North Carolina General Statutes
Article 24 - Conduct of Municipal Elections.
§ 163-295 - Municipal and special district elections; application of this Chapter 163.

163-295. Municipal and special district elections; application of this Chapter 163.
To the extent that the laws, rules and procedures applicable to the conduct of primary, general or special elections by county boards of elections under Articles 3, 4, 5, 6, 7A, 8, 9, 10, 11, 11B, 12, 19 and 22 of this Chapter are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Article, those laws, rules and procedures shall apply to municipal and special district elections and their conduct by the board of elections conducting those elections. The State Board of Elections shall have the same authority over all such elections as it has over county and State elections under those Articles. (1971, c. 835, s. 1; 1973, c. 793, s. 91; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 68; 2006-155, s. 5; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)

Structure North Carolina General Statutes

North Carolina General Statutes

Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws

Article 24 - Conduct of Municipal Elections.

§ 163-291 - Partisan primaries and elections.

§ 163-292 - Determination of election results in cities using the plurality method.

§ 163-293 - Determination of election results in cities using the election and runoff election method.

§ 163-294 - Determination of election results in cities using nonpartisan primaries.

§ 163-294.1 - Death of candidates or elected officers.

§ 163-294.2 - Notice of candidacy and filing fee in nonpartisan municipal elections.

§ 163-294.3 - Sole candidates to be voted upon in nonpartisan municipal elections.

§ 163-294.4 - Failure of candidates to file; death of a candidate before election.

§ 163-295 - Municipal and special district elections; application of this Chapter 163.

§ 163-296 - Nomination by petition.

§ 163-297 - Structure at voting place; marking off limits of voting place.

§ 163-298 - Municipal primaries and elections.

§ 163-299 - Ballots; municipal primaries and elections.

§ 163-300 - Disposition of duplicate abstracts in municipal elections.

§ 163-301 - Chairman of election board to furnish certificate of elections.

§ 163-302 - Absentee voting.

§ 163-304 - State Board of Elections to have jurisdiction over municipal elections, and to advise; emergency and ongoing administration by county board.

§ 163-305 - Validation of elections.

§ 163-306 - Assumption of office by mayors and councilmen.