{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-82.3","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-82.3","heading":"Voter registration application forms.","body":"(a)\tForm Developed by State Board of Elections. - The State Board of Elections shall develop an application form for voter registration. Any person may use the form to apply to do any of the following:\n(1)\tRegister to vote.\n(2)\tChange party affiliation or unaffiliated status.\n(3)\tReport a change of address within a county.\n(4)\tReport a change of name.\nThe county board of elections for the county where the applicant resides shall accept the form as application for any of those purposes if the form is submitted as set out in G.S. 163-82.3.\n(b)\tInterstate Form. - The county board of elections where an applicant resides shall accept as application for any of the purposes set out in subsection (a) of this section the interstate registration form designed by the Federal Election Commission pursuant to section 9 of the National Voter Registration Act, if the interstate form is submitted in accordance with G.S. 163-82.6.\n(c)\tAgency Application Form. - The county board of elections where an applicant resides shall accept as application for any of the purposes set out in subsection (a) of this section a form developed pursuant to G.S. 163-82.19 or G.S. 163-82.20. (1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 1044, s. 18(a); 1993, c. 74, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 2; 2009-541, s. 8(a); 2013-381, s. 12.1(b); 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)","path":["Chapter 163. Elections and Election Laws.","subchapter iii. qualifying to vote.","Article 7A. Registration of Voters."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_163/GS_163-82.3.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:26:22Z","sha256":"f28a3e9017eec55b609ad1030373acbb70d9555ac5989beb59987e8b36185803","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-82.2","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-163-82.4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}