§ 163-182.6. Abstracts. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 163‑182.6.  Abstracts.

(a)        Abstracts to Be Prepared by County Board of Elections. – Assoon as the county canvass has been completed, the county board of electionsshall prepare abstracts of all the ballot items in a form prescribed by theState Board of Elections. The county board shall prepare those abstracts intriplicate originals. The county board shall retain one of the triplicateoriginals, and shall distribute one each to the clerk of superior court for thecounty and the State Board of Elections. The State Highway Patrol may, uponrequest of the State Board of Elections, be responsible for the delivery of theabstracts from each county to the State Board of Elections. The State Board ofElections shall forward the original abstract it receives to the Secretary ofState.

(b)        Composite Abstracts to Be Prepared by the State Board ofElections. – As soon as the State canvass has been completed, the State Boardshall prepare composite abstracts of all those ballot items. It shall preparethose composite abstracts in duplicate originals. It shall retain one of theoriginals and shall send the other original to the Secretary of State.

(c)        Duty of the Secretary of State. – The Secretary of Stateshall maintain the certified copies of abstracts received from the county andState boards of elections. The Secretary shall keep the abstracts in a formreadily accessible and useful to the public.

(d)        Forms by State Board of Elections. – The State Board ofElections shall prescribe forms for all abstracts. Those forms shall be uniformand shall, at a minimum, state the name of each candidate and the office soughtand each referendum proposal, the number of votes cast for each candidate andproposal, the candidate or proposal determined to have prevailed, and a statementauthenticating the count. (2001‑398, s. 3.)