GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1995 SESSION

CHAPTER 128
SENATE BILL 476

AN ACT TO CHANGE THE MANNER OF ELECTION OF THE ASHE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION FROM NONPARTISAN ELECTION AT THE TIME OF THE PRIMARY TO NONPARTISAN ELECTION AT THE TIME OF THE GENERAL ELECTION.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 115C-37, the Ashe County Board of Education shall be elected on a nonpartisan basis at the time set by G.S. 163-1 for the general election in each even-numbered year as terms expire.  The election shall be conducted on a nonpartisan plurality basis, with the results determined in accordance with G.S. 163-292.  Candidates shall file notices of candidacy not earlier than noon on the first Monday in June and not later than noon on the last Friday in July.  The names of the candidates shall be printed on the ballot without reference to any party affiliations.  Except as provided by this act, the election shall be conducted in accordance with the applicable provisions of Chapters 115C and 163 of the General Statutes.
Sec. 2.  This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 31st day of May, 1995.

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Dennis A. Wicker
President of the Senate

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Harold J. Brubaker
Speaker of the House of Representatives