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5 1 Effective January 1, 2014— 2 • G.S. 163-45 was rewritten. Poll Observers: The Chair of each political party has the right to 3 designate two observers to attend each polling place. This bill also allows them to designate ten 4 additional at-large observers who may attend any voting place. Not more than two observers 5 from the same party shall be permitted in the voting enclosure except that one of the at-large 6 observers from each party may also be in the voting enclosure. 7 • G.S. 163-55(c)5 was rewritten. Voting in incorrect precinct: A provisional ballot shall not be 8 counted if the voter did not vote in the proper precinct. Prior to this bill, all contests were 9 counted on a provisional ballot in which the voter was eligible to vote regardless of the voting 10 location. 11 • G.S. 163-82.6A was rewritten. Same day voter registration: Eliminates registering and 12 voting during the one-stop early voting period for those who miss the 25 day registration 13 deadline. 14 • G.S. 163-82.6(b) was rewritten. "Wet Ink" on voter registration forms: An electronically 15 captured signature shall not be valid on a voter registration form unless it is on an electronic 16 voter registration form offered by a State agency. 17 • G.S. 163-82.25 is repealed. Mandated voter registration drives: Prior to this bill, 18 Boards of Elections were mandated to coordinate and conduct voter registration drives at all 19 public high schools in the county traditionally during the month of September. 20 Elections staff will continue to work with the high schools to assist in registration drives as well 21 as any other interested organization. 22 • G.S. 163-84 was rewritten. Challenges made other than on Election Day: Challenges can 23 be made by any registered voter of the State. Prior to this bill, challenges could only be made 24 by a registered voter in the county. 25 • G.S 163-87 was rewritten. Challenges made on Election Day: Challenges can be made by 26 any registered voter of the county. Prior to this bill, challenges could only be made by a 27 registered voter in the precinct. 28 • G.S. 163-165.6(d) was rewritten. Order of parties on ballot: Candidate nominees of political 29 parties that reflect at least 5% of statewide voter registration in alphabetical order by party 30 beginning with the party whose nominee for Governor received the most votes in the most 31 recent gubernatorial election and in alphabetical order within the party shall be listed first on the 32 ballot. (The underlined part is the noted change.) 33 • G.S.163-165.6(e) was rewritten. Straight Party Voting: Each official ballot shall not contain 34 any place that allows a voter with one mark to vote for the candidates of a party for more than 35 one office. 36 • G.S. 163-213.2 was rewritten. Date of Presidential Primary: Presidential preference primary 37 shall be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in May, except that if South 38 Carolina holds its presidential primary before the 15th day of March, the NC presidential primary 39 shall be held on the Tuesday after the SC presidential preference primary. All other NC 40 primaries will be held in May. 41 • G.S. 163-227.2 was rewritten. Early voting sites within a county: Early voting shall begin no 42 earlier than the second Thursday before an election and shall end no later than 43 1:00 p.m. on the last Saturday before an election. Any plan adopted shall provide for the same 44 days of operation and same number of hours of operation on each day for all sites in the county 45 for that election. Prior to this bill, early voting began on the third Thursday before an election 46 and had the option to extend hours the last Saturday until 5:00 p.m. 47 The local Board had the option of setting different days and hours for the approved sites. 48 • G.S. 163-227.2 is amended by adding a new subsection. Hours for early voting: For any 49 county who provided for one or more sites during 2010 or 2012 elections, they shall calculate 50 the cumulative total number of scheduled voting hours at all sites and ensure that at least the