Bill Summary for H 100 (2017-2018)
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Mar 1 2017
S.L. 2017-3
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AN ACT TO RESTORE PARTISAN JUDICIAL ELECTIONS FOR NORTH CAROLINA SUPERIOR AND DISTRICT COURTS AND TO CHANGE THE TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF PETITIONS FOR UNAFFILIATED CANDIDATES.Intro. by Burr, Saine, Bumgardner, Henson.
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Bill summary
Senate committee substitute makes the following changes to the 2nd edition.
Makes technical change to proposed subdivision (5) of GS 163-122(a), requiring unaffiliated candidates seeking an office of superior court judge or district court judge to file written petitions with the State Board of Elections supporting that voter's candidacy for a specified office, regardless of whether the district lies entirely in one county or in more than one county.
Amends GS 163-123(g) (repealed in the previous edition) to make conforming changes to remove nonpartisan elections from the provision excluding nonpartisan elections from the declaration of intent and petitions for write-in candidates requirements for partisan elections.