NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 170
HOUSE BILL 304

AN ACT TO AMEND CHAPTER 163 OF THE GENERAL STATUTES SO AS TO CHANGE THE DAY AND DATE ON WHICH PRIMARY ELECTIONS ARE CONDUCTED.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-1(b) is amended by rewriting it to read as follows:
"(b)	On Tuesday next after the first Monday in May preceding each general election to be held in November for the offices referred to in subsection (a) of this section, there shall be held in all election precincts within the territory for which the officers are to be elected a primary election for the purpose of nominating candidates for each political party in the State for those offices."
Sec. 2.  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 8th day of April, 1971.