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4 <br /> 1 North Carolina Symphony - NOT AVAILABLE TONIGHT <br /> 2 Orange Charter School - Denise Duffy & Keri Frank <br /> 3 Orange High School - Janice Wereszezak <br /> 4 Sacrificial Poets - Will McInerney <br /> 5 A.L. Stanback/C.W. Stanford/Gravelly Hill Middle- Janice Wereszezak <br /> 6 Schools Coalition- <br /> 7 Town of Carrboro Recreation & Parks (Carrboro Film Festival) - Rah Trost <br /> 8 Town of Carrboro Recreation & Parks (Carrboro Music Festival) - Gerry Williams <br /> 9 Barbara Tyroler Barbara Tyroler <br /> 10 <br /> 11 b. Recent Election/Voting Law Changes Update <br /> 12 The Board received an update on the ratified Session Law 2013-131 — House Bill 589 <br /> 13 Election law changes. <br /> 14 Tracy Reams introduced members of her Board of Elections. <br /> 15 She presented the recent changes on the ratified Session Law 2013-131 — House Bill <br /> 16 589. She said she pulled out 25 of the most significant items out of 59 election law changes <br /> 17 that were made during this past legislature. She said these have been inserted into the <br /> 18 abstract, and she reviewed several of items below: <br /> 19 <br /> 20 BACKGROUND: House Bill 589 was approved on August 12, 2013. Outlined below are <br /> 21 various election law changes in House Bill 589 that will likely have the greatest impact on <br /> 22 elections held in Orange County. <br /> 23 Effective September 1, 2013— <br /> 24 • G.S. 163-82.1 (d) is repealed. Preregistration: Prior to September 1, 2013 a person who is at <br /> 25 least 16 years of age may preregister to vote and shall be automatically registered upon <br /> 26 reaching the age of eligibility. Preregistrations received prior to September 1, 2013 will remain <br /> 27 in queue and will be automatically registered upon reaching the age of eligibility. 17 year olds <br /> 28 can still register and vote in a Primary Election if they will be 18 years of age by the General <br /> 29 Election. <br /> 30 Effective October 1, 2013— <br /> 31 • G.S. 163-226.4.6(b) Multi-partisan Teams: The county board of elections must recruit <br /> 32 and train multi-partisan teams to promptly assist patients and residents of any hospital, clinic, <br /> 33 nursing home, or rest home in that county in casting absentee ballots. Elections staff has <br /> 34 consulted with the League of Women Voters, and the League has expressed its desire to be a <br /> 35 part of the team in addition to the Chairs of the Democratic and Republican parties. <br /> 36 • G.S. 163-82.22.5.2 Photo ID public education: The State Board of Elections (SBOE) and <br /> 37 county boards shall disseminate information about photo identification requirements for voting, <br /> 38 providing information on how to obtain photo identification appropriate for voting, and assist any <br /> 39 registered voter without photo identification appropriate for voting with obtaining such photo <br /> 40 identification. Information will be distributed through, public service announcements, print, radio, <br /> 41 online and social media. Any mailings from the county boards of elections to voters shall <br /> 42 include information about the photo identification requirements. Counties shall also post at the <br /> 43 polls and at early voting sites beginning with the 2014 Primary Election information about the <br /> 44 photo identification requirements. <br /> 45 • G.S. 163-82.22.5.5 Use of electronic and digital information: By April 1, 2014, the <br /> 46 State Board of Elections shall review and report to the Joint Legislative Elections <br /> 47 Oversight Committee the steps recommended to implement using electronic poll books in all <br /> 48 polling places to assist in identifying individuals attempting to vote more than once and to assist <br /> 49 in obtaining digital photographs of registered voters and verifying the identity of those voters <br /> 50 including the taking of digital photographs at the polling place. <br />