GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA
SESSION 2025
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HOUSE BILL DRH10072-LUe-9A
Short Title: Partisan Elections/Muni./Cabarrus Co. (Local)
Sponsors: Representative Echevarria.
Referred to:
*DRH10072 -LUe-9A*
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1
AN ACT TO PROVIDE THAT REGULAR MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS FOR 2
MUNICIPALITIES IN CABARRUS COUNTY SHALL BE CONDUCTED ON A 3
PARTISAN BASIS AND TO PROVIDE THAT ONLY VOTERS RESIDING IN THE 4
DISTRICT THE CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPRESENTS SHALL VOTE FOR THAT 5
MEMBER IN THE CITY OF CONCORD . 6
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts: 7
SECTION 1.(a) Section 3.1 of the Charter of the City of Concord, being Chapter 8
861 of the 1985 Session Laws, as amended by Ordinance No. 1995-02-09, adopted February 9, 9
1995, and Ordinance No. 96-105, adopted November 14, 1996, reads as rewritten: 10
"Sec. 3.1. Regular municipal elections; conduct and method of election. Pursuant to G.S. 11
160A-101, the Charter of the City of Concord, as set forth in Chapter 861 of the 1985 Session 12
Laws of North Carolina, as amended, is hereby further amended to implement nonpartisan 13
plurality for elections (G.S. 163-292) of the City Board of Aldermen [city council].Beginning in 14
2025, regular municipal elections shall be held in the city every odd-numbered year and shall be 15
conducted in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina. The Mayor 16
and the City Council shall be elected according to the partisan election method, as provided in 17
G.S. 163-291. In 2025, and quadrennially thereafter, the Mayor and three council members, who 18
shall represent Districts 3, 4, and 5, shall be nominated and elected for four-year terms. In 2027, 19
and quadrennially thereafter, four council members, who shall represent Districts 1, 2, 6, and 7, 20
shall be nominated and elected for four-year terms." 21
SECTION 1.(b) Section 3.2 of the Charter of the City of Concord, being Chapter 22
861 of the 1985 Session Laws, as amended by Ordinance No. 96-105, adopted November 14, 23
1996, and Ordinance No. 02-11, adopted April 11, 2002, reads as rewritten: 24
"Sec. 3.2. Election of the Mayor and City Council. (a) The Mayor shall be nominated and 25
elected by all the voters of the city voting at large. 26
(b) The City Council shall consist of seven members serving staggered four-year terms and 27
each member shall reside in and represent a district of the city but shall be nominated and elected 28
by all the voters of the city voting at large.city. Only the qualified voters residing in that district 29
may vote for the member from that district." 30
SECTION 2. Section 4.1 of the Charter of the Town of Harrisburg, being Chapter 31
111 of the 1973 Session Laws, as amended by Town Ordinance adopted on July 13, 2015, reads 32
as rewritten: 33
"Sec. 4.1. Regular Municipal Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held on the 34
Tuesday after the first Monday in November of each odd-numbered year, beginning in 1973. 35
Council members hall be elected on a nonpartisan basis and the results determined by plurality, 36
H.B. 271
Mar 3, 2025
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as approved in the North Carolina General Statutes.Town officers shall be elected according to 1
the partisan election method, as provided in G.S. 163-291." 2
SECTION 3. Section 4-1 of the Charter of the City of Kannapolis, as adopted by the 3
Kannapolis Charter Commission on December 11, 1984, pursuant to Chapter 191 of the 1983 4
Session Laws, reads as rewritten: 5
"Sec. 4-1. Conduct of city elections. City officers shall be elected on a non-partisan basis 6
and the results determined by plurality, as provided in the North Carolina General Statutes, 7
Chapter 163, Section 292.partisan basis, as provided in G.S. 163-291." 8
SECTION 4. Section 4.1 of the Charter of the Town of Midland, being S.L. 2000-91, 9
reads as rewritten: 10
"Section 4.1. Conduct of Town Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held in each 11
odd-numbered year in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina. 12
Elections shall be conducted on a nonpartisan basis and results determined by a plurality as 13
provided in G.S. 163-292.partisan basis, as provided in G.S. 163-291." 14
SECTION 5. Section C-3.2 of the Charter of the Town of Mount Pleasant, being 15
Chapter 77 of the Private Laws of 1883, as amended by Town Ordinance adopted on February 16
11, 2019, reads as rewritten: 17
"Section C-3.2. Manner of Election; Term of Office The qualified voters of the entire Town 18
shall elect the Mayor and members of the Town Board of Commissioners that shall serve 19
staggered four (4) year terms. Nonpartisan plurality elections Elections shall take place every 20
two years, in odd-numbered years, with three commissioners being elected during one election 21
cycle, and two commissioners and the Mayor during the next election cycle, and so on. Town 22
officers shall be elected according to the partisan election method, as provided in G.S. 163-291. 23
Absentee ballots are permitted pursuant to Board of Elections requirements. The present Mayor, 24
Commissioners and other officers of Mount Pleasant shall hold said offices with all the powers, 25
privileges, rights and responsibilities which this charter and the former charter conferred until 26
their successors are elected or appointed and qualified." 27
SECTION 6. This act shall have the effect of repealing any conflicting provisions 28
of local or special acts or conflicting local ordinances relating to the nonpartisan municipal 29
elections for any municipalities covered by this act. This act shall not affect the filling of a 30
vacancy in a municipal election that occurs for a seat elected prior to the effective date of this 31
act. 32
SECTION 7. Except as otherwise provided, this act is effective when it becomes law 33
and applies to elections held in 2025 and thereafter. 34