2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 163-254. Registration and voting on primary or election day.

§ 163‑254.  Registration and voting on primary or election day.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, an individual shall be permitted to register in person at any time the office of the board of elections or the voting place is open, including the day of a primary or election if that individual was absent on the day the registration records close for an election, but returns to that individual's county of residence in North Carolina thereafter, and if the absence is due to an occupation or status of that individual listed below:

(1)       Individuals serving in the armed forces of the United States, including (but not limited to) the army, the navy, the air force, the marine corps, the coast guard, the Merchant Marine, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the commissioned corps of the Public Health Service, and members of the national guard and military reserve.

(2)       Spouses of individuals serving in the armed forces of the United States residing outside the counties of their spouses' voting residence.

(3)       Disabled war veterans in United States government hospitals.

(4)       Civilians attached to and serving outside the United States with the armed forces of the United States.

(5)       Members of the Peace Corps.

If an individual so absent on the day registration closes shall appear in person at the voting place on election day and is otherwise eligible to vote, that individual shall be entitled to register and vote at the voting place that day, regardless of whether the person's occupation or status as outlined in subdivisions (1) through (5)of this section has changed since the close of registration. (1977, c. 93; 1999‑424, s. 7(l); 2001‑353, s. 3.)