GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1987 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 580

HOUSE BILL 548

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT ON GENERAL ELECTION BALLOTS, NAMES IN MULTI-SEAT RACES ARE PRINTED ON THE BALLOT WITHIN A POLITICAL PARTY IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-140(b) is amended by adding a new  subdivision to read:

"(8)      Order of candidates in multi-seat races.  In a multi-seat race, within each political party that has nominated more than one candidate, the names of candidates shall appear on the ballot in alphabetical order from A to Z within that party's column."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective with respect to elections held on or after September 1, 1987.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 9th day of July, 1987.