Mark Up Voting Site Definitions 10C. 0101

08 NCAC 10C .0101 is proposed for adoption as follows:

For purposes of this Subchapter:

(1) “Chief judge” means the precinct official appointed as the chief judge for a voting site in accordance

with G.S. 163-41 or G.S. 163-166.35.

(2) “Curbside buffer zone” means the area designated by a county board of elections where the activities

under G.S. 163-166.4(a) are prohibited around a curbside voting zone. 

(3) “Curbside voting zone” means the area designated by a county board of elections for qualified voters

to vote curbside at a voting site pursuant to 08 NCAC 10B .0109(g) and G.S. 163-166.9.

a.“Curbside voting enclosure” means the vehicle is the voting enclosure. Once a vehicle is parked, it becomes the voting enclosure for the individual(s) (copy paste and save)

 (4) “Electioneering zone ” Area for election related activity” means the area designated by a county board of elections where the activities under G.S. 163-166.4(b) are permitted at a voting site.  The “area for election -related activity” shall not restrict the practices offree speech by persons performing election-related activity outside the voting site buffer zone when those persons are on public sidewalks,in public parking lots, and in other public places.

(5) “Judge” means the precinct official appointed as a judge of election for a voting site in accordance

with G.S. 163-41 or G.S. 163-166.35.

(6) “Voting enclosure” means the room or designated area within the voting place that is used for voting.

(7) “Voting place” means the building, or part thereof, used for voting on election day in each precinct

established under G.S. 163-128 or during early voting at an early voting site approved in an early

voting plan under G.S. 163-166.35. Voting place shall mean the county board of elections office

when that building, or part thereof, is used for voting.

(8) “Voting place buffer zone” means the area designated by a county board of elections where the

activities under G.S. 163-166.4(a) are prohibited at a voting site.

(9) “Voting site” means the property on which the voting place is located. 26

History Note: Authority G.S. 163-22; 163-129; 163-166.4; 163-166.5; 163-166.6; 163-166.7; 163-166.9;

Eff. September 1, 2026.

3.  As Proposed:  “Electioneering zone” means the area designated by a county board of elections where the activities under G.S. 163-166.4(b) are permitted at a voting site.”