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VOTING DETERMINATION LETTERS FOR NORTH CAROLINA

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Determination Letters for North Carolina, by date.

Jurisdiction

and date

Description and submission numbers Notes

Plymouth

(Washington

Cty.)

03/17/1971

(pdf)

At­large elections

(T8037)

State of

North

Carolina

03/18/1971

(pdf)

Literacy test for registration

(T4000; T7203)

State of

North

Carolina

04/20/1971

(pdf)

Literacy test for registration

(T4006)

State of

North

Carolina

07/30/1971

(pdf)

Senate and House districts; numbered posts

(T4025; V3064)

State of

North

Carolina

09/27/1971

(pdf)

Senate and House districts; numbered posts

(V3320; V3321)

Lumberton

City School

District

(Robeson

Cty.)

06/02/1975

(pdf)

Chapter 636 "A" Addition (1967); Chapter 638 (1967), as amended by Chapter

687 (1971); Chapter 443, as repealed and re­enacted by Chapter 611 (1969)­­

three annexations

(V8901; X0961­63)

Objection Withdrawn

9­27­82 to Chapter

636 'A' Addition

(1967); and Chapter

638 (1967), as

amended by Chapter

687 (1971)­­two

annexations

Craven

County

School

District

Chapter 837 (1967)­­redistricting; method of election

(V8909)

Withdrawn 3­15­76

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09/23/1975

(pdf)

Robeson

County

School

District

12/29/1975

(pdf)

Chapter 770 (1969)­­at­large elections; staggered terms; voter qualifications

(V9028)

Williamston

(Martin Cty.)

02/04/1977

(pdf)

Staggered terms

(X8929)

Rocky Mount

(Edgecombe

Cty.)

12/09/1977

(pdf)

Thirty­six annexations

(V8785)

Withdrawn 6­9­78

Pasquotank

County

01/03/1978

(pdf)

Polling place

(A2347)

Laurinburg

(Scotland

Cty.)

12/12/1978

(pdf)

Majority vote requirement and separation of electoral contests of the two­year

term and the four­year term councilmanic positions

(A8044; A6184)

Reidsville

(Rockingham

Cty.)

08/03/1979

(pdf)

Staggered terms

(C2649)

Greenville

(Pitt Cty.)

04/07/1980

(pdf)

Majority vote requirement

(80­1964)

New Bern

(Craven Cty.)

09/29/1980

(pdf)

Two annexations

(80­1917)

Withdrawn 10­5­81

State of

North

Carolina

11/30/1981

(pdf)

H.B. No. 471 (1967)­­1968 amendment which provides that no county shall be

divided in the formation of a Senate or Representative district

(81­2275)

Withdrawn 7­12­02

State of

North

Carolina

12/07/1981

(pdf)

Chapter 821 (S.B. No. 313 (1981)), Chapter 894 (S.B. No. 87 (1981))­­senate

and congressional redistricting

(81­1782)

State of Chapter 1130 (1981)­­house reapportionment

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North

Carolina

01/20/1982

(pdf)

(81­1784)

Guilford

County

03/01/1982

(pdf)

At­large to residency district elections

(81­1793)

State of

North

Carolina

04/19/1982

(pdf)

S.B. No. 1 and H.B. No. 1­­Senate and House redistricting

(82­2368)

Greensboro

(Guilford

Cty.)

06/21/1982

(pdf)

Three annexations

(81­1797)

Withdrawn 4­8­83

upon change in

method of election

New Bern

(Craven Cty.)

12/21/1982

(pdf)

Annexation

(82­2359)

Withdrawn 9­22­83

after change in

method of election

Windsor

(Bertie Cty.)

03/28/1983

(pdf)

Establishment of residency districts for the election of commissioners and to

the districting plan

(82­2345)

Edgecombe

County

School

District

01/16/1984

(pdf)

Establishment of residency districts and the election of six members from

residency districts

(83­2606)

Rocky Mount

(Edgecombe

and Nash

Ctys.)

