Bill > H580

This bill proposes several comprehensive changes to North Carolina's election laws across multiple areas. The bill modifies rules related to absentee ballot confidentiality, ballot counting procedures, poll worker assignments, voter identification, candidate nominations, campaign finance reporting, and voter registration. Key provisions include expanding the confidentiality of absentee ballot records, changing the timing of ballot counting during early voting, providing more flexibility in poll worker assignments, updating rules for student and government employee identification cards for voting, clarifying deadlines for candidate nominations and ballot changes, increasing financial reporting thresholds for campaign contributions, prohibiting payment per signature on petitions, allowing first responders deployed for disasters to vote like military overseas citizens, and reinstating provisions related to out-of-precinct voting, same-day registration, and preregistration for 16- and 17-year-olds that were previously enjoined. The bill aims to streamline election procedures, provide more clarity in election law, and potentially expand voter participation through various technical modifications. The changes would apply to elections held on or after the bill becomes law.

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https://www.ncleg.gov/BillLookUp/2025/H580