Title: S.L. 1961-376

NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1961 SESSION

CHAPTER 376
SENATE BILL 61 

AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE NOMINATION AND ELECTION OF THE MEMBERS OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION AND OTHER OFFICERS OF RANDOLPH COUNTY.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. The Randolph County Board of Education shall consist of seven members and, for the purpose of nominating and electing members of said board, said county is hereby divided into seven districts bounded and described as follows:
1.	Liberty Township and Columbia Township.
2.	Coleridge Township, Pleasant Grove Township, Brower Township, and Grant Township.
3.	Richland Township, Union Township, and New Hope Township.
4.	Concord Township, Tabernacle Township, and Trinity Township.
5.	New Market Township, Level Cross Township, and Providence Township.
6.	Randleman Township, Franklinville Township.
7.	Cedar Grove Township, Back Creek Township, and Asheboro Township.
At the primary and general elections to be held in Randolph County in 1962 there shall be nominated and elected one member from District No. 2 and one member from District No. 6 who shall hold office for a term of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualified.
At the primary and general elections to be held in Randolph County in 1964, there shall be nominated and elected one member from District Nos. 1 and 4 who shall hold office for terms of two years each and until their successors are elected and qualified.
At the primary and general elections to be held in Randolph County in 1966 and quadrennially thereafter there shall be nominated and elected one member from each of the seven districts described in this Act who shall hold office for terms of four years each and until their successors are elected and qualified.
The primary elections referred to in this Section shall be nonpartisan and no political party affiliation may be used by those candidates seeking the nomination for office on the Randolph County Board of Education.
If no more than two candidates file for nomination in a district, no primary election shall be necessary, and the County Board of Elections shall certify such candidates to be the nominees to be voted upon at the general election. If more than two candidates file within a district, a separate ballot shall be prepared and a primary election held with respect thereto at the same time as the regular biennial primary election. The two candidates receiving the highest number of votes shall be the nominees from the district to be voted on at the general election; provided, however, if one candidate gets a clear majority, he shall be deemed the only nominee. There shall be a separate ballot prepared for use in the election of members of the Board of Education at the general election and no party affiliation shall be shown thereon.
Candidates offering themselves for nomination and election on the board shall be residents of the district which they seek to represent, and in the primary and general elections held pursuant to this Act all candidates shall be voted on by all electors residing in said county.
In case of a vacancy on the board, caused by death, resignation, failure, to qualify, or any other cause, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term by the remaining members of the board by the appointment of some qualified person who is a resident of the district in which such vacancy occurs.
Sec. 2. At the primary and general elections to be held in Randolph County in 1964, the several county commissioners and the register of deeds of said county shall be nominated and elected for terms of two years each who shall hold their respective offices until their successors are elected and qualified.
At the primary and general elections to be held in Randolph County in 1966 and quadrennially thereafter the several County Commissioners and the Register of Deeds of Randolph County shall be nominated and elected for terms of four years each who shall hold their respective office until their successors are elected and qualified.
Sec. 3. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 4. 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 9th day of May, 1961.

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