabled” in this section has the same meaning as “handicapped” in P.L. 98-435. (1999-424, s. 3(b); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)