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H66 • 2025

Reduce Early Voting Period.

Reduce Early Voting Period.

Elections
Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gable, Tyson, Kidwell, Scott, Almond, Biggs, Branson, McNeely, Penny, Pike, Strickland, Ward, White, Willis
Last action
2025-02-06
Official status
Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Using official source text because the generated explanation was unavailable or could not be confirmed against the official bill text.

Reduce Early Voting Period.

Reduce Early Voting Period.

What This Bill Does

  • Reduce Early Voting Period.

Limits and Unknowns

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-06 House

    Ref To Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House

  2. 2025-02-06 House

    Passed 1st Reading

  3. 2025-02-05 House

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Reduce Early Voting Period.

Current Bill Text

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GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
H 2
HOUSE BILL 66
Corrected Copy 3/3/25

Short Title: Reduce Early Voting Period. (Public)
Sponsors: Representatives Gable, Tyson, Kidwell, and Scott (Primary Sponsors).
For a complete list of sponsors, refer to the North Carolina General Assembly web site.
Referred to: Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
February 6, 2025
*H66-v-2*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO REDUCE THE EARLY VOTING PERIOD TO THE SECOND MONDA Y 2
BEFORE THE ELECTION. 3
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 4
SECTION 1. G.S. 163-166.40(b) reads as rewritten: 5
"(b) Not earlier than the third Thursday second Monday before an election in which a voter 6
seeks to vote and not later than 3:00 P.M. on the last Saturday before that election, the voter may 7
appear in person only at the office of the county board of elections, except as provided in 8
G.S. 163-166.35. A co unty board of elections shall conduct early voting on the last Saturday 9
before the election from 8:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M." 10
SECTION 2. This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held 11
on or after that date. 12