GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
1989 SESSION
CHAPTER 402
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1. G.S. 163-296 reads as rewritten:
"§ 163-296. Nomination by petition.
In cities conducting partisan elections, any qualified voter
who seeks to have his name printed on the regular municipal election ballot as an
unaffiliated candidate may do so in the manner provided in G.S. 163-122, except
that the petitions and affidavits shall be filed not later than 12:00 noon on
the Friday preceding the seventh Saturday before the election, and the
petitions shall be signed by a number of qualified voters of the municipality
equal to at least fifteen percent (15%) ten percent (10%) of the
whole number of voters qualified to vote in the municipal election according to
the most recent figures certified by the State Board of Elections. A person
whose name appeared on the ballot in a primary election is not eligible to have
his name placed on the regular municipal election ballot as an unaffiliated
candidate for the same office in that year. The Board of Elections shall examine
and verify the signatures on the petition, and shall certify only the names of
signers who are found to be qualified registered voters in the municipality. Provided
that in the case where a qualified voter seeks to have his name printed on the
regular municipal election ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for election
from an election district within the municipality, the petition shall be signed
by ten percent (10%) of the voters qualified to vote in that district."
Sec. 2. This act is effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified this the 21st day of June, 1989.