Pat McCrory signed into law a move for all of North Carolina’s primaries next year to March 15, including the political parties’ presidential contests. A $2 billion bond referendum also is expected on statewide ballots that day.
McCrory announced the bill signing the same day that changes he said he sought to the legislation were added to another bill finalized by the General Assembly before lawmakers adjourned for the year.
The signed bill means the candidate filing period for all elections — for governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, the General Assembly and judges among them — begins Dec. 1, or two months earlier had primaries remained at their traditional May slot.
The General Assembly agreed two years ago to move up the May 2016 presidential primary to increase North Carolina’s clout, but national party officials threatened state Republicans and Democrats with the loss of convention delegates because they would have actually occurred in late February.
The new law moved all primaries in the name of saving counties the financial costs of holding two primaries and saving the public any confusion. Final bond package legislation that McCrory is expected to support also sets the referendum date for the presidential primary vote.
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