Amends GS 18B­600(c) to authorize cities to hold a malt beverage or unfortified wine election if the county has already had an election and the vote was against such sales, when the city has a population of 400 or more according to the most recent federal decennial census, but less than 500, and had a population of 500 or more according to the prior federal decennial census. Clarifies that cities qualifying for the election with a population of 500 or more must have that population according to the most recent federal decennial census.