North Carolina General Statutes 163-87. Challenges allowed on day of primary or election
On the day of a primary or election, at the time a registered voter offers to vote, any other registered voter of the county may exercise the right of challenge, and when the voter does so may enter the voting enclosure to make the challenge, but the voter shall retire therefrom as soon as the challenge is heard.
On the day of a primary or election, any other registered voter of the county may challenge a person for one or more of the following reasons:
(1) One or more of the reasons listed in N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-85(c).
Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 163-87
- Chief judge: The judge who has primary responsibility for the administration of a court but also decides cases; chief judges are determined by seniority.
- following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
(2) That the person has already voted in that primary or election.
(3) If the challenge is made with respect to voting in a partisan primary, that the person is a registered voter of another political party.
(4) Repealed by Session Laws 2018-144, s. 3.1(c), effective December 19, 2018.
(5) The registered voter does not present photo identification in accordance with N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-166.16
The chief judge, judge, or assistant appointed under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-41 or 163-42 may enter challenges under this section against voters in the precinct for which appointed regardless of the place of residence of the chief judge, judge, or assistant.
If a person is challenged under this subsection, and the challenge is sustained under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-85(c)(3), the voter may still transfer that voter’s registration under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-82.15(e) if eligible under that section, and the registration shall not be cancelled under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-90.2(a) if the transfer is made. A person who has transferred that voter’s registration under N.C. Gen. Stat. § 163-82.15(e) may be challenged at the precinct to which the registration is being transferred. (1915, c. 101, s. 11; 1917, c. 218; C.S., s. 6031; 1921, c. 181, s. 6; 1923, c. 111, s. 14; 1929, c. 164, s. 36; 1953, c. 843; 1955, c. 800; c. 871, s. 7; 1959, c. 616, s. 2; c. 1203, s. 7; 1963, c. 303, s. 1; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1985, c. 563, ss. 11.4, 14; 1987, c. 408, s. 7; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 26; 1995 (Reg. Sess., 1996), c. 734, s. 4; 2006-262, s. 3(a); 2009-541, s. 16.1(b); 2013-381, ss. 2.9, 20.2; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-144, s. 3.1(c); 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)