GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

1983 SESSION

 

 

CHAPTER 330

HOUSE BILL 253

 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT WHEN THE FILING DEADLINE FOR CANDIDACY TO TWO OR MORE PUBLIC OFFICES IS THE SAME, A PERSON MAY NOT FILE AS A CANDIDATE FOR MORE THAN ONE OFFICE.

 

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

 

Section 1.  G.S. 163-106 is amended by adding a new subdivision to read:

"(h)      No person may file a notice of candidacy for more than one office described in subsection (c) of this section for any one election. If a person has filed a notice of candidacy with a board of elections under this section for one office, then a notice of candidacy may not later be filed for any other office under this section when the election is on the same date unless the notice of candidacy for the first office is withdrawn under subsection (e) of this section; provided that this subsection shall not apply unless the deadline for filing notices of candidacy for both offices is the same."

Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-291(2) is amended by adding a new sentence at the end to read:

"No person may file a notice of candidacy for more than one municipal office at the same election. If a person has filed a notice of candidacy for one office with the county board of elections under this section, then a notice of candidacy may not later be filed for any other municipal office for that election unless the notice of candidacy for the first office is withdrawn first."

Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-294.2 is amended by adding a new subsection to read:

"(f)      No person may file a notice of candidacy for more than one municipal office at the same election. If a person has filed a notice of candidacy for one office with the board of elections under this section, then a notice of candidacy may not later be filed for any other municipal office for the election unless the notice of candidacy for the first office is withdrawn first."

Sec. 4.  This act shall become effective with respect to elections held on or after September 1, 1983.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 20th day of May, 1983.