(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.