North Carolina § 163-292 - Determination of election results in cities using the plurality method.

§ 163-292. Determination of election results in cities using the plurality method.

In conducting nonpartisan elections and using the plurality method, elections shall be determined in accordance with the following rules: When more than one person is seeking election to a single office, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes shall be declared elected. When more persons are seeking election to two or more offices (constituting a group) than there are offices to be filled, those candidates receiving the highest number of votes, equal in number to the number of offices to be filled, shall be declared elected. If two or more candidates receiving the highest number of votes each receive the same number of votes, the board of elections shall determine the winner by lot. History (1971, c. 835, s. 1; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).) Editor's Note. - This section was recodified as now former G.S. 163A-1616 by Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3. Former G.S. 163A-1616 was then re-recodified as this section by Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), effective January 31, 2019. The historical citation from the former section has been added to this section as re-recodified. Session Laws 2018-146, s. 3.1(b), effective January 31, 2019, repealed Session Laws 2017-6, s. 3, which had recodified this section.