AN ACT to reduce the early voting period to the second Monday before the election.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑166.40(b) reads as rewritten:

(b)      Not earlier than the third Thursday second Monday before an election in which a voter seeks to vote and not later than 3:00 P.M. on the last Saturday before that election, the voter may appear in person only at the office of the county board of elections, except as provided in G.S. 163‑166.35. A county board of elections shall conduct early voting on the last Saturday before the election from 8:00 A.M. until 3:00 P.M.

SECTION 2.  This act is effective when it becomes law and applies to elections held on or after that date.