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Updated December 21, 2011
| County Election Methods |
| County |
No. of Comms. |
Election Method |
Combined Description |
Terms of Office |
Mgr. Title |
Footnotes |
| Alamance | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Alexander | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Alleghany | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Anson | 7 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Ashe | 5 | al | | 2/4S | Manager | |
| Avery | 5 | al | | 2/4S | Manager | |
| Beaufort | 7 | l | | 4S | Manager | 1 |
| Bertie | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Bladen | 9 | m | 6d; 3al; l | 4S | Manager | 2 |
| Brunswick | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Buncombe | 5 | al | | 4 | Manager | 3, 11 |
| Burke | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Cabarrus | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Caldwell | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Camden | 5 | dal | 3d; 2al | 4S | Manager | |
| Carteret | 7 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Caswell | 7 | cda | 5d, 2al | 4S | Manager | |
| Catawba | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Chatham | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Cherokee | 3 | dal | | 4 | Manager | |
| Chowan | 7 | cda | 6d; 1al | 4S | Manager | 4 |
| Clay | 3 | al | | 4 | Manager | |
| Cleveland | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Columbus | 7 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Craven | 7 | d | | 4 | Manager | 5 |
| Cumberland | 7 | cda | 5d; 2al | 4S | Manager | |
| Currituck | 7 | cdal | 2al; 5dal | 4S | Manager | |
| Dare | 7 | cda | 1al; 6d | 4S | Manager | |
| Davidson | 7 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Davie | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Duplin | 6 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Durham | 5 | al | | 4 | Manager | |
| Edgecombe | 7 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Forsyth | 7 | cda | 1al; 6d | 4S | Manager | 6 |
| Franklin | 7 | cda | 2al; 5d | 4S | Manager | |
| Gaston | 7 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Gates | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Graham | 5 | al | | 4 | Manager | 7 |
| Granville | 7 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Greene | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Guilford | 11 | cda | 2al; 9d | 4S | Manager | 10 |
| Halifax | 6 | cda | 3d; 3al | 4S | Manager | |
| Harnett | 5 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Haywood | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Henderson | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Hertford | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Hoke | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Hyde | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Iredell | 5 | al | | 2/4S | Manager | |
| Jackson | 5 | cda | 4dal; 1al | 4S | Manager | 3 |
| Johnston | 7 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Jones | 5 | al | | 4 | Manager | |
| Lee | 7 | cda | 3al; 4d | 4S | Manager | |
| Lenoir | 7 | cda | 2al; 5d | 4S | Manager | |
| Lincoln | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Macon | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Madison | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Martin | 5 | l | | 4S | Manager | 8 |
| McDowell | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Mecklenburg | 9 | cda | 3al; 6d | 2 | Manager | |
| Mitchell | 5 | al | | 2/4S | Manager | |
| Montgomery | 5 | cda | 2al; 3d | 4S | Manager | |
| Moore | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Nash | 7 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| New Hanover | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Northampton | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Onslow | 5 | al | | 4 | Manager | |
| Orange | 7 | cdal | 4al; 3d | 4S | Manager | |
| Pamlico | 7 | cdal | 2al; 5d | 4S | Manager | |
| Pasquotank | 7 | cdal | 3al; 4d | 4S | Manager | |
| Pender | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Perquimans | 6 | l | | 4S | Manager | 1 |
| Person | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Pitt | 9 | d | | 4S | Manager | 9 |
| Polk | 5 | al | | 2/4S | Manager | |
| Randolph | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Richmond | 7 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Robeson | 8 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Rockingham | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Rowan | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Rutherford | 5 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Sampson | 5 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Scotland | 7 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Stanly | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Stokes | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Surry | 5 | dal | l | 4S | Manager | |
| Swain | 5 | al | | 4 | Administrator | 3 |
| Transylvania | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Tyrrell | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Union | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Vance | 7 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Wake | 7 | dal | | 4S | Manager | |
| Warren | 5 | d | | 4S | Manager | |
| Washington | 5 | cda | 4d; 1al | 4S | Manager | |
| Watauga | 5 | dal | | 2/4S | Manager | |
| Wayne | 7 | cda | 1al; 6d | 4 | Manager | |
| Wilkes | 5 | al | | 4S | Manager | |
| Wilson | 7 | d | | 4 | Manager | |
| Yadkin | 5 | al | | 2/4S | Manager | |
| Yancey | 5 | al | | 2/4S | Manager | |
TABLE ABBREVIATIONS
Election method and descriptions:
al = All commissioners nominated and elected at large (pure at large).
d = All commissioners nominated and elected by district (pure district).
dal = Residence in district required, but nominated and elected at-large.
l = Limited voting plan.
cda = Combination of pure district and pure at large seats.
cdal = Combination of pure at large seats with some seats requiring residency in districts, but still nominated/elected at large.
S = If S appears beside length of term, means not all seats are up for election in the same year.
TABLE FOOTNOTES
1. Limited voting system. Candidates file as a group for open seats and voters may vote for only one candidate. Both primary and general election results are determined by plurality.
2. Six members elected to numbered seats from three two-member districts; three at-large members elected concurrently. Primary result is determined by plurality, with each voter limited to one vote.
3. Chair elected separately.
4. Six members elected to numbered seats from three two-member districts for staggered four-year terms; at-large member elected for four-year term.
5. Two members nominated and elected by district; five nominated by district and elected at large across the five remaining districts.
6. One two-member district; one four-member district; one at-large member.
7. Member elected with highest number of votes serves as chair.
8. Limited voting plan. One two-member district; one three-member district. Voters in two member district may vote for only one candidate. Voters in three-member district may vote for two candidates.
9. Six single-member districts; three consolidated districts formed by combining single-member districts.
10. Effective for the 2012 General Election by an act of the General Assembly, the size of the Guilford County Board of Commissioners is reduced to nine members, with eight being elected by district and one commissioner elected at-large.
11. Effective for the 2012 General Election by an act of the General Assembly, the size of the Buncombe County Board of Commissioners is increased to seven members, with two members being elected from each of Buncombe County’s three House districts and the county chairman elected at-large.
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