1-1 - Election of Board of Education

The Union County Board of Education shall be composed of nine members who shall be elected on Tuesday after the first Monday in November 1992 and biennially thereafter. Effective in 2018, the members shall be elected on a partisan basis. The results of the election shall be determined as provided by G.S. 163-292. Except as otherwise provided herein, the initial election and all future elections shall be conducted according to the provisions of Chapter 163 of the General Statutes then governing nonpartisan elections.

A.        Qualifications:  Any person possessing the qualifications for election to public office as provided in Article VI of the Constitution of North Carolina and who is a qualified voter and resident of the system from which he or she seeks to be elected is eligible to serve as a member of the board of education.

            Any person elected or appointed to the board and also employed by the board must resign his or her employment before taking office as a member of the board. 

B.        Three members of the Board shall be elected at-large and six members shall be elected from districts. Candidates for district seats and persons elected to district seats must reside within the district.

C.        The voting districts to be used for elections of the Board are depicted in maps and are available during normal working hours in the Superintendent's office. References to precincts are to precincts as reported from the most recent Federal Census.

D.        Newly elected members shall qualify by taking the oath of office on the first Monday in December 1992, and biennially thereafter as prescribed by G.S. 115C-­37(d). Following the swearing in of new members in December 1992, and biennially thereafter, the members of the Board shall elect a Chairman and Vice-Chairman to serve for two-year terms.

E.        Vacancies occurring on the Board of a member elected prior to 2018, for any reason other than by expiration of the term of office shall be filled by appointment by the remaining members of the Board. If the vacating member was elected after 2018 as a nominee of a political party, the Board shall consult the county executive committee of the appropriate political party before filling the vacancy, and shall appoint the person recommended by the county executive committee, if a recommendation is made within 30 days of the vacancy. If only the qualified voters of an area less than the entire county were eligible to vote in the general election for the vacating member, the Board must accept the recommendation of the county executive committee only if the county executive committee restricted voting to committee members who represent precincts all or part of which were within the electoral district of the vacating member. To be eligible to fill a vacancy, a person shall be all of the following: a. Registered with the same political party as the vacating member, if that vacating member was elected as the nominee of a political party. b. A resident of the same district as the vacating member, if the vacating member was elected to represent an electoral district of less than the entire county. The person appointed to this vacancy shall serve until the next election of members of the Board is held. At that time the remaining unexpired term of the office in which the vacancy occurs shall be filled by election.

A vacancy shall be declared to exist at the first Board meeting where knowledge is shared that a member will no longer be available to serve.

LEGAL REF.:           Merger Plan

NCGS 163-292

N.C. Const. art. VI.

NCGS 14-229; 115C-35 and 37

UNION COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

APPROVED: 12/21/92

REVISED:     12/3/96

REVISED:     11/22/05

REVISED:     4/27/10

REVISED:     3/1/11

REVISED:     11/7/17

REVIEWED BY GENERAL COUNSEL: 4/3/18