§ 163-129. Structure at voting place; marking off limits of voting place.
§ 163‑129. Structure at voting place; marking off limits of voting place.
At the voting place in each precinct established under the provisionsof G.S. 163‑128, the county board of elections shall provide or procureby lease or otherwise a suitable structure or part of a structure in whichregistration and voting may be conducted. To this end, the county board ofelections shall be entitled to demand and use any school or other State,county, or municipal building, or a part thereof, or any other building, or apart thereof, which is supported or maintained, in whole or in part by orthrough tax revenues provided, however, that this section shall not beconstrued to permit any board of elections to demand and use any tax exemptchurch property for such purposes without the express consent of the individualchurch involved, for the purpose of conducting registration and voting for anyprimary or election, and it may require that the requisitioned premises, or apart thereof, be vacated for these purposes.
If a county board of elections requires that a tax‑supportedbuilding be used as a voting place, that county board of elections may requirethat those in control of that building provide parking that is adequate forvoters at the precinct, as determined by the county board of elections.
The county board of elections shall inspect each precinct voting placeto ascertain how it should be arranged for voting purposes, and shall directthe chief judge and judges of any precinct to define the voting place by ropingoff the area or otherwise enclosing it or by marking its boundaries. Theboundaries of the voting place shall at any point lie no more than 100 feetfrom each ballot box or voting machine. The space so roped off or enclosed ormarked for the voting place may contain area both inside and outside thestructure in which registration and voting are to take place. (1929, c. 164, s. 17; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; 1973, c.793, s. 54; 1983, c. 411, s. 3; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 34; 1999‑426,s. 5(a).)