H.B. 1071
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
May 22, 2024
SESSION 2023 HOUSE PRINCIPAL CLERK
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HOUSE BILL DRH30484-LU-177A
Short Title: Use Methods of Certain Groups/Voter Rolls. (Public)
Sponsors: Representative Cleveland.
Referred to:
1 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
2 AN ACT TO REQUIRE THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS TO USE VARIOUS
3 METHODS IN ITS LIST MAINTENANCE EFFORTS.
4 The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
5 SECTION 1. G.S. 163-82.14, as amended by Section 44(e) of S.L. 2023-140, reads
6 as rewritten:
7 "§ 163-82.14. List maintenance.
8 (a) Requirement for List Maintenance. – In accordance with this section, the State Board
9 and county boards of elections shall maintain the list of eligible voters in the State by providing
10 for the following:
11 (1) The removal of the names of ineligible voters from the official lists of eligible
12 voters.
13 (2) Updates to the addresses and other necessary data of persons who remain on
14 the official lists of eligible voters.
15 (a1) Methods of List Maintenance; Cross State Checks. – List maintenance efforts under
16 this section shall be nondiscriminatory and shall comply with the provisions of the Voting Rights
17 Act of 1965, as amended, and with the provisions of the National Voter Registration Act. The
18 State Board, in addition to the methods set forth in this section, may shall use other methods
19 toward the ends set forth in subsection (a) of this section, including address-updating services
20 provided by the Postal Service and entering into data sharing agreements with other states to
21 cross-check information on voter registration and voting records. Any data sharing agreement
22 shall require the other state or states to comply with G.S. 163-82.10 and G.S. 163-82.10B. The
23 State Board shall also establish a system that, on an ongoing basis, implements a uniform method
24 for investigating and correcting the data provided by election integrity organizations to assist in
25 its list maintenance efforts in identifying and removing ineligible and duplicate registrations. The
26 State Board shall provide quarterly reports on (i) what corrections were made and (ii) the number
27 of corrections made, by county. The reports shall be submitted to the House of Representatives
28 Committee on Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform, the Senate Committee on
29 Redistricting and Elections, the Joint Legislative Elections Oversight Committee, and the Joint
30 Legislative Oversight Committee on General Government.
31 …."
32 SECTION 2. This act becomes effective July 1, 2024.
*DRH30484-LU-177A*