2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 163-227.3. Date by which absentee ballots must be available for voting.

§ 163‑227.3.  Date by which absentee ballots must be available for voting.

(a)       A board of elections shall provide absentee ballots of the kinds needed 50 days prior to the date on which the election shall be conducted unless 45 days is authorized by the State Board of Elections under G.S. 163‑22(k) or there shall exist an appeal before the State Board or the courts not concluded, in which case the board shall provide the ballots as quickly as possible upon the conclusion of such an appeal. However, in the case of municipal elections, absentee ballots shall be made available no later than 30 days before an election. In every instance the board of elections shall exert every effort to provide absentee ballots, of the kinds needed by the date on which absentee voting is authorized to commence.

(b)       Second Primary. – The board of elections shall provide absentee ballots, of the kinds needed, as quickly as possible after the ballot information for a second primary has been determined. (1973, c. 1275; 1977, c. 469, s. 1; 1985 (Reg. Sess., 1986), c. 986, s. 2; 1987, c. 485, ss. 2, 5; c. 509, s. 9; 1989, c. 635, s. 5; 2001‑353, s. 4; 2002‑159, s. 55(i).)