A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to provide that a losing primary candidate may not run as a write‑in candidate for any office in the general election that year.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑123(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	Defeated Primary Candidate. – No person whose name appeared on the ballot in a primary election preliminary to the general election shall be eligible to have votes counted for him as a write‑in candidate for any office in that year."
SECTION 2.  This act becomes effective with respect to elections held on or after September 1, 2009.