MUNICIPAL ELECTION SCHEDULE & OTHER CHANGES. (NEW)

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View NCGA Bill Details2017-2018 Session
House Bill 843 (Public) Filed Tuesday, April 11, 2017
AN ACT TO ADJUST THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION SCHEDULE IN ODD‑NUMBERED YEARS SO AS TO NOT HAVE OVERLAPPING REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS; TO CLARIFY THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS; AND TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR PERSONNEL.
Intro. by Lewis.
Status: Re-ref Com On Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House (House Action) (Jun 22 2017)

SOG comments (2):

Change long and short titles

Submitted by Donna.Clark@ncl... on

House committee substitute to 1st edition changed long and short titles.  Long title was AN ACT TO ADJUST THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION SCHEDULE IN ODD-NUMBERED YEARS SO AS TO NOT HAVE OVERLAPPING REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS. Short title was ADJUST MUNICIPAL ELECTION SCHEDULE.

Long title change

Submitted by jhenders@sog.unc.edu on

House committee substitute to the 2nd edition changed the long title. Previous long title was AN ACT TO ADJUST THE MUNICIPAL ELECTION SCHEDULE IN ODD‑NUMBERED YEARS SO AS TO NOT HAVE OVERLAPPING REQUIREMENTS OF THE COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS AND TO CLARIFY THE TIME OF APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY BOARDS OF ELECTIONS.

Bill History:

H 843

Bill Summaries:

  • Bill H 843 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: May 26 2017 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.

    Changes the act's long title.

    Appropriates $75,000 plus benefits in recurring funds from the General Fund to the State Board of Elections for the 2017-18 fiscal year to support costs associated with a new personnel position at the State Board for the purpose of advancing precinct uniformity and data integrity audits at the State Board.

    Provides that any reference to the State Board of Elections in the act does not constitute a waiver by the General Assembly regarding the validity and constitutionality of SL 2017-6 (S 68; consolidates the State Board of Elections and the State Ethics Commission and establishes the Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement).

    Makes conforming organizational changes.

    Government, Budget/Appropriations, Elections, Local Government
    APPROP, GS 163
  • Bill H 843 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Apr 26 2017 - View Summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to the 1st edition:

    Amends the long and short titles.

    Amends GS 163-294.5 to make the filing deadline for notices of candidacy for municipal office the second Tuesday following the first Friday in July preceding the election (current law: third Friday in July. First edition: third Tuesday in July).

    Amends GS 163-291 to make the deadline for seeking party nomination for partisan municipal or district office 12:00 noon on the second Tuesday following the first Friday in July preceding the election. Deletes references to a second primary.

    Amends GS 163-279 to provide that GS 163-111 (Determination of Primary results) does not apply (1st edition: GS 163-227.1, regarding second primaries, does not apply). Provides for the State Board of Elections to break any tie vote by method of random selection.

    Amends SL 2017-6, Section 22, to make GS 163-30 and GS 163-31, both as amended by SL 2017-6 (Bipartisan Board of Elections and Ethics Enforcement), effective May 1, 2017 (was, July 1, 2017).

    Amends GS 163-30, as amended, to make appointment of county boards of election for 2017, and every two years thereafter, occur on the second Tuesday in June (current law: second Tuesday in July for 2017, and the last Tuesday in June in 2019 and every two years thereafter).

    Amends GS 163-31, as amended, to make county boards of elections meet at noon on the Tuesday following the last Monday in June (was, Tuesday following the third Monday in July), to take the oath of office and elect a chair and secretary. Makes the meeting for appointing precinct chief judges and election judges occur on the third Monday in July (was, third Monday in August).

    Makes a conforming change to GS 163-41.

    Government, Elections, Local Government
    GS 163
  • Bill H 843 (2017-2018)
    Summary date: Apr 13 2017 - View Summary

    Amends GS 163-294.5(c), requiring candidates seeking municipal office to file their notices of candidacy with the board of elections no earlier than noon on the first Friday in July and no later than noon on the third Tuesday (was, Friday) in July preceding the election, except as provided in existing language.

    Amends GS 163-279(a)(2), establishing that GS 163-227.1 (pertaining to second primaries) does not apply in partisan municipal elections and no candidate can request a second primary. Further, amends subdivision (3) of subsection (a), providing that if a municipal election is nonpartisan and the nonpartisan primary method of election is used, the nonpartisan primary is to be held on the second Tuesday after Labor Day (was, on the fourth Tuesday before the election). Amends subdivision (4) of subsection (a), providing that if a municipal election is nonpartisan and the election and runoff election method of election is used, the election is to be held on the second Tuesday after Labor Day (was, the fourth Tuesday before the Tuesday after the first Monday in November).

    Applies to elections held on or after the date the act becomes law.

    Government, Elections, Local Government
    GS 163
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