§ 163-286. Conduct of municipal and special district elections; application of Chapter 163. - North Carolina Statutes

§163‑286.  Conduct of municipal and special district elections;application of Chapter 163.

(a)        To the extent thatthe laws, rules and procedures applicable to the conduct of primary, generaland special elections by county boards of elections under Articles 3, 4, 5, 6,7A, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19 and 22 of this Chapter are notinconsistent with provisions of this Article, those laws, rules and proceduresshall apply to municipal and special district elections and their conduct bythe board of elections conducting those elections. The State Board of Electionsshall have the same authority over all such elections as it has over county andState elections under those Articles.

(b)        Any city, town orincorporated village which elects to conduct its own elections, under theprovisions of G.S. 163‑285, shall comply with the requirements containedin G.S. 163‑280 and G.S. 163‑281. (1971, c. 835, s. 1; 1973, c.793, s. 85; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 762, s. 64.)