02/21/1984

(pdf)

Eleven annexations

(83­2608)

Withdrawn 5­9­85

upon change in

method of election

Halifax

County

05/16/1984

(pdf)

1971 N.C. Sess. Laws 681, which readopted the existing at­large election

system with an increase in the number of county commissioners from five to

six

(83­2633)

Robeson

County

09/21/1984

(pdf)

Consolidation of voting precincts and the elimination of the South Smiths

polling place

(84­3124)

Withdrawn 1­28­85

State of

North

Carolina

10/01/1984

(pdf)

House Bill 2, Chapter 1 (1984)­­reapportionment of House Districts 8 and 70

(84­3093)

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Cumberland

County

School

District

04/08/1985

(pdf)

Implementation schedule for the consolidated school district

(84­3052)

Fayetteville

(Cumberland

Cty.)

04/29/1985

(pdf)

Twenty­nine annexations

(84­3047)

Elizabeth

City

(Pasquotank

Cty.)

03/10/1986

(pdf)

Method of election­­four single­member districts and four at large with

residency districts; districting plan and implementation schedule

(85­3069)

Elizabeth

City

(Pasquotank

Cty.)

03/10/1986

(pdf)

Method of election­­four single­member districts and four at large with

residency districts; districting plan and implementation schedule

(85­3069)

Wilson

County

03/10/1986

(pdf)

Method of election and districting plan

(85­3137)

State of

North

Carolina

04/11/1986

(pdf)

Chapter 262, H.B. No. 367 (1965)­­numbered posts for superior court judges;

Chapter 997, S.B. No. 557 (1967), and Chapter 1119, S.B. No. 125 (1977)­­

staggered terms for superior court judgeships in Districts 3, 4, 8, 12, 18, and

20

(85­3050)

Pitt County

School

District

05/05/1986

(pdf)

Chapter 2, H.B. No. 29 (1985)­­which provides for the consolidation of the Pitt

County School District and the Greenville City School District, the

appointment of a twelve­member interim board, the election of a twelvemember permanent board, and the method of election (eight residency

districts and one multi­member residency district electing four members by a

plurality vote to staggered, six­year terms of office); Chapter 495, H.B. No.

1397 (1985)­­which provides for the increase from twelve to fifteen appointed

members to the interim consolidated board; Chapter 360, H.B. No. 769 (1971)­

­which changed the appointed Pitt County board to a nine­member board

elected at large on a nonpartisan basis from residency districts with a plurality

vote requirement to six­year, staggered terms, and specified the election

schedule

(85­3077; 85­3078)

Onslow

County

School

District

05/12/1986

Chapter 525, H.B. No. 1284 (1977)­­residency districts

(85­3066)

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(pdf)

State of

North

Carolina

05/23/1986

(pdf)

Schedule for holding special primary elections for a superior court position in

District 18

(86­3915)

Martin

County

School

District

10/27/1986

(pdf)

Chapter 380 (1971)­­residency district requirement

(86­3896)

Wayne

County

11/04/1986

(pdf)

Chapter 476, S.B. No. 303 (1965)­­staggered terms (board of commissioners)

(87­3606)

Onslow

County

07/06/1987

(pdf)

Chapter 151, H.B. No. 311 (1969) and Chapter 167, S.B. No. 209 (1969) ­­

staggered terms (board of commissioners)

(87­3528)

Beaufort

County

School

District

10/26/1987

(pdf)

Chapter 210 (1971)­­residency districts

(86­3789)

Bladen

County

11/02/1987

(pdf)

August 20, 1987, resolution which provides for a change in the method of

electing the board of commissioners from at large to three double­member

districts and one at­large, the districting plan, implementation schedule, and

the increase in the size of the board from five to seven members

(87­3340)

Camden

County

School

District

11/09/1987

(pdf)

Chapter 173, H.B. No. 490 (1977)­­residency districts

(87­3343)

Anson

County

12/07/1987

(pdf)

Chapter 216 (1977)­­majority vote requirement

(87­3322)

Pitt County

12/29/1987

(pdf)

Chapter 432 (1987)­­method of election

(87­3544)

Granville

County

School

District

08/01/1988

(pdf)

Change from at­large to single­member districts and the districting plan

(87­3443)

Withdrawn 12­29­88

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Lee County

12/04/1989

(pdf)

