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3 <br />Orange County Board of Commissioners <br />Page 3 <br />May 2, 2pp5 <br />of the entire county with the board chair elected by and from <br />the members of the board. <br />4, There are four modes of election authorized. Where an <br />electoral district mode is used, the board members must be <br />apportioned by the districts so that the number of commissioners <br />apportioned to each district divided by the population in the <br />district is as nearly equal as practicable for all districts. <br />The four modes are: <br />(a) The qualified voters of the entire county <br />nominate all candidates for and elect all members of the <br />board.. This is the method now used to elect the members of <br />the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County. <br />(b) The qualified voters of each district nominate <br />candidates and elect members who reside in the district for <br />seats apportioned to that district; and the qualified <br />voters of the entire county nominate candidates and elect <br />members apportioned to the county at large. The citizen <br />petition presented to the Board of Commissioners this year <br />requests that the Board pursue this mode. House Bill 913 <br />also would, if approved by the voters of the County, create <br />this type of election system. Chapter 136 of the 1991 <br />Session Laws, which expanded and redistricted the Guilford <br />County Board of Commissioners, is an example of the <br />creation of a board structure using this mode. <br />(c) The qualified voters of each district nominate <br />candidates who reside in the district and the qualified <br />voters of the entire county nominate candidates for seats <br />apportioned to the county at large, if any; and the <br />qualified voters of the entire county elect all the members <br />of the board. <br />(d) The qualified voters of the entire county <br />nominate candidates and elect members; candidates and <br />members reside in apportioned districts, Chapter 43 of the <br />1981 Session Laws, involving Randolph County, is an example <br />of this board of commissioner structure. <br />5. If a district mode is chosen, the board of <br />commissioners divides the county into districts according to the <br />