NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION

CHAPTER 719
SENATE BILL 630

AN ACT TO AMEND ARTICLE III, CHAPTER 667, SESSION LAWS OF 1959, RELATING TO ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF STATESVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. Article III, Section 1(b) of Chapter 667, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by adding the following at the end of the Section:
"This provision in no way shall infringe on the right of any person to be a candidate for election by means of a write‑in campaign or of a qualified voter to write in the name of the candidate or person of his or her choice during the primary election or the general municipal election."
Sec. 2. Article III, Section 2(d) of Chapter 667 Session Laws of 1959 is amended by adding a period after the word "filled" in line 20 thereof, and striking the following words at the end of the Section:
"and if such provision is violated on any ballot, such ballot shall not be counted."
Sec. 3. Article III, Section 4(a) of Chapter 667, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by adding a period after the word "filled" in line 11 thereof and by striking the following words at the end of the Section:
"and if this provision is violated on any ballot such ballot shall not be counted."
Sec. 4. Article III, Section 5 of Chapter 667, Session Laws of 1959, is amended by adding the following additional words at the end of the Section:
"All questions arising in the administration of the election laws of said City and not provided for in this Act shall be governed by the general election laws of the State of North Carolina."
Sec. 5. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 6. 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 6th day of June, 1963.