163-213.1. (See editor’s note for 2016 primary) Short title. This Article may be cited as the "Presidential Preference Primary Act." (1971, c. 225; 1975, c. 744; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)
163-213.10. Transferred to G.S. 163-213.9 by Session Laws 1975, c. 744.
163-213.2. Primary to be held; date; qualifications and registration of voters. On the Tuesday after the first Monday in March, 2020, and every four years thereafter, the voters of this State shall be given an opportunity to express their preference for the person to be the presidential candidate of their political party. Any person otherwise […]
163-213.3. Conduct of election. The presidential preference primary election shall be conducted and canvassed by the same authority and in the manner provided by law for the conduct and canvassing of the primary election for the office of Governor and all other offices enumerated in G.S. 163-182.4(b) and under the same provisions stipulated in G.S. […]
163-213.4. Nomination by State Board of Elections. No later than 90 days preceding the North Carolina presidential preference primary, the chair of each political party shall submit to the State Board of Elections a list of its presidential candidates to be placed on the presidential preference primary ballot. The list must be comprised of candidates […]
163-213.5. Nomination by petition. Any person seeking the endorsement by the national political party for the office of President of the United States, or any group organized in this State on behalf of, and with the consent of, such person, may file with the State Board of Elections petitions signed by 10,000 persons who, at […]
163-213.6. Notification to candidates. The State Board of Elections shall forthwith contact each person who has been nominated by the State Board or by petition and notify him in writing that his name will be printed as a candidate of a specified political party on the North Carolina presidential preference primary ballot. A candidate who […]
163-213.7. Voting in presidential preference primary; ballots. The names of all candidates in the presidential preference primary shall appear at an appropriate place on the ballot or voting machine. In addition the State Board of Elections shall provide a category on the ballot or voting machine allowing voters in each political party to vote an […]
163-213.8. Allocation of delegate positions to reflect division of votes in the primary. (a) Upon completion and certification of the primary results by the State Board of Elections, the Secretary of State shall certify the results to the State chairman of each political party. Each political party shall allocate delegate positions in a manner which […]
163-213.9. National committee to be notified of provisions under this Article. It shall be the responsibility of the State chairman of each political party, qualified under the laws of this State, to notify his party’s national committee no later than January 30 of each year in which such presidential preference primary shall be conducted of […]
