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North Carolina > Elections And Election Laws > Absentee Voting (§ § 163-226 through 163-258.31) Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act (§ § 163-258.1 through 163-258.25) Article 21A. Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act (§ § 163-258.1 through 163-258.31)

§ 163-258.13. Declaration.

Overview of Statute

Section requires each military-overseas ballot to be supplemented with a signed voter declaration verifying the accuracy of information.

Statute

Each military-overseas ballot shall include or be accompanied by a declaration signed by the voter declaring that a material misstatement of fact in completing the document may be grounds for a conviction of perjury under the laws of the United States or this State.

(2011-182, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)

Definition [United States]

“United States,” used in the territorial sense, means the several states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

§ 163A-1336 (8). Definitions.

Definition [Military-overseas ballot]

“Military-overseas ballot” means any of the following:

          a. A federal write-in absentee ballot described in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Voting Act, section 103, 42 U.S.C. § 1973ff-2.

          b. A ballot specifically prepared or distributed for use by a covered voter in accordance with this Part.

          c. A ballot cast by a covered voter in accordance with this Part.

§ 163A-1336 (3). Definitions.

Definition [State]

“State” means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States.

§ 163A-1336 (5). Definitions.

Definition [Ballot]

(Effective until January 1, 2018 or September 1, 2019 – see note) “Ballot” means an instrument on which a voter indicates that voter’s choice for a ballot item so that it may be recorded as a vote for or against a certain candidate or referendum proposal. The term “ballot” may include a paper ballot to be counted by hand, a paper ballot to be counted on an electronic
scanner, the face of a lever voting machine, the image on a direct record electronic unit, or a ballot used on any other voting system.

(Effective January 1, 2018 or September 1, 2019 – see note) “Ballot” means an instrument on which a voter indicates that voter’s choice for a ballot item so that it may be recorded as a vote for or against a certain candidate or referendum proposal, and is evidenced by an individual paper document that bears marks made by the voter by hand or through electronic
means, whether preprinted or printed in the voting enclosure.

§ 163A-1095 (1). Definitions.