Amends GS 163-279(b) to require that regular municipal primaries and elections in Winston-Salem be held at the time of the primary and election for county officers in 2012 and quadrennially thereafter, and that officers elected at that time serve terms that expire at the organizational meeting of the city council after the general election. Further provides that terms for mayor and council members elected in 2009 expire at the organizational meeting after the 2012 regular municipal election.
Amends SL 1961-112, as amended, to require the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education to be elected on a partisan basis. Requires that candidates be nominated at the same time and in the same manner as other county officers and requires each candidate to certify the location of their residence. Further amends the session law to provide that the terms of the Board of Education members elected in 2010 for two year terms expire on the first Monday in December of 2014 and deletes provisions for the year 2014 concerning term lengths based on the number of votes received.
Makes conforming changes.
Effective July 1, 2011.