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103 <br /> The General Assembly has nearly plenary authority over the method of election of boards of <br /> county commissioners. The following are examples (not an exhaustive list) of actions by the <br /> General Assembly related to changes in the method of election for the following counties: <br /> Bladen County 1987 <br /> Allowing the commissioners, on a temporary basis, to make changes without a <br /> referendum <br /> Lee County 1989 <br /> Allowing the commissioners to make changes without a referendum and authorizing <br /> changes in the method of determining winners in the primary <br /> Union County 2007 <br /> Subject to a referendum, increasing the number of members and establishing voting <br /> districts <br /> 2 <br />