1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.29 Sec.3

At the time of the primary and election of State and county officers for the year 1968, there shall be nominated and elected seven members who shall constitute the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education. Each of said members shall be residents and electors of the townships as set forth in Section 2 of this Act, and each of said members shall be nominated by the voters of Pasquotank County at large in said primary. The candidates in each township receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared to be nominated, and there shall be no second primary. The persons or candidates so nominated from the townships shall be voted upon by the voters of Pasquotank County at large in said election. Each candidate for nomination for membership on the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education shall file a notice of candidacy with the Board of Elections showing the township of which said candidate is a resident and also showing the candidates party affiliation. All candidates for nomination from the various townships shall file such notice of candidacy by noon on or before the sixth Saturday before the date on which the primary is to be held and shall pay a filing fee of ten dollars ($10.00). The nomination and election of said members of the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education shall be held, conducted and supervised by the Board of Elections, and except as herein provided the general election laws and regulations for the nomination and election of county officers, and as set forth in Chapter 163 of the General Statutes, as amended, shall apply and govern as to the holding of said primary and election. The three candidates whose residence is within the Elizabeth City township and that portion of other township areas within the Elizabeth City corporate limits, who receive the highest number of votes in descending order, shall serve as follows: -1 Highest vote6 year term. -2 Second highest vote4 year term. -3 Third highest vote2 year term. The three candidates whose residence is within the Providence township, the Salem township, the Newland township, the Mount Hermon township or other township areas remaining in Pasquotank County, who receive the highest number of votes in descending order, shall serve as follows: -1 Highest vote6 year term. -2 Second highest vote4 year term. -8 Third highest vote2 year term. The candidate, running at large, who receives the highest number of votes shall serve a six-year term. The seven candidates receiving the highest number of votes, as outlined in Section 3, in the election shall be certified and declared by the Board of Elections to be the elected members of the Elizabeth CityPasquotank Board of Education. Biennially thereafter, at each primary and election for the nomination and election of State and County officers, the vacancies occurring in the 67 membership of said Board shall be filled by nomination and election as the said terms of the members expire, and all such members so elected shall hold office for terms of six years. The members of said Board nominated and elected in the primary and general election of 1968 shall take office on the first Monday in December, 1968, and the terms of their office shall date and extend from that time. All vacancies in the membership of the Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education by reason of death, resignation or removal from township shall be filled by the remaining members of said Board from area of residence where vacancy occurs for the complete unexpired term within 30 days after vacancy occurs. In the event no candidate is elected in the General Election to fill any term which is to expire, then and in that event, the Elizabeth CityPasquotank Board of Education shall declare a vacancy, and such vacancy shall be filled in accordance with Section 3 The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education shall elect a chairman and vice chairman to preside over its meetings, and the vice chairman shall be entitled to vote in all matters being considered by said Board but neither the chairman nor the vice chairman shall have the authority to cast a vote to create a tie vote and then vote again to break the tie. The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education shall control, administer and operate all of the public schools in Pasquotank County, including the public schools now located in the Elizabeth City Administrative Unit, as well as the public schools now located in the Pasquotank County Administrative Unit. The Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Board of Education shall exercise all the powers, authority and duties as are now exercised and performed by city and county boards of education and as provided by Chapter 115 of the General Statutes, as revised and amended, and as the same may hereafter be revised and amended. All members of the said Board shall hold their offices until their successors are elected and qualified.