North Carolina legislation · 2025-2026 Session
North Carolina H3: Various Local Election Changes II.
Status: Signed into law, June 25, 2025
What the bill says
An act to modify the process for filling vacancies on the cabarrus county board of commissioners; to provide for the partisan election for members of the currituck county board of education, subject to a referendum; to provide for the partisan election for members of the pitt county board of education; to require regular municipal elections in all of the municipalities in pamlico county to be held in even-numbered years; to require regular municipal elections in the village of simpson to be held in even-numbered years…
From the enrolled text:
AN ACT TO MODIFY THE PROCESS FOR FILLING VACANCIES ON THE CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTISAN ELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE CURRITUCK COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, SUBJECT TO A REFERENDUM; TO PROVIDE FOR THE PARTISAN ELECTION FOR MEMBERS OF THE PITT COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION; TO REQUIRE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN ALL OF THE MUNICIPALITIES IN PAMLICO COUNTY TO BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS; TO REQUIRE REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE VILLAGE OF SIMPSON TO BE HELD IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS; AND TO REQUIRE THAT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS IN THE CITY OF MONROE BE CONDUCTED IN EVEN-NUMBERED YEARS ON A PARTISAN BASIS. The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: PART I. CABARRUS COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS VACANCIES SECTION 1.(a) G.S. 153A-27.1(h), as amended by S.L. 2025-3, reads as rewritten: "(h) This section shall apply only in the following counties: Alamance, Alexander, Alleghany, Avery, Beaufort, Brunswick, Buncombe, Cabarrus, Caldwell, Carteret, Caswell, Cherokee, Clay, Cleveland, Cumberland, Dare, Davidson, Davie, Forsyth, Graham, Guilford, Harnett, Haywood, Henderson, Hyde, Jackson, Lee, Lincoln, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mecklenburg, Moore, Onslow, Pender, Polk, Randolph, Rockingham, Rutherford, Sampson, Stanly, Stokes, Transylvania, and Yancey." SECTION 1.(b) This section applies to Cabarrus County only. SECTION 1.(c) This section is effective when it becomes law and applies to vacancies filled on or after that date. PART II. BOARDS OF …
Sponsors
- (R, 9) · primary sponsor