HB 100 — Restore Partisan Elections/Sup. & Dist. Court.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA SESSION 2017 H 21 HOUSE BILL 100 Second Edition Engrossed 2/22/17 Short Title:

The exception of this subdivision does *H100-v-2**H100-v-1* General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 not extend to an individual who meets the definition of "candidate" only by beginning a tentative candidacy by receiving funds or making payments or giving consent to someone else to receive funds or transfer something of value for the purpose of exploring a candidacy.

A person seeking election for a specialized Page 2 House Bill 100-Second100-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 district judgeship established under G.S.

Office Sought Amount of Filing Fee Governor One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought Lieutenant Governor One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought All State executive offices One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought All Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, and Justices, Judges, and One percent (1%) of the annual salary of District Attorneys of the General the office sought Court of Justice United States Senator One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought Members of the United States House One percent (1%) of the annual salary of of Representatives the office sought House Bill 100-Second100-First Edition Page 3 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 State Senator One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought Member of the State House of One percent (1%) of the annual salary of Representatives the office sought All county offices not compensated by fees One percent (1%) of the annual salary of the office sought All county offices compensated partly One percent (1%) of the first annual by salary and partly by fees salary to be received (exclusive of fees) The salary of any office that is the basis for calculating the filing fee is the starting salary for the office, rather than the salary received by the incumbent, if different.

Governor, Lieutenant Governor, All State executive officers, Page 4 House Bill 100-Second100-First Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 Justices of the Supreme Court, Judges of the Court of Appeals, or Justices, Judges, or District Attorneys of the General Court of Justice, United States Senators, Members of the United States House of Representatives, State Senators in multi-county senatorial districts, and Members of the State House of Representatives in multi-county representative districts." SECTION 9.

where the district is the whole provided, in the case of a superior court county or part of the county judge in a single-county district where not all the county is located in that district, then in voting, only those members House Bill 100-Second100-First Edition Page 5 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 of the county executive committee who reside within the district shall vote Judge of superior court in a Appropriate district executive committee of multicounty judicial district political party in which vacancy occurs.

163-122163-122(c) readsis asrepealed. rewritten:

"§SECTION 163-122.11.

Unaffiliated candidates nominated by petition.

(a) Procedure for Having Name Printed on Ballot as Unaffiliated Candidate.

– Any qualified voter who seeks to have his name printed on the general election ballot as an unaffiliated candidate shall:

(1) If the office is a statewide office, file written petitions with the State Board of Elections supporting his candidacy for a specified office.

These petitions must be filed with the State Board of Elections on or before 12:00 noon on the last Friday in June preceding the general election and must be signed by qualified voters of the State equal in number to two percent (2%) of the total number of voters who voted in the most recent general election for Governor.

Also, the petition must be signed by at least 200 registered voters from each of four congressional districts in North Carolina.

No later than 5:00 p.m.

on the fifteenth day preceding the date the petitions are due to be filed with the State Board of Elections, each petition shall be presented to the chairman of the board of elections of the county in which the signatures were obtained.

Provided the petitions are timely submitted, the chairman shall examine the names on the petition and place a check mark on the petition by the name of each signer who is qualified and registered to vote in his county and shall attach to the petition his signed certificate.

Said certificates shall state that the signatures on the petition have been checked against the registration records Page 6 House Bill 100-Second Edition General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 and shall indicate the number of signers to be qualified and registered to vote in his county.

The chairman shall return each petition, together with the certificate required in this section, to the person who presented it to him for checking.

Verification by the chairman of the county board of elections shall be completed within two weeks from the date such petitions are presented.

(2) Except as provided in this subsection, if If the office is a district office under the jurisdiction of the State Board of Elections under G.S.

163-182.4(b), file written petitions with the State Board of Elections supporting that voter's candidacy for a specified office.

These petitions must be filed with the State Board of Elections on or before 12:00 noon on the last Friday in June preceding the general election and must be signed by qualified voters of the district equal in number to four percent (4%) of the total number of registered voters in the district as reflected by the voter registration records of the State Board of Elections as of January 1 of the year in which the general election is to be held.

Each petition shall be presented to the chairman of the board of elections of the county in which the signatures were obtained.

The chairman shall examine the names on the petition and the procedure for certification and deadline for submission to the county board shall be the same as specified in (1) above.

(3) If the office is a county office or a single county legislative district, file written petitions with the chairman or director of the county board of elections supporting his candidacy for a specified county office.

These petitions must be filed with the county board of elections on or before 12:00 noon on the last Friday in June preceding the general election and must be signed by qualified voters of the county equal in number to four percent (4%) of the total number of registered voters in the county as reflected by the voter registration records of the State Board of Elections as of January 1 of the year in which the general election is to be held, except if the office is for a district consisting of less than the entire county and only the voters in that district vote for that office, the petitions must be signed by qualified voters of the district equal in number to four percent (4%) of the total number of voters in the district according to the voter registration records of the State Board of Elections as of January 1 of the year in which the general election is to be held.

Each petition shall be presented to the chairman or director of the county board of elections.

The chairman shall examine, or cause to be examined, the names on the petition and the procedure for certification shall be the same as specified in (1) above.

(4) If the office is a partisan municipal office, file written petitions with the chairman or director of the county board of elections in the county wherein the municipality is located supporting his candidacy for a specified municipal office.

These petitions must be filed with the county board of elections on or before the time and date specified in G.S.

163-296 and must be signed by the number of qualified voters specified in G.S.

163-296.

The procedure for certification shall be the same as specified in (1) above.

(5) If the office is superior court judge or district court judge, regardless of whether the district lies entirely in one county or in more than one county, file written petitions with the State Board of Elections supporting that voter's candidacy for a specified office.

These petitions must be filed with the State Board of Elections on or before 12:00 noon on the last Friday in June preceding the general election and must be signed by qualified voters of the district equal in number to two percent (2%) of the total number of registered voters in the district as reflected by the voter registration records of the State Board of Elections as of January 1 of the year in which the general election is to be held.

House Bill 100-Second Edition Page 7 General Assembly Of North Carolina Session 2017 Each petition shall be presented to the chairman of the board of elections of the county in which the signatures were obtained.

The chairman shall examine the names on the petition, and the procedure for certification and deadline for submission to the county board shall be the same as specified in (1) above.

Upon compliance with the provisions of (1), (2), (3), or (4) of this subsection, the board of elections with which the petitions have been timely filed shall cause the unaffiliated candidate's name to be printed on the general election ballots in accordance with Article 14A of this Chapter.

An individual whose name appeared on the ballot in a primary election preliminary to the general election shall not be eligible to have his name placed on the general election ballot as an unaffiliated candidate for the same office in that year.