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§ 163-289 – Right to challenge; challenge procedure.

163-289. Right to challenge; challenge procedure. (a) The rules governing challenges in municipal elections shall be the same as are now applicable to challenges made in a county election, provided however, any voter who challenges another voter’s right to vote in any municipal or special district election must reside in such municipality or special district. […]

§ 163-290 – Alternative methods of determining the results of municipal elections.

163-290. Alternative methods of determining the results of municipal elections. (a) Each city, town, village, and special district in this State shall operate under one of the following alternative methods of nominating candidates for and determining the results of its elections: (1) The partisan primary and election method set out in G.S. 163-291. (2) The […]

§ 163-287 – Special elections; procedure for calling.

163-287. Special elections; procedure for calling. (a) Any county, municipality, or any special district shall have authority to call special elections as permitted by law. Prior to calling a special election, the governing body of the county, municipality, or special district shall adopt a resolution specifying the details of the election, and forthwith deliver the […]

§ 163-288.1 – Activating voters for newly annexed or incorporated areas.

163-288.1. Activating voters for newly annexed or incorporated areas. (a) Whenever any new city or special district is incorporated or whenever an existing city or district annexes any territory, the city or special district shall cause a map of the corporate or district limits to be prepared from the boundary descriptions in the act, charter […]

§ 163-288.1A – Activating voters when charter revised.

163-288.1A. Activating voters when charter revised. Whenever a city has not held the most recent two elections required by its charter or this Chapter, and the General Assembly amends the charter of that city and provides that the county board of elections shall conduct the elections of that city, voters shall be activated for the […]

§ 163-288.2 – Registration in area proposed for incorporation or annexed.

163-288.2. Registration in area proposed for incorporation or annexed. (a) Whenever the General Assembly incorporates a new city and provides in the act of incorporation for a referendum on the question of incorporation or for a special election for town officials or for both, or whenever an existing city or special district annexes new territory […]

§ 163-283.1 – Voting in nonpartisan primary.

163-283.1. Voting in nonpartisan primary. Any person who will become qualified by age to register and vote in the general election for which a nonpartisan primary is held, even though not so qualified by the date of the primary, shall be entitled to register for the primary and general election prior to the primary and […]