(a) The State Board shall appoint an Executive Director for a term of two years with compensation to be determined by the Office of State Human Resources.
(b) The Executive Director shall serve beginning May 15 after the first meeting held after new appointments to the State Board are made, unless removed for cause, until a successor is appointed.
(c) The Executive Director shall be responsible for staffing, administration, and execution of the State Board's decisions and orders and shall perform such other responsibilities as may be assigned by the State Board.
(d) The Executive Director shall be the chief State elections official. (1973, c. 1409, s. 3; 1985, c. 62, s. 2; 2001-319, s. 11; 2017-6, ss. 4(c), 7(f); 2018-146, ss. 3.1(a), (b), 3.2(e); 2023-139, s. 2.5; 2024-57, s. 3A.3(a).)
Notes of Decisions
States' Rights Democratic Party v. North Carolina State Bd. of Elections, 49 S.E.2d 379 (N.C. 1948).
“The performance of this duty necessarily required the Board to ascertain whether the petition had been signed by at least 10,000 qualified voters. Since an elector must be registered to be qualified, it was incumbent upon the State Board of Elections to determine whether at…”
Bazemore v. Bertie Cnty. Bd. of Elections, 119 S.E.2d 637 (N.C. 1961).
“” G.S. 163-27. “Every person presenting himself (or herself) for registration shall be able to read and write any section of the Constitution of North Carolina in the English language.”
Patsy Wise v. Damon Circosta (4th Cir. 2020).
· cites it 2× “And the fact that the General Assembly maintained its deadline for the receipt of absentee ballots, even as other states were significantly extending them, evinces an intent not to allow absentee votes to be received well after the election.”
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