GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 1991

CHAPTER 781
HOUSE BILL 1432

AN ACT TO SET THE 1992 AND 1993 ELECTION CALENDAR FOR THE ANSON COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS.

Whereas, a redistricting plan for the Anson County Board of Commissioners was not approved in time to allow the 1992 election to take place on a regular schedule; and
Whereas, a schedule needs to be adopted; Now, therefore,

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  Candidates for the Anson County Board of Commissioners shall file their notice of candidacy no earlier than 12:00 noon on August 3, 1992, and no later than 12:00 noon on August 24, 1992.
Sec. 2.  Absentee voting for the 1992 primary election for the Anson County Board of Commissioners shall be on the same schedule as for the 1992 general election for statewide offices.
Sec. 3.  Primary elections for the Anson County Board of Commissioners shall be held on November 3, 1992.  A second primary, if necessary, shall be held on December 1, 1992.
Sec. 4.  The general election for the Anson County Board of Commissioners shall be held on January 5, 1993.  Persons elected shall qualify for office on the Monday after the election.  If there is only one candidate for office in a particular district (whether by nomination of a party under Articles 9 or 10 of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, nomination by petition under G.S. 163-122, or by qualification as a write-in candidate under G.S. 163-123), that candidate is declared to be a member of the board of commissioners for that district for the term subject to election, and no general election shall be held in that district.  The determination shall be made on the later of:
(1)	The deadline for verifying write-in petitions, (the last method of qualification) which under G.S. 163-123(c)(1) and (3) as applied under Section 4 of this act is two weeks after the 90th day before January 5, 1993; or
(2)	The date that the winner of a party nomination is determined by the county board of elections under G.S. 163-110 or G.S. 163-175.
If there is only one candidate, the Anson County Board of Elections shall issue a certificate that the person shall serve on the Anson County Board of Commissioners as provided by this section.  The person so certified shall qualify for office as provided by this section for persons elected in the general election.
Sec. 5.  The Executive Secretary-Director of the State Board of Elections shall prepare and distribute to the Anson County Board of Elections a Revised Primary Election Timetable - 1992/1993 setting out the applicable filing period for candidates along with all other pertinent dates relative to the election timetable as modified by this act.
Sec. 6.  For the 1992 Anson County Board of Commissioners primary election only, G.S. 163-112 shall be applied by substituting "10 days"for "30 days"wherever it appears.  For the 1993 Anson County Board of Commissioners general election only, written petitions to qualify as an unaffiliated candidate under G.S. 163-122(a)(3) must be filed with the Anson County Board of Elections no later than 12:00 noon on August 24, 1992.
Sec. 7.  The Executive Secretary-Director of the State Board of Elections shall adopt regulations to implement this act.  Adoption of such regulations is not subject to Chapter 150B of the General Statutes.
Sec. 8.  In applying the requirements of G.S. 163-33(8), for the 1992 Anson County Board of Commissioners primary and second primary and 1993 general election only, notice shall be given at least 10 days rather than 20 days before the close of the registration books or records.
Sec. 9.  For the 1993 Anson County Board of Commissioners general election only, absentee ballots shall be available by mail beginning at the same time they are available to voters appearing in person under G.S. 163-227.2, that being the day after registration ends.
Sec. 10.  For the 1992 Anson County Board of Commissioners primary election only, G.S. 163-107.1 shall be applied by:
(1)	Substituting "12:00 noon on Wednesday" for "12:00 noon on Monday" in subsections (b) and (c);
(2)	Substituting "at least 9 days" for "at least 15 days" in subsections (b) and (c); and
(3)	Substituting "10 days prior" for "60 days prior" in subsection (d).
Sec. 11.  This act is effective upon ratification, but shall only be enforced as provided by Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 25th day of June, 1992.

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Henson P. Barnes
President Pro Tempore of the Senate

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Daniel Blue, Jr.
Speaker of the House of Representatives