NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION
CHAPTER 219
HOUSE BILL 121
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT A TIE VOTE FOR MEMBERS OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY SHALL BE BROKEN BY A SPECIAL ELECTION.
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. G.S. 163-191 is hereby amended by deleting the second sentence of the second paragraph and by inserting in lieu thereof the following: "But if two or more be equal and highest in votes for the office, then the State Board of Elections shall order a new election for the purpose of breaking the tie vote."
Sec. 2. The last paragraph of G.S. 163-191 is hereby repealed.
Sec. 3. This act shall become effective July 1, 1971.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of April, 1971.