{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-132.3a","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-132.3A","heading":"Alterations to precinct names.","body":"No county board of elections shall assign to any precinct a name that has been used after January 1, 1999, for a precinct comprising different territory. That requirement does not apply to a precinct change made under G.S. 163-132.3(a)(3). The county board of elections shall submit to the Executive Director of the State Board of Elections for approval every proposed change to a precinct name, and the Executive Director shall approve a name change only if it complies with this section. (2004-127, s. 1(b); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)","path":["Chapter 163. Elections and Election Laws.","SUBCHAPTER VI. CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS.","Article 12A. Precinct Boundaries."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-132.3A.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:22Z","sha256":"99428388ef67480a3f7772d10b6b1822f76d0e0bea5f66bb42a96855cba848e2","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-132.3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-132.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}