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The Daily Bulletin: 2022-06-20
PUBLIC/SENATE BILLS
S 915 (2021) CONFIRM NELS ROSELAND/STATE CONTROLLER. Filed Jun 20 2022, A JOINT RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE
CONFIRMATION OF NELS ROSELAND AS STATE CONTROLLER.
Includes whereas clauses. Provides that the NCGA must consider whether to confirm Nels Roseland to the Office of State
Controller for a term of July 1, 2022. to June 30, 2029.
Intro, by Rabon.
JOINT RES
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Government, State Agencies, Office of State Controller
S 9 1 6 (202 1 ) SAFEGUARD FAIR ELECTIONS ACT. Filed Jun 20 2022, AN ACT TO PROVIDE INCREASED PROTECTIONS FOR
VOTERS AND ELECTIONS OFFICIALS AGAINST VARIOUS FORMS OF INTERFERENCE WITH AN ELECTION AND TO
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FUNDS FOR CERTAIN PURPOSES.
Parti.
Enacts GS 163-275. 1. creating the following crimes related to voting in elections. Makes it a Class H felony to do any of the
following: ( 1 ) threaten or attempt to threaten a person for voting or attempting to vote, for voting or attempting to vote for or
against a particular candidate, for registering to vote, for urging or aiding any individuals to vote or attempt to vote as
authorized by law, or for exercising any lawful powers or duties as an election official or enlisting another person to do so; (2)
knowingly challenge a person's right to vote on fraudulent or spirituous grounds; (3) engage in mass, indiscriminate, and
groundless challenging of voters solely for the purpose of preventing voters from voting or to delay the process of voting or the
lawful and orderly administration of an election; or (4) fraudulently advise any person that the person is not eligible to vote or
is not registered to vote.
Makes it a Class H felony for an employer to (1 ) enclose an employees’ pay in envelopes upon which or in which there is
written or printed the name of any candidate or political mottoes, devices, or arguments containing threats, intended or
calculated to influence the political opinions or actions of the employees; or (2) in any way communicate that an employees’
pay or continued employment is conditioned on voting or not voting, or voting or not voting for a specific candidate.
Makes it a Class A1 misdemeanor to intimidate or coerce, or attempt to intimidate or coerce, any person for voting or
attempting to vote, for voting or attempting to vote for or against a particular candidate, urging or aiding any persons to vote or
attempt to vote as allowed by law. or exercising any lawful powers or duties as an election official or enlisting another person
for the purpose of doing the same.
Establishes that a person will be found to have intimidated or coerced another person if the person knew or reasonably should
have known that his or her actions would produce that effect. Defines coerce, intimidate, and threaten. Establishes a right of
action for a person aggrieved by a violation of new GS 163-275. 1 for preventative relief; pennits a couil to award the
prevailing party reasonable attorneys’ fees.
Enacts new GS 153-275.3, authorizing a court to order any person convicted of violating Article 22 of the Chapter, which
governs corrupt practices and other offenses against the elective franchise, to pay a restitution fine, at an amount at the court’s
discretion, to be deposited in the Voter Intimidation Restitution Fund (Fund), established by the act. Directs that funds
appropriated to the Fund are to be allocated to the State Board of Elections (State Board) for voter education campaigns
relating to these crimes, as specified.
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