N.C.P.I.—Crim. 285.15

For you to find the defendant guilty of this offense, the State must

prove three things beyond a reasonable doubt.

First, that the defendant was a candidate for [nomination]

[election] in a(n) [primary] [election].

Second, that the defendant acted as a witness to the procedure for

voting an absentee ballot, as required by North Carolina law1.

And Third, that the voter was not the near relative2 of the

defendant.

If you find from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that on or

about the alleged date, the defendant was a candidate for [nomination]

[election] in a(n) [primary] [election], and acted as a witness to the

procedure for voting an absentee ballot for a voter who was not the near

relative of the defendant as required by North Carolina law, it would be

your duty to return a verdict of guilty. If you do not so find or if you have

a reasonable doubt as to one or more of these things, then you would

return a verdict of not guilty.