{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-273","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-273","heading":"Offenses of voters; interference with voters; penalty.","body":"(a)\tAny person who shall, in connection with any primary or election in this State, do any of the acts and things declared in this section to be unlawful, shall be guilty of a Class 2 misdemeanor. It shall be unlawful:\n(1)\tFor a voter, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, to allow his ballot to be seen by any person.\n(2)\tFor a voter to take or remove, or attempt to take or remove, any ballot from the voting enclosure.\n(3)\tFor any person to interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, any voter when inside the voting enclosure.\n(4)\tFor any person to interfere with, or attempt to interfere with, any voter when marking his ballots.\n(5)\tFor any voter to remain longer than the specified time allowed by this Chapter in a voting booth, after being notified that his time has expired.\n(6)\tFor any person to endeavor to induce any voter, while within the voting enclosure, before depositing his ballots, to show how he marks or has marked his ballots.\n(7)\tFor any person to aid, or attempt to aid, any voter by means of any mechanical device, or any other means whatever, while within the voting enclosure, in marking his ballots.\n(b)\tElection officers shall cause any person committing any of the offenses set forth in subsection (a) of this section to be arrested and shall cause charges to be preferred against the person so offending in a court of competent jurisdiction. (1929, c. 164, s. 29; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1987, c. 565, s. 12; 1993, c. 539, s. 1111; 1994, Ex. Sess., c. 24, s. 14(c); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)","path":["Chapter 163. Elections and Election Laws.","SUBCHAPTER VIII. REGULATION OF ELECTION CAMPAIGNS.","Article 22. Corrupt Practices and Other Offenses Against the Elective Franchise."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-273.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:22Z","sha256":"7f150576a423eb0b8cf3890a4671e789cb0df31fee0d70d654ed62d136281b5e","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-272.1","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-274"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}