GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1995 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 77

HOUSE BILL 662

 

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE MANNER OF ELECTION OF THE MARTIN COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NONPARTISAN ELECTION AT THE TIME OF THE PRIMARY TO NONPARTISAN ELECTION AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Section 1.1 of Chapter 549 of the Session Laws of 1987 reads as rewritten:

"Sec. 1.1.  Beginning with the 1988 regularly scheduled election for county boards of education, the Martin County Board of Education shall be elected from the seven districts described in Section 4 of this act.  Only voters who reside in a district may vote in the election for that district.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S.  115C-37, beginning in 1996 the Martin County Board of Education shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the time set by G.S. 163-1 for the general election in each even-numbered year as terms expire.  The election shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, with the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292.  Candidates shall file notices of candidacy not earlier than noon on the first Monday in June and not later than noon on the last Friday in July.  The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot without reference to any party affiliations.  Except as provided by this act, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapters 115C and 163 of the General Statutes. "

Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 11th day of May, 1995.

 

 

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Dennis A. Wicker

President of the Senate

 

 

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Harold J. Brubaker

Speaker of the House of Representatives