Mark Up Absentee Voting. Curable Deficiencies 08 NCAC 18.0502

08 NCAC 18 .0502 is proposed for adoption as follows:

08 NCAC 18 .0502 CURABLE DEFICIENCIES

(a) A curable deficiency includes the following:

 (1) The absentee voter did not sign or make their mark on the application. If county board staff determine the voter’s signature on the application appears to be the name of the voter assigned the  application number on the ballot envelope that is required under G.S. 163-230.1(c)

(2) and not some other person, then that is not a deficiency even if the signature is illegible. (2) The absentee voter signed the application in the wrong place.

(3) The photo identification is not an acceptable type of identification under 08 NCAC 17 .0101(a)(1).

(4) The photo identification does not meet an applicable expiration date requirement under G.S. 163-166.16(a). 

(5) The photocopy of the photo identification is not readable under 08 NCAC 17 .0109(a).

(6) The name on the photo identification is not the same as or substantially equivalent to the name contained in the voter's voter registration record in accordance with 08 NCAC 17 .0101(a)(3).

(7) The absentee voter did not sign the photo identification affidavit. If an absentee voter is unable to sign the affidavit due to a disability, then it is not a deficiency if the person of the voter’s choice assisting the voter signed the affidavit on the absentee voter’s behalf and completed the assistant certification on the application.

(8) The absentee voter did not print their name on the photo identification affidavit. If the absentee voter signed the affidavit and that signature appears to be the name of the voter and not some other person, then the lack of a printed name is not a deficiency.

 (9) The absentee voter did not indicate their claimed exception or reasonable impediment to the photo identification requirement on the photo identification affidavit.

(9b) The absentee voter did not provide a Driver’s License number, State ID number or last 4 of Social Security number on the Exception Form as required by GS 163-230.1(g)(2).

(10) The absentee voter’s personal identification number, when required to be provided by G.S. 163- 230.1(g)(2) on the photo identification affidavit is deficient under 08 NCAC 17 .0109(b).

(11) The absentee voter has failed to include any photo identification documentation with their application.

(b) When county board staff identify a curable deficiency under this Rule, staff shall send a cure notice to the voter by mail to the address at which the voter requested their ballot be sent within one business day of identifying the deficiency. The cure notice shall also be provided by telephone or email if the telephone number or email address was provided by the voter on the request form for the absentee ballot or, if one was not provided on the request form, in the voter’s record. If the curable deficiency involves photo identification documentation, county board staff shall also proceed in accordance with 08 NCAC 17 .0109.  If county board staff identify a likely curable deficiency but are unable to make such a determination, then staff shall present the deficiency to the county board to make the determination at  its next absentee meeting held pursuant to G.S. 163-230.1.If county board staff identify a likely curable deficiency but are unable to make such a determination, then staff shall present the deficiency to the county board to make the determination at its next absentee meeting held pursuant to G.S. 163-230.1.