S.L. 1975-424

1975 SESSION

CHAPTER 424

HOUSE BILL 943

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR A REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF PARTISAN OR NONPARTISAN ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF CHARLOTTE.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1. At the time of the general election for mayor and city council to be held in 1975, a referendum shall also be held in the City of Charlotte on the question of whether the mayor and city council should be elected in a partisan election or a nonpartisan election. The proposition shall be placed on a separate ballot and shall be in the following form:

"FOR Partisan election of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Charlotte

FOR Nonpartisan election of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Charlotte"

If a majority of the votes cast in the referendum are for partisan election of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Charlotte, then subsequent municipal elections for those offices shall be conducted using the partisan primary and election method specified in G.S. 163-291. If a majority of the votes cast in the referendum are for nonpartisan election of the Mayor and City Council of the City of Charlotte, then subsequent municipal elections for those offices shall be conducted using the nonpartisan primary and election method specified in G.S. 163-294, and the provisions of Chapter 841, Session Laws of 1973 (2nd Session, 1974) shall be repealed.

Sec. 2. All other laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this act are repealed to the extent of such conflict.

Sec. 3. This act shall apply to the City of Charlotte only.

Sec. 4. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1975.