Amends GS 163-166.40(b) to allow early voting in person at the office the county board of elections no earlier than the second (was, third) Thursday before an election in which a voter seeks to vote and no later than 3:00 P.M. on the last Saturday before that election.
Allows the Governor to fix the early voting period for special elections and for special first primaries to fill vacancies in the US House of Representatives under GS 163-13 for a period of ten days. Sets the early voting periods at ten consecutive days under GS 163-287 for special municipal elections that are held at a different time than general State or county elections, primary elections, municipal general elections if the election is within the jurisdiction of the municipality only, or at the same time as any other election requiring all precincts in the county to be open.
No longer refers to mail in absentee voting, just absentee voting, in municipal elections under GS 163-302. Limits early voting in such elections to ten days. 
Makes technical changes.

Statutes affected:
Filed: 163-166.40, 163-13, 163-287, 163-302