{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-258.12","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-258.12","heading":"Receipt of voted ballot.","body":"(a)\tA valid military-overseas ballot cast in accordance with G.S. 163-258.10 shall be counted if it is delivered to the address that the appropriate State or local election office has specified by the end of business on the business day before the canvass conducted by the county board of elections held pursuant to G.S. 163-182.5 to determine the final official results.\n(b)\tIf the ballot is timely received, it may not be rejected on the basis that it has a late postmark, an unreadable postmark, or no postmark. (2011-182, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)","path":["Chapter 163. Elections and Election Laws.","SUBCHAPTER VII. ABSENTEE VOTING.","Article 21A. Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act.","Part 1. Uniform Military and Overseas Voters Act."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-258.12.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:22Z","sha256":"0da60fb06eaf0904dd295cf1b3d02622a2b9b51f9a67f8edd33fd94222e0aa95","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-258.11","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-258.13"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}