(A) In the municipal election held in 1965, and quadrennially thereafter, the candidate for mayor receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of four (4) years. In the election of 1965, the two (2) candidates for town commissioner [alderman] receiving the highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of four (4) years, and the three (3) candidates receiving the next highest number of votes shall be elected for a term of two (2) years. In the municipal election of 1967, and biennially thereafter, all town commissioners [aldermen] shall be elected for a term of four (4) years. Municipal elections in the Town of Shallotte shall be held in accordance with the general municipal election laws as contained in Art. 3, Ch. 160 of the General Statutes.
(B) Any person desiring to become a candidate for the office of mayor or commissioner [Alderman] shall, at least two (2) weeks prior to election day, file with the town clerk a statement of such candidacy in substantially the following form:
“STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, TOWN OF SHALLOTTE
I, , hereby give notice that I reside at Street, Town of Shallotte, Brunswick County, State of North Carolina; I am a candidate for election to the office of (mayor, or commissioner [alderman]), to be voted upon at the town election to be held on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 20 , and I hereby request that my name be printed on the official ballot for the said election for such office.
(Witness) (Signature)”
(C) Candidates for mayor shall pay at the time of the signing of said statement the sum of five dollars ($5.00) to the Clerk, and candidates for membership on the board of commissioners [aldermen] shall pay the sum of one dollar ($1.00) to said Clerk; and such filing fees shall go to the town’s general fund, to be applied on the expense of holding the election. Only those persons signing such statement and paying the required fee shall be entitled to have his name printed on the official ballot.
(D) The candidate for mayor receiving the highest number of votes in the town election shall be declared to be elected mayor and the five (5) candidates for town commissioner [alderman] receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared to be elected as commissioners [aldermen].
(S.L. 1947, c. 507, Sec. 3; S.L. 1965, c. 235, Sec. 1)
Statutory reference:
Filing fees and notices of candidacy are governed by G.S. Ch. 163