{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-165.1","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-165.1","heading":"Scope and general rules.","body":"(a)\tScope. - This Article shall apply to all elections in this State.\n(b)\tRequirements of Official Ballots in Voting. - In any election conducted under this Article:\n(1)\tAll voting shall be by official ballot.\n(2)\tOnly votes cast on an official ballot shall be counted.\n(c)\tCompliance With This Article. - All ballots shall comply with the provisions of this Article.\n(d)\tOther Uses Prohibited. - An official ballot shall not be used for any purpose not authorized by this Article.\n(e)\tVoted ballots and paper and electronic records of individual voted ballots shall be treated as confidential, and no person other than elections officials performing their duties may have access to voted ballots or paper or electronic records of individual voted ballots except by court order or order of the appropriate board of elections as part of the resolution of an election protest or investigation of an alleged election irregularity or violation. Voted ballots and paper and electronic records of individual voted ballots shall not be disclosed to members of the public in such a way as to disclose how a particular voter voted, unless a court orders otherwise. Any person who has access to an official voted ballot or record and knowingly discloses in violation of this section how an individual has voted that ballot is guilty of a Class 1 misdemeanor. (2001-460, s. 3; 2002-159, s. 55(o); 2005-323, s. 1(f); 2007-391, s. 9(a); 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 14A. Voting.","Part 2. Ballots and Voting Systems."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-165.1.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:22Z","sha256":"134c22953599f7ee8b7e7633132c7e38ea62058e1613583176df2f1bb7d82ff1","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-165","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-165.2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}