---
type: "Bill"
title: "Poll Worker Discharge."
description: "Poll Worker Discharge."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nc"
legislature: "North Carolina General Assembly"
session: "2001"
identifier: "SB 716"
citation: "North Carolina SB 716 (2001)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ELECTIONS", "ELECTIONS BOARDS", "FISCAL NOTES", "LOCAL GOVERNMENT", "PRESENTED", "PUBLIC", "PUBLIC OFFICIALS", "RATIFIED", "SEN. KINNAIRD", "CHAPTERED"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: []
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2001-03-27"
last_action: "2001-06-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3068145d-5bfb-4c11-bffc-cc13c3b42a54"
source_url: "http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2001&BillID=S716&votesToView=all"
source_hash: "f8d7a4f50573e076cf8d2f1e24175a8d538bd6dba32a8a60241229ce9766ac6e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nc"]
---

# North Carolina SB 716 (2001) — Poll Worker Discharge.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Edition 1** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v1.pdf)
2. **Edition 2** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v2.pdf)
3. **Edition 3** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v3.pdf)
4. **Edition 4** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v4.pdf)
5. **Ratified** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v5.pdf)
6. **SL 2001-169** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2001/Bills/Senate/PDF/S716v6.pdf)

## Votes

- Motion 8\To Concur — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- A1 Pope\Second Reading — **115–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ballance — cosponsor (person)
- Carter — cosponsor (person)
- Gulley — cosponsor (person)
- Kinnaird — cosponsor (person)
- Martin of Guilford — cosponsor (person)
- Warren — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2001-06-07** Ch. SL 2001-169 `became-law`
- **2001-06-07** Signed By Gov. 6/7/2001 `executive-signature`
- **2001-05-29** Pres. To Gov. 5/29/2001 `executive-receipt`
- **2001-05-28** Ratified
- **2001-05-24** Concurred In H/com Sub `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-23** Placed On Cal For 5/24/2001
- **2001-05-23** Rec To Concur H Com Sub
- **2001-05-16** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-05-16** Amend Adopted #1 `amendment-passage`
- **2001-05-10** Postponed To 5/16/2001
- **2001-05-08** Postponed To 5/10/2001
- **2001-05-07** Placed On Cal For 5/8/2001
- **2001-05-03** Cal Pursuant Rule 36(b)
- **2001-05-03** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-26** Ref To Com On Election Law and Campaign Finance Reform `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-26** Rec From Senate
- **2001-04-25** Passed 2nd & 3rd Reading `passage, reading-2, reading-3`
- **2001-04-24** Com Substitute Adopted
- **2001-04-24** Reptd Fav Com Substitute `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2001-04-19** Re-ref Com On Judiciary I `referral-committee`
- **2001-04-19** Withdrawn From Comm
- **2001-03-28** Ref To Com On Judiciary II `referral-committee`
- **2001-03-27** Filed `introduction`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3068145d-5bfb-4c11-bffc-cc13c3b42a54`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official North Carolina legislature records).