1909_public laws_554_6
CHAPTER 553 AN ACT TO PROVIDE A LEGALIZED PRIMARY ELECTION FOR CLEVELAND COUNTY. The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:
That no candidate shall be declared the nominee of any party, organization or association for any office unless he shall receive a majority of the votes cast in said primary for said office; and in the event that no candidate receives a majority of the votes cast for any office in the first primary, then a second primary shall be held within two weeks from the first one, under the same rules and regulations as the first primary, unless one of the opposing candidates should voluntarily withdraw from the race in the meantime: Provided, that only the two candidates receiving the highest number of votes for the respective offices in the first primary shall be eligible as candidates in the second primary.