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Chapter 163. 18 <br />Elections and Election Laws. <br />SUBCHAPTER I. TIME OF PRIMARIES AND ELECTIONS. <br />FROM <br />of Primaries and Elections. <br />§ 163 -1. Time of regular elections and primaries. <br />(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, elections for the officers listed in the tabulation <br />contained in this section shall be conducted in all election precincts of the territorial units <br />specified in the column headed "Jurisdiction" on the dates indicated in the column headed "Date <br />of Election." Unless otherwise provided by law, officers shall serve for the terms specified in the <br />column headed "Term of Office." <br />(b) On Tuesday next after the first Monday in May preceding each general election to be <br />held in November for the officers referred to in subsection (a) of this section, there shall be held <br />in all election precincts within the territory for which the officers are to be elected a primary <br />election for the purpose of nominating candidates for each political party in the State for those <br />offices, and nonpartisan candidates as to offices elected under the provisions of Article 25 of this <br />Chapter. <br />(c) On Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the year 1968, and every four <br />years thereafter, or on such days as the Congress of the United States shall direct, an election <br />shall be held in all of the election precincts of the State for the election of electors of President <br />and Vice - President of the United States. The number of electors to be chosen shall be equal to <br />the number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which this State may be entitled. <br />Presidential electors shall not be nominated by primary election; instead, they shall be <br />nominated in a State convention of each political party as defined in G.S. 163 -96 unless <br />otherwise provided by the plan of organization of the political party; provided, that in the case of <br />a candidate for President of the United States who has qualified to have his name printed on the <br />general election ballot as an unaffiliated candidate under G.S. 163 -122, that candidate shall <br />nominate presidential electors. One presidential elector shall be nominated from each <br />congressional district and two from the state -at- large, and in addition, the State convention of <br />each party and the unaffiliated candidate shall each nominate first and second alternate electors <br />who shall serve if their slate is elected as provided by G.S. 163 -209 and if there is a vacancy as <br />provided by G.S. 163 -210. <br />(d) If primaries for the State Senate or State House of Representatives are temporarily <br />moved from the date provided in subsection (b) of this section for any election year, all <br />primaries shall be held on the same day. <br />OFFICE JURISDICTION DATE OF ELECTION TERM OF OFFICE <br />Governor State <br />Tuesday next after <br />Four years, from <br />the first Monday <br />first day of <br />in November 1968 <br />January next <br />and every four <br />after election <br />years thereafter <br />Lieutenant State <br />Tuesday next after <br />Four years, from <br />Governor <br />the first Monday <br />first day of <br />in November 1968 <br />January next <br />and every four <br />after election <br />years thereafter <br />Secretary of State <br />Tuesday next after <br />Four years, from <br />State <br />the first Monday <br />first day of <br />http: / /www.ncga state. nc.us /EnactedL.egislation/ Statutes /HTMLBySection /Chapter_163 /G... 8/17/2005 <br />