H.B. 708
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Apr 18, 2023
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH10342-LU-136
Short Title: Clarify Felony/Voting Without Rights Restored. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Everitt.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO REQUIRE A KNOWING VIOLATION OF THE LAW TO DECLARE IT A
3 FELONY WHEN A PERSON CONVICTED OF A CRIME VOTES IN AN ELECTION
4 WITHOUT HAVING BEEN RESTORED THE RIGHTS OF CITIZENSHIP.
5 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
6 SECTION 1. G.S. 163-275(5) reads as rewritten:
7 "(5) For any person convicted of a crime which excludes the person from the right
8 of suffrage, to knowingly vote at any primary or election without having been
9 restored to the right of citizenship in due course and by the method provided
10 by law."
11 SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to violations
12 occurring on or after that date.
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Statutes affected:
Filed: 163-275
Edition 1: 163-275