2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 163-221. Persons may not sign name of another to petition.

§ 163‑221.  Persons may not sign name of another to petition.

(a)       No person may sign the name of another person to any of the following:

(1)       Any petition calling for an election or referendum.

(2)       Any petition under G.S. 163‑96 for the formulation of a new political party.

(3)       Any petition under G.S. 163‑107.1 requesting a person to be a candidate.

(4)       Any petition under G.S. 163‑122 to have the name of an unaffiliated candidate placed on the general election ballot, or under G.S. 163‑296 to have the name of an unaffiliated or nonpartisan candidate placed on the regular municipal election ballot.

(5)       Any petition under G.S. 163‑213.5 to place a name on the ballot under the Presidential Preference Primary Act.

(6)       Any petition under G.S. 163‑123 to qualify as a write‑in candidate.

(b)       Any name signed on a petition, in violation of this section, shall be void.

(c)       Any person who willfully violates this section is guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. (1977, c. 218, s. 1; 1979, c. 534, s. 1; 1987, c. 565, s. 6; 1993, c. 539, s. 1104; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2003‑278, s. 7.)

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