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Copyright www.flags.net/UNST.htm North Carolina
Governor:1(Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms)
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 2 and 3)
2000 Census:8,067,673 (2.86% of 281,998,273)
2004, 2008 Electors:15(2.79% of 538)
2002-2010 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
2010 Census:9,565,781 (3.09% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electors:15(2.79% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:13(2.99% of 435)
Capital:Raleigh
 

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Official Name/Status   All States
 The STATE of North Carolina
 Status: STATE of the Union
 Ratified Articles of Confederation: 5 April 1778. this State formally adhered to the Articles on 21 July 1778 when the document was signed by its delegates to the Seventh Continental Congress
 Ratified Constitution of the United States: 21 November 1789
  The 12th state.
Traditional Sections and Regions   All States
 Section: SOUTH
 Region: Upper ["Border"] South
 Survey: Metes & Bounds
Constitutions   All States     Links to State Constitutions
 Enabling Act (of the Congress of the United States): [None. One of the 13 original States which declared their independence from the nascent British Empire on 4 July 1776]
 
• 1st (1776-1868) [Adopted: 18 December 1776 Convention convened, 12 November 1776, Ratified: 18 December 1776 not submitted to the People]
• 2nd (1868-1876) [Adopted: 16 March 1868 Convention convened, 14 January 1868, Ratified: April 1868 ratified by a vote of 93,118 to 74,009]
• 3rd (1876-1971) [Adopted: 12 October 1875 Convention convened, 6 September 1875, Ratified: 7 November 1876 ratified by a vote of 122,912 to 108,829]
• 4th (1971--) [Adopted: 1969 drafted and enacted by the General Assembly, Ratified: 3 November 1970 effective, 1 July 1971]
Executive Branch   All States
 
Chief Executive
 • GOVERNOR
Successor to a Vacancy
 • Lieutenant Governor [elected separately from GOVERNOR]
 
 
Major Executive Officers Elected Statewide   All States   2012 Office holders
 • Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016. Term Limit: 2 consecutive 4-year terms
 • Lieutenant Governor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
 • Secretary of State: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
 • Attorney General: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
 • Treasurer: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
 • Auditor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
 • Commissioner of Agriculture: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
 • Commissioner of Insurance: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
 • Commissioner of Labor: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
 • Superintendent of Public Instruction: 4 year term, Election Cycle: 2012, 2016
Legislative Branch   All States
 
Legislature
 • GENERAL ASSEMBLY
 
Upper House
 • Senate
Lower House
 • House of Representatives
Judicial Branch   All States
 
Court of Last Resort
 • Supreme Court
Intermediate Appellate Court
 • Court of Appeals
 
Local Government
 
   
PRIMARY CIVIL DIVISION  All States
 • County [Type: Strong, Executive and Legislative: BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS]
 MINOR CIVIL DIVISION  All States
  • township [Type: None, Executive and Legislative: no associated governmental structure]
 
Incorporated Municipalities  All States
   
Statutory Election Information   All States
 
General Election   All States
 • 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.... [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-1. c.]
Presidential Primary   All States
 • (1992--) On the Tuesday after the first Monday in May, 1992, and every four years thereafter, the voters of this State shall be given an opportunity to express their preference for the person to be the presidential candidate of their political party. [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter § 163‑213.2.]
State Primary   All States
 • On Tuesday next after the first Monday in May preceding each general election to be held in November [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-1. b.]
If ... there is more than one person seeking nomination, the substantial plurality shall be ... forty percent (40%) .... the aspirant who obtains a substantial plurality shall be declared the nominee ... If two candidates receive a substantial plurality, the candidate receiving the highest vote shall be declared the nominee. [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-111 (a)(1)]
If .. no aspirant receives a substantial plurality ... the aspirant receiving the highest number of votes shall be declared nominated ... unless the aspirant receiving the second highest number of votes shall request a second primary .... In the second primary only the two aspirants who received the highest and next highest number of votes shall be voted for. [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-111 (b)(1)]
If a second primary is required ... the ... board ... shall order that it be held seven weeks after the first primary. [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-111 (3)(e)]
Polling times   All States
 • Hours for voting. In every election, the voting place shall be open at 6:30 A.M. and shall be closed at 7:30 P.M. In extraordinary circumstances, the county board of elections may direct that the polls remain open until 8:30 P.M. [NCGA General Statutes - Chapter 163. § 163-166.01.]
Links  Links to other web sites
 
Constitution
 • http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/nc/stgovt/preconst.htm
Election Authority
 • North Carolina State Board of Elections
Legislature
 • North Carolina General Assembly
 • North Carolina General Assembly - House
 • North Carolina General Assembly - Senate
 • North Carolina General Statutes
Democratic
 • North Carolina Democratic Party
Republican
 • North Carolina House Republicans
 • North Carolina Republican Party
Third Party
 • Charlotte Area Green Party
 • Conservative Party USA North Carolina
 • Constitution Party of North Carolina
 • Libertarian Party of North Carolina
 • North Carolina Green Party
 • North Carolina Right To Life
 • The Unity Party of North Carolina
Media & others
 • Asheville Citizen-Times
 • Chapel Hill News
 • Concord and Kannapolis Independent Tribune
 • Daily Herald - Roanoke Rapids
 • DC's Political Report - North Carolina
 • Durham Herald-Sun
 • Goldsboro News-Argus
 • Hickory Daily Record
 • Mooresville Tribune
 • Mount Olive Tribune
 • NC Rumors-News
 • NCRepublicans.com (not affiliated with the North Carolina Republican Party)
 • News & Record - Greensboro
 • NewsLink.org - North Carolina
 • newsobserver.com - Raleigh - Durham - Cary - Chapel Hill
 • Politics1.com - North Carolina
 • Star-News - Wilmington
 • Statesville Record and Landmark
 • The Charlotte Observer
 • The Courier-Tribune - Asheboro
 • The McDowell News
 • The Morganton News Herald
 • The New Bern Sun Journal
 • The Pilot - Southern Pines
 • The Star - Shelby
 • The Wilson Daily Times
 • Winston-Salem Journal
 
 

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