NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1979 SESSION

CHAPTER 24
HOUSE BILL 119

AN ACT TO REQUIRE THAT PERSONS WHO CHANGE FROM UNAFFILIATED TO A MEMBER OF A PARTY MAKE SUCH CHANGE THE SAME NUMBER OF DAYS BEFORE FILING AS A CANDIDATE AS A PERSON WHO CHANGES FROM ONE PARTY TO ANOTHER.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  G.S. 163-106(b) is amended by deleting the words "No person who has changed his political party affiliation", and inserting in lieu thereof the words "No person who has changed his political party affiliation or who has changed from unaffiliated status to party affiliation."
Sec. 2.  This act is effective with respect to elections held on or after September 1, 1979.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 9th day of February, 1979.