NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1963 SESSION
CHAPTER 2
SENATE BILL 29
AN ACT TO AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE GENERAL REGISTRATION BOOKS OF STANLY COUNTY BY THE VOTERS OF THE CITY OF ALBEMARLE IN ALL PRIMARY, GENERAL, REGULAR AND SPECIAL ELECTIONS HELD IN THE CITY OF ALBEMARLE, AND TO AMEND CHAPTER 716 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF 1951, BEING A PART OF THE CHARTER OF THE CITY, OF ALBEMARLE RELATING TO PRIMARY ELECTIONS IN SAID CITY.
WHEREAS, the Board of Elections of Stanly County has realigned the voting precincts of said County so that all precincts in the City of Albemarle are coterminous with the corporate limits of said City; has established a modern, loose-leaf and visible registration system as permitted by General Statutes 163-43; has held a new registration of all voters in the County; has provided for a full-time registration of voters as authorized by General Statutes 163-31; and
WHEREAS, in order to eliminate confusion regarding precinct boundaries, registration of voters, and polling places among residents of the City of Albemarle in municipal elections and county elections: Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
Section 1. The City of Albemarle is hereby authorized and empowered to use in its discretion and upon such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreed upon by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albemarle and the Board of Elections of Stanly County the registration books, process or records of said County for the registration of voters or the acceptance of registration applications and the conduct of all municipal elections; and in such event, the provisions of law which are applicable to the registration of voters in said County of Stanly shall apply to the City of Albemarle for the purpose of any primary, general, regular or special election to the end that every voter properly registered upon the registration books for each voting precinct within the corporate limits of the City of Albemarle shall thereafter be deemed to be lawfully registered for all primary, general, regular or special elections in which the voters of the City of Albemarle are entitled to participate and whether called and held under authority of the Board of Commissioners of the City of Albemarle or the Board of Elections of Stanly County or the Board of Commissioners of Stanly County and whether county-wide or city-wide only.
Sec. 2. The municipal Board of Elections for the City of Albemarle shall conduct all municipal primary, general, regular or special elections held in the City of Albemarle and shall appoint registrars, judges, other poll holders and officials for the several precincts for such elections; provided, however, the board shall appoint as registrars and judges of municipal elections those individuals who have been appointed to such positions by the Board of Elections of Stanly County, and shall count the ballots, canvass and determine the results of said elections in the manner now provided by Chapter 716 of the Session Laws of 1951 as the same may be amended from time to time for primary elections and by Article 3, Chapter 160 of the General Statutes as the same may be amended from time to time for other elections.
Sec. 3. Challenges for all municipal primary, general, regular or special elections shall be made, heard and determined pursuant to the provisions of General Statutes 163-79.1.
Sec. 4. The municipal Board of Elections shall publish at least one time in a newspaper published in the City of Albemarle, not less than thirty (30) days prior to the date of any municipal election, notice stating the date of the election, the names of the registrars and the location of the polling places.
Sec. 5. Chapter 716 of the Session Laws of 1951 is amended by striking out Section 8, Section 15 and Section 16 of said Chapter.
Sec. 6. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.
Sec. 7. This Act shall be in full force and effect from and after the date of its ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 21st day of February, 1963.