NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1969 SESSION

CHAPTER 108

HOUSE BILL 253

AN ACT TO AMEND THE CHARTER OF THE TOWN OF EDENTON, CHAPTER 1013 OF THE SESSION LAWS OF NORTH CAROLINA, 1961, TO ELIMINATE THE REQUIREMENT FOR A SEPARATE POLLING PLACE IN EACH OF THE SEVERAL WARDS AT MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  That Chapter 1013 of the Session Laws of North Carolina, 1961, being the Charter of the Town of Edenton, is hereby amended by striking out Section 7, Chapter II, Elections, and substituting in lieu thereof a new Section 7 which shall read as follows:

Section 7. Polling Places, Election Officials. The Chowan County Board of Elections shall establish one or more polling places in its discretion and may alter or abolish polling places in its discretion. The Chowan County Board of Elections shall appoint a registrar and two judges of election for each polling place so established and Section 160-31 of the General Statutes, insofar as it requires a separate polling place in each ward, shall not apply to the Town of Edenton."

Sec. 2. All laws and clauses of laws in conflict with this Act are hereby repealed.

Sec. 3. This Act shall be in full force and effect after its ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 24th day of March, 1969.