NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1967 SESSION

CHAPTER 37

HOUSE BILL 110

AN ACT PROVIDING FOR THE ELECTION OF THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF ROCKWELL, PROVIDING FOR PRIMARY ELECTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That at the primary and municipal election held in the Town of Rockwell in 1967 and every two years thereafter there shall be nominated and elected in the Town of Rockwell by the qualified voters thereof a mayor who shall serve for a term of two years, beginning on July first after his election and until his successor is elected and qualified. Also at the primary and municipal election held in the Town of Rockwell in 1967 and every two years thereafter there shall be nominated and elected in the Town of Rockwell by the qualified voters thereof five aldermen who shall serve for a term of two years, beginning on July first after their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. The mayor and members of the board of aldermen shall be sworn into office at the meeting on the day that their terms begin.

Sec. 2. The primary election for nomination of mayor and members of the board of aldermen in the Town of Rockwell shall be held in said Town of Rockwell on the second Saturday preceding all general municipal elections. The judges and other officers of the general municipal election, appointed by the mayor and board of aldermen shall, whenever practicable, be the judges of the primary election, and it shall be held at the same place and in the same manner and under the same rules and regulations and subject to the same conditions, and the polls to be opened, and closed at the same hours as are required for the general election.

Sec. 3. Any person desiring to become a candidate for nomination by the primary for the office of mayor or member of the board of aldermen, shall file not later than five o'clock p. m., on Tuesday before the day of primary, filing with the town clerk, a statement of such candidacy in substantially the following form:

STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA,

COUNTY OF ROWAN,

I, ............................. , hereby give notice that I reside in the Town of Rockwell, State of North Carolina; that I am a candidate for nomination to the office of .........to be voted upon at the primary election to be held on the                     day of ...............19 .............................................. and I hereby request that my name be printed upon the official ballot for the nomination by such primary election for such office.

Witness:                                                                                       Signed: ..................................

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and he shall at the same time pay to the clerk to be turned over to the town treasurer the sum of three dollars ($3.00) if he is a candidate for mayor, or two dollars ($2.00) if he is a candidate for the board of aldermen. By noon of the following day after the time of the expiration for filing the petition of candidates, the town clerk shall cause to be posted in three public places in the Town of Rockwell the names of the persons filing and the offices they have filed for.

Sec. 4. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for mayor and the ten candidates receiving the highest number of votes for members of the board of aldermen shall be the nominees and the only candidates whose names shall be placed upon the ballot for mayor and members of the board of aldermen at the next succeeding general municipal election: Provided, however, that if there is only one candidate for mayor then said candidate is nominated for mayor and his name will appear on the general municipal election ballot: Provided, however, that if there are only ten candidates or less for the members of the board of aldermen who have filed their notice of candidacy in the primary, then said candidates are nominated for members of board of aldermen and their names will appear on the general primary ballot and they are so nominated without the necessity of a primary.

Sec. 5. The registration books for the primary to be held on the second Saturday preceding the general municipal election shall be opened on the fourth Saturday preceding the primary, and shall be closed at the end of the time for registration on the second Saturday before the primary. The Saturday before the primary shall be challenge day for the primary.

Sec. 6. During the period the registration book is open for the primary election all qualified voters whose names are not already on the registration books may apply to the registrar for registration between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and five o'clock p.m., and on each Saturday during the period the registration book is open the registrar shall attend the polling places with the registration book between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and nine o'clock p.m.

On challenge days the election officials will meet at the polling places and hear all challenges, if any, between the hours of nine o'clock a.m. and three o'clock p.m.

Sec. 7. The old registration books that are now being used shall be considered the registration books for all municipal elections.

Sec. 8. All primary municipal elections and general municipal elections shall be conducted, as far as practicable in all things and in all details, in accordance with Article 3, Chapter 160 of the General Statutes, except where the provisions of same are inconsistent with this Act.

Sec. 9. That Chapters 17 and 25, Session Laws of 1959, and all laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 10. That 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 10th day of March, 1967.