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

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

A voter applying for an absentee ballot for a primary election who willbe eligible to vote under this Article on the day of the primary and secondprimary shall be permitted by the county board of elections to indicate thatfact on that voter's application and that voter shall automatically be issuedan application and absentee ballot for the second primary if one is called. Thecounty board of elections shall consider that indication a separate request forapplication for the second primary and, at the proper time, shall enter thatvoter's name in the absentee register along with the listing of otherapplicants for absentee ballots for the second primary.

In addition, a voter entitled to absentee ballots under the provisionsof this Article who did not make application for the primary or who failed toapply for a second primary ballot at the time of application for a firstprimary ballot may make a written request for absentee ballots for a secondprimary not earlier than the day a second primary is called and not later thanthe date and time provided by G.S. 163‑230.1.

All procedures with respect to absentee ballots in a second primaryshall be the same as with respect to absentee ballots in a first primary exceptas otherwise provided by this section. (1973, c. 536, s. 1; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1981, c. 560, s. 1; 1985, c.600, s. 3; 1999‑455, s. 5.)