2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 163-250. Voting absentee ballots and transmitting them to chairman of county board of elections.

§ 163‑250.  Voting absentee ballots and transmitting them to chairman of county board of elections.

(a)       Procedure for Voting Absentee Ballots. – In the presence of two persons who are at least 18 years of age, the voter shall:

(1)       Mark his ballots, or cause them to be marked by one of such persons in his presence according to his instructions.

(2)       Fold each ballot separately, or cause each of them to be folded in his presence.

(3)       Place the folded ballots in the container‑return envelope and securely seal it, or have this done in his presence.

(4)       Make and subscribe the certificate printed on the container‑return envelope according to the provisions of G.S. 163‑248(c).

The persons in whose presence the ballots were marked shall sign the certificate as witnesses, and shall give their addresses.

(b)       Transmitting Executed Absentee Ballots to Chairman of County Board of Elections. – When executed and witnessed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, the sealed container‑return envelope in which executed absentee ballots have been placed shall be mailed by the voter to the chairman of the county board of elections who issued them. (1941, c. 346, ss. 7‑10; 1963, c. 457, s. 15; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1987, c. 583, s. 6.)