NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1963 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 581

SENATE BILL 104

 

 

AN ACT FIXING THE ORDER OF ROTATION OF CANDIDATES FOR THE STATE SENATE IN THE SENATORIAL DISTRICT COMPRISED OF CATAWBA, IREDELL, AND LINCOLN COUNTIES.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

 

Section 1. So long as the Counties of Catawba, Iredell, and Lincoln constitute one of the Senatorial Districts of the State, the candidates of the political parties for the State Senate shall be selected biennially from the respective counties, in rotation, in the following manner:

In 1964, the candidates shall be selected one each from Catawba and Iredell Counties; in 1966, the candidates shall be selected one each from Catawba and Lincoln Counties; in 1968, the candidates shall be selected one each from Catawba and Iredell Counties; in 1970, the candidates shall be selected one each from Iredell and Lincoln Counties; in 1972, the candidates shall be selected one each from Catawba and Iredell Counties; in 1974, the candidates shall be selected one each from Catawba and Lincoln Counties; in 1976, the candidates shall be selected one each from Catawba and Iredell Counties; in 1978, the candidates shall be selected one each from Iredell and Lincoln Counties; and thereafter the candidates shall be rotated among the counties of the district in the order set forth in this paragraph.

Sec. 2. The order of rotation of candidates provided for in this Act shall be binding on the executive committees of the political parties of Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln Counties.

Sec. 3. No independent or non-partisan candidate for the State Senate in the Senatorial District comprised of Catawba, Iredell and Lincoln shall be placed upon the ballot pursuant to the provisions of G. S. 163-152 in any year except from the counties designated in the order of rotation set out in Section 1 of this Act for that year.

Sec. 4. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 5. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 28th day of May, 1963.