NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1959 SESSION

CHAPTER 1140

HOUSE BILL 1184

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE CONDUCT OF PARTISAN PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN THE TOWN OF COLUMBUS IN POLK COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. On the fourth Saturday next preceding the date of holding the general municipal election of the Town of Columbus, in Polk County, and continuing thereafter for each such general election, there shall be called, held and conducted under the direction of the Polk County Board of Elections at the expense of the Town of Columbus, by the election officials designated and appointed by the board of elections for that purpose, a partisan primary for the purpose of nominating from each political party a mayor and three members of the board of commissioners. All persons desiring to file in such primary shall declare their party affiliation with the election officials so designated in as nearly as possible the same manner as is provided for under the General Statutes of North Carolina for the conduct of the primaries for the nomination of candidates for county offices. The names of only those candidates nominated in such primary shall be placed on the general election ballot. The registration books shall be open on the sixth, seventh and eighth Saturdays next preceding the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, when the general election is held. The fifth Saturday next preceding such general election shall be challenge day for the registration. In the event a runoff primary is required to determine the candidate for any political party, the runoff shall be held on the second Tuesday next preceding the date of the general election. In all respects, the primary election shall be governed by the general laws provided for primary elections in Article 19 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North Carolina insofar as such general laws may be construed to apply to said municipal primary, and in all other respects where the general laws of the State cannot be construed to conform to the provisions of the procedures of a municipal primary, the said primary shall be governed by the rules and regulations to be adopted by the Polk County Board of Elections for such primary.

Sec. 1½. The ballots for the general municipal election shall be printed and distributed in accordance with the provisions of Section 163-155 of Article 20 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes of North Carolina insofar as such general law may be construed to apply to said municipal election, and in all other respects where the general law of the State cannot be construed to conform to the provisions of the procedures of a municipal election, the said election shall be governed by the rules and regulations to be adopted by the Polk County Board of Elections for such municipal election.

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect on and after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 18th day of June, 1959.