{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-182.4","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-182.4","heading":"Jurisdiction for certain ballot items.","body":"(a)\tJurisdiction of County Board of Elections. - As used in this Part, the county board of elections shall have jurisdiction over the following:\n(1)\tOffices of that county, including clerk of superior court and register of deeds.\n(2)\tMembership in either house of the General Assembly from a district lying entirely within that county.\n(3)\tOffices of municipalities. Where voters in more than one county cast ballots for a municipal office, the State Board shall prepare a composite abstract upon the completion of the canvass by the county boards and deliver that abstract to all county boards responsible for canvassing votes for the contest, and each of those county boards shall issue a certificate of nomination or election.\n(4)\tReferenda in which only residents of that county are eligible to vote.\n(b)\tJurisdiction of State Board of Elections. - As used in this Article, the State Board of Elections shall have jurisdiction over the following:\n(1)\tNational offices.\n(2)\tState offices.\n(3)\tDistrict offices (including General Assembly seats) in which the district lies in more than one county.\n(4)\tSuperior court judge, district court judge, and district attorney, regardless of whether the district lies entirely in one county or in more than one county.\n(5)\tReferenda in which residents of more than one county are eligible to vote.\n(c)\tFor the purposes of this Article, having jurisdiction shall mean that the appropriate board shall do all of the following with regard to the ballot item:\n(1)\tCanvass for the entire electorate for the ballot item.\n(2)\tPrepare abstracts or composite abstracts for the entire electorate for the ballot item.\n(3)\tIssue certificates of nomination and election. (2001-398, s. 3; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b); 2023-140, s. 30.)","path":["Chapter 163. Elections and Election Laws.","SUBCHAPTER VI. CONDUCT OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS.","Article 15A. Counting Ballots, Canvassing Votes, and Certifying Results in Precinct and County."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-182.4.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:22Z","sha256":"539e9c03b378d167d564493d2f92d0877f97c0e32d60278e9cefa2e1063ed2b6","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-182.3","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-182.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}