Amends Section 5.1 of SL 1987-614, as amended, to change the elections for members of the Board of Education for the Public Schools of Robeson County (Board) to be held on a partisan basis in line with GS 163-291 (partisan primaries and elections) (currently, Board members are elected using the nonpartisan plurality method). Specifies that the election for the Board will be at the time of the general election with the primary held at the same time as the primary for county officers. Changes the methods of election for at-large seats from limited voting for one candidate to allowing each voter to vote for three candidates with the top three vote getters from each primary being nominated for the general election and the top three vote getters in the general election elected to at-large seats. Applies beginning with elections held in 2026.

Statutes affected:
Filed: 115C-37.1
Edition 1: 115C-37.1