Action Alert: Absentee Voting: Review for Deficiencies

• Please rephrase the Rationale and Justification for Curable Deficiencies rule so the NCSBE treats each submission separately.

• Then click on the Public Comment Portal at the bottom of the page to submit your Comment.

• Email Jane.bilello@gmail.com with the Rule and comment you submitted so we can keep track of submissions. Thanks.

08 NCAC 18 .0501: Review for Deficiencies – This rule directs county board staff to review for deficiencies when an absentee ballot is received.

Rationale:

For simplicity and clarity, eliminate the use of the term "irregularity: and specify the ballot package under consideration in the "absentee ballot return package." Address all shortcomings of the return package as 'deficiencies" some of which are curable and some non-curable.

Justification:

1. Apply the "KISS" principle by sticking with the term "deficiency" in describing shortcomings with a returned ballot package. By doing so, you can eliminate two of the proposed ri;es (.0504 and 0505) as unnecessary and simplify the process of processing curable or non-curable return packages.

2. All decision-making about deficiencies for absentee ballot return packages can be managed under rules .0502 and 05 >>> (cut off on my copy)

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After you have rephrased the Rationale and Justification:

• Click on  the Public Comment Portal: https://www.ncsbe.gov/public-comment-portal-2026-rulemaking-absentee-voting

• Scroll down to the form, Record Your Public Comment.

• Fill in the form with the Rule, Your Name, Your Email, and Comment. 

We are trying to keep track of numbers of folks who commented. Please, when you complete your public comment, email Jane at jane.bilello@gmail.com with the rule(s) you submitted for Public Comment. Thank you.