NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1977 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 442

HOUSE BILL 691

 

 

AN ACT TO ELECT MEMBERS OF THE MOORE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION THROUGH THE NONPARTISAN PRIMARY AND ELECTION METHOD.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  Members of the Moore County Board of Education shall be elected through the nonpartisan primary and election method as provided for in G.S. 163-294.

Sec. 2. As vacancies occur because of expiration of the term of office in the membership of the Moore County Board of Education, there shall be a primary to narrow the field of candidates to two candidates for each position to be filled if, when the filing period closes, there are more than two candidates for a particular district or for the at-large position. If only one or two candidates file for a single district, or for the at-large position, no primary shall be held for that position and the candidates shall be declared nominated.

Sec. 3. In the primary, the two candidates filing for a particular district, or for the at-large position, receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared nominated.

Sec. 4.  In the general election held in November following the primary, the names of those candidates declared nominated without a primary and those candidates nominated in the primary shall be placed on the ballot.  The candidate from each district, or for the at-large position, receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected.

Sec. 5. Absentee voting shall be allowed in all elections for membership to the Moore County Board of Education.

Sec. 6. Except as amended herein, Chapter 882 of the 1967 Session Laws shall continue in full force and effect with respect to the election of members of the Moore County Board of Education.

Sec. 7.  All laws and clauses of laws in conflict herewith are hereby repealed.

Sec. 8. This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 27th day of May, 1977.