1965/66/67 session laws – Ch.5 Sec.14

The first sentence of G. S. 163-145, is amended to read as follows: In the event that any person nominated in any primary election, or a person who has been declared nominated without opposition after the time for filing notice of candidacy has expired, as the candidate of a political party for a State office, including the office of United States Senator, shall die, resign or for any reason become ineligible or disqualified before the date of the ensuing general election, the vacancy in the nomination caused thereby shall be filled by the action of the State executive committee of such political party in which the vacancy occurred; in the event ofsuch a vacancy in the nomination of a candidate for a district office, including the offices of Representative in the Congress of the United States, Judge of the Superior Court, solicitor, or State Senator or Representative in a senatorial or representative district composed of more than one county, the same shall be filled by the action of the appropriate executive committee for such district of such political party in which the vacancy occurred; and in the event of such vacancy in the nomination of a candidate for a county office or for membership in one of the houses of the General Assembly in a representative or senatorial district composed of only one county, and including the county entitled to furnish the senator under a rotation agreement as provided for in 163-113, the same shall be filled by the action of the executive committee of the party affected thereby in the county wherein such vacancy occurred; provided that where the general election ballots have already been printed before the vacancy occurs then 163-153 shall apply. 22