08 NCAC 03 .0102             CHARGES

(a)  Upon receipt of a charge filed against a county board member in accordance with Rule .0101 of this Section, the State Board of Elections shall set a hearing if the charges preferred includes prima facie evidence of any of the following:

(1)           a violation of these Rules or of any election law under Chapter 163 of the North Carolina General Statutes;

(2)           a breach of a duty imposed by Chapter 163; or

(3)           participation in irregularities, incapacity or incompetency to discharge the duties of the office.

(b)  The State Board of Elections shall give notice by mail to the county board member against whom the charges are preferred, by mail of such charges and name a day and place for the hearing thereof.

History Note:        Authority G.S. 163-22(c);

Eff. March 12, 1976;

Readopted Eff. June 1, 2019.