As a resident of the Tar Heel State, and having lived in many others, I can attest that the North Carolina law is far more forgiving than even Federal law. Under most laws a person is stripped of all voting rights forever once convicted of a felony. In North Carolina a person has his right to vote restored once the parole is completed. Of course if you have a conviction from a state like Texas that hands out sentences longer than a human lifespan and keeps you on parole until the last day of the sentence the distinction is moot.