Chapter 195, H.B. No. 595 (1989)­­permits changes in method of election for

county board of commissioners; June 26, 1989, Resolution ­­ increases

number of commissioners from five to seven; changes method of election

from at large by majority vote and staggered terms to four commissioners

elected from single­member districts and three commissioners elected at

large, all by plurality vote for staggered terms 4­3, with three at­large seats

elected concurrently without numbered posts; a districting plan; an

implementation schedule; and procedures for selecting party nominees in the

event of a tie in the primary

(89­3028)

Withdrawn 1­8­90

Ahoskie

(Hertford

Cty.)

12/18/1989

(pdf)

Three annexations (Ordinance Nos. 1989­02, 1989­03, 1989­04)

(89­3021)

Perquimans

County

School

District

04/09/1990

(pdf)

Act No. 105 (1989)­­method of election (elimination of residency requirement

and method of staggering terms)

(89­4026)

Perquimans

County

04/09/1990

(pdf)

Act No. 104 (1989)­­method of election (elimination of residency requirement

and adoption of plurality vote requirement for primary elections, and method of

staggering terms)

(89­3064)

Anson

County

School

District

05/29/1990

(pdf)

Chapter 288 (1989)­­at­large election with numbered positions and runoff

requirement for two members

(89­2898)

Franklin

County

06/28/1990

(pdf)

Chapter 306, H.B. No. 555 (1967)­­majority­vote requirement in primary

elections for county commission

(89­2966)

Anson

County

School

District

09/23/1991

(pdf)

Chapter 33 (1991)­­method of election (two at­large positions and the 40­

percent plurality requirement for nomination for those positions)

(91­1241)

State of

North

Carolina

12/18/1991

(pdf)

1991 redistricting for the North Carolina State House, Senate and

Congressional plans

(91­2724; 91­3267)

State of

North

Carolina

04/21/1992

Change in the length of the term of the judge elected in 1990 to fill a vacancy

in multimember superior court District 3A thus creating staggered terms for

the judgeships in that district

(91­3885)

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(pdf)

State of

North

Carolina

11/16/1993

(pdf)

Delaying implementation of mail­in registration

(93­1943)

State of

North

Carolina

02/14/1994

(pdf)

Six additional district court judges (in Districts 1, 3A, 8, 12, 18, and 20)

(93­2818­2820)

Withdrawn 5­30­95,

as to District 1

judgeship;Withdrawn

1­11­96, as to

remaining

judgeships

Laurinburg

(Scotland

Cty.)

04/25/1994

(pdf)

Annexation (Ordinance No. 0­1994­01)

(94­0771)

Withdrawn 6­23­94

Mt. Olive

(Wayne Cty.)

09/13/1994

(pdf)

Four districts, two at­large method of election, including an increase from five

to six commissioners

(94­1403)

State of

North

Carolina

02/13/1996

(pdf)

Chapter 355 (1995)­­prohibits state legislative and Congressional district

boundaries from crossing voting precinct lines unless the districts are found in

violation of Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act

(95­2922)

Camp Butner

Reservation

(Granville

Cty.)

02/03/1997

(html | pdf)

At­large method of election and staggered terms

(96­3224)

Harnett

County

School

District

07/23/2002

(html | pdf)

2001 redistricting plan (board of education)

(2001­3769)

Harnett

County

07/23/2002

(html | pdf)

2001 redistricting plan (board of commissioners)

(2001­3768)

City of

Fayetteville

(Cumberland

Cty.)

6/25/2007

(html | pdf)

Method of election from nine single­member districts to six and 2007 City

Council redistricting plan

(2007­2233)

City of

Kinston

(Lenoir Cty.)

Nonpartisan method of election for mayor and council members.

(2009­0216)

Wthdrawn 2­10/12

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8/17/2009

(html | pdf)

City of

Kinston

(Lenoir Cty.)

8/17/2009

(html | pdf)

Nonpartisan method of election for mayor and council members.

(2009­0216)

Pitt County

School

District

4/30/2012

(html | pdf)

Method of election from twelve single­member districts to seven.

(2011­2474)

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