State Codes and Statutes
Statutes > North-carolina > Chapter_163 > GS_163-165_2§ 163‑165.2. Sample ballots.
(a) County Board to Produce and Distribute Sample Ballots. Thecounty board of elections shall produce sample ballots, in all the necessaryballot styles of the official ballot, for every election to be held in thecounty. The sample ballots shall be given an appearance that clearlydistinguishes them from official ballots. The county board shall distributesample ballots to the chief judge of every precinct in which the election is tobe conducted. The chief judge shall post a sample ballot in the voting placeand may use it for instructional purposes. The county board of elections mayuse the sample ballot for other informational purposes.
(b) Document Resembling an Official Ballot to ContainDisclaimer. No person other than a board of elections shall produce ordisseminate a document substantially resembling an official ballot unless thedocument contains on its face a prominent statement that the document was notproduced by a board of elections and is not an official ballot. (2001‑460, s. 3.)
