“Section 3.1. Regular Municipal Elections. Regular municipal elections shall be held in each odd-numbered year in accordance with the uniform municipal election laws of North Carolina. Elections are conducted on a nonpartisan basis and the results determined using the nonpartisan plurality method as provided in G.S. 163-292.
“Section 3.2. Election of Board of Commissioners. The Commissioners serving on the date of ratification of this Charter shall serve until the expiration of their terms or until their successors are elected and qualified. Four Commissioners shall be elected in each regular municipal election in 1991. the two persons receiving the highest numbers of votes shall be elected to four-year terms, and the two persons receiving the next highest numbers of votes shall be elected to two-year terms. In the 993, and quadrennially thereafter, two Commissioners shall be elected to four-year terms. In 1995, and quadrennially thereafter, two Commissioners shall be elected to four-year terms.