NC Gen Stat § 163-1 (2021)
2021 North Carolina General Statutes|Chapter 163 - Elections and Election Laws|Article 1 - Time of Primaries and Elections.|§ 163-1 - Time of regular elections and primaries.

 163-1. Time of regular elections and primaries.(a) Unless otherwise provided by law, elections for the officers listed in the tabulation contained in this section shall be conducted in all election precincts of the territorial units specified in the column headed "Jurisdiction" on the dates indicated in the column headed "Date of Election." Unless otherwise provided by law, officers shall serve for the terms specified in the column headed "Term of Office."(b) On Tuesday next after the first Monday in March preceding each general election to be held in November for the officers referred to in subsection (a) of this section, there shall be held in all election precincts within the territory for which the officers are to be elected a primary election for the purpose of nominating candidates for each political party in the State for those offices.(c) On Tuesday next after the first Monday in November in the year 1968, and every four years thereafter, or on such days as the Congress of the United States shall direct, an election shall be held in all of the election precincts of the State for the election of electors of President and Vice-President of the United States. The number of electors to be chosen shall be equal to the number of Senators and Representatives in Congress to which this State may be entitled. Presidential electors shall not be nominated by primary election; instead, they shall be nominated in a State convention of each political party as defined in G.S. 163-96 unless otherwise provided by the plan of organization of the political party; provided, that in the case of a candidate for President of the United States who has qualified to have his name printed on the general election ballot as an unaffiliated candidate under G.S. 163-122, that candidate shall nominate presidential electors. One presidential elector shall be nominated from each congressional district and two from the state-at-large, and in addition, the State convention of each party and the unaffiliated candidate shall each nominate first and second alternate electors who shall serve if their slate is elected as provided by G.S. 163-209 and if there is a vacancy as provided by G.S. 163-210.(d) If primaries for the State Senate or State House of Representatives are temporarily moved from the date provided in subsection (b) of this section for any election year, all primaries shall be held on the same day.   OFFICE  JURISDICTION  DATE OF ELECTION  TERM OF OFFICE  Governor  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from   first Monday in November  first day of January   1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter     Lieutenant  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from  Governor  first Monday in November  first day of January   1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter     Secretary of  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from  State  first Monday in November  first day of January   1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter     Auditor  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from   first Monday in November  first day of January  1968 and every four years  next after election  thereafter     Treasurer  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from   first Monday in November  first day of January   1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter     Superintendent  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from  of Public  first Monday in November  first day of January  Instruction  1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter  Attorney  General  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from   first Monday in November  first day of January   1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter     Commissioner  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from  of Agriculture  first Monday in November  first day of January   1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter     Commissioner  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from  of Labor  first Monday in November  first day of January   1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter     Commissioner  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from  of Insurance  first Monday in November  first day of January   1968 and every four years  next after election   thereafter     All other State  State  Tuesday next after the  Four years, from  officers whose  first Monday in November  first day of January  terms last for  1968 and every four years  next after election  four years  thereafter     All other State  State  Tuesday next after the  Two years, from  officers whose  first Monday in November  first day of January  terms are not  1968 and every two years  next after election  specified by law  thereafter     State Senator  Senatorial  Tuesday next after the  Two years   district  first Monday in November   1968 and every two years   thereafter     Member of  Representative  Tuesday next after the  Two years  State House of  district  first Monday in November  Representatives  1968 and every two years   thereafter     Justices and  State  Except as provided in  Eight years, from  Judges of the  Article 1A of Chapter 7A  first day of January  Appellate  of the General Statutes,  next after election  Division  at the regular election   for members of the General   Assembly immediately   preceding the termination   of each regular term     Judges of the  Superior  At the regular election  Eight years, from  superior courts  Court District  for members of the General  first day of January   Assembly immediately  after next election   preceding the termination   of each regular term     Judges of the  District  At the regular election  Four years, from the  district courts  court district   for members of the General  first day in January   Assembly immediately  next after election   preceding the termination   of each regular term     District  District  At the regular election  Four years, from  Attorney  Attorney  for members of the General  first day of January   district  Assembly immediately  next after election   preceding the termination   of each regular term     Members of  Congressional  Tuesday next after the  Two years  House of  district,  first Monday in November  Representatives  except as  1968 and every two years  of the Congress  modified  thereafter  of the United  by G.S. 163-104  States       United States  State  At the regular election  Six years  Senators  immediately preceding the   termination of each   regular term     County  County  At the regular election  Two years, from the  Commissioners  for members of the General  first Monday in   Assembly immediately  December next after   preceding the termination  election   of each regular term     Clerk of  County  At the regular election  Four years, from the  superior court  for members of the General  first Monday in   Assembly immediately  December next after   preceding the termination  election   of each regular term     Register of  County  At the regular election  Four years, from the  Deeds  for members of the General  first Monday in   Assembly immediately  December next after   preceding the termination  election   of each regular term     Sheriff  County  At the regular election  Four years, from the   for members of the General  first Monday in   Assembly immediately  December next after   preceding the termination  election   of each regular term     Coroner  County  At the regular election  Four years, from the   for members of the General  first Monday in   Assembly immediately  December next after   preceding the termination  election   of a regular term     County  County  Tuesday next after the  Two years, from the  treasurer (in  first Monday in November  first Monday in  counties in  1968 and every two years  December next after  which elected)  thereafter  election     All other  County  Tuesday next after the  Two years, from the  county officers  first Monday in November  first Monday in  to be elected  1968 and every two years  December next after  by the people  thereafter  election  (Const., art. 4, s. 24; 1901, c. 89, ss. 1-4, 73, 74, 77; Rev., ss. 4293, 4294, 4296-4299; 1915, c. 101, s. 1; 1917, c. 218; C.S., ss. 5914, 5915, 5917-5920, 6018; 1935, c. 362; 1939, c. 196; 1943, c. 134, s. 4; 1947, c. 505, s. 1; 1951, c. 1009, s. 2; 1953, c. 1191, s. 1; 1967, c. 775, s. 1; cc. 1264, 1271; 1969, c. 44, s. 80; 1971, c. 170; 1973, c. 793, s. 93; 1977, c. 265, s. 1; c. 661, s. 1; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 782, s. 1; 1993 (Reg. Sess., 1994), c. 738, s. 2; 1996, 2nd Ex. Sess., c. 9, s. 2; 2003-434, 1st Ex. Sess., s. 6; 2004-127, s. 12; 2005-425, s. 3.2; 2015-66, s. 3; 2017-3, s. 2; 2017-6, s. 3; 2018-21, s. 1; 2018-146, s. 3.1(a), (b).)