NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 23
HOUSE BILL 118

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE FILING RULES FOR UNAFFILIATED CANDIDATES.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-122(1) is amended by deleting the words "the last Saturday in May", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "12:00 noon on the last Friday in April".
Sec. 2.  G.S. 163-296 is amended by deleting the words "not later than 21 days", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "not later than 12:00 noon on the Friday preceding the seventh Saturday".
Sec. 3.  G.S. 163-122 is amended by adding the following language at the end of the section: "A person whose name appeared on the ballot in a primary election is not eligible to have his name placed on the general election ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for the same office in that year."
Sec. 4.  G.S. 163-296 is amended by adding the following language at the end of the section: "A person whose name appeared on the ballot in a primary election is not eligible to have his name placed on the regular municipal election ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for the same office in that year."
Sec. 5.  G.S. 163-296 is amended by deleting the words "independent or non-partisan", and inserting in lieu thereof the word "unaffiliated".
Sec. 6.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of February, 1979.