Senate Bill 722 Summary

• Delays regular 2021 municipal elections to 2022 for municipalities with district-elected offices, requiring electoral districts to be revised following 2020 Census data release by November 17, 2021 or December 17, 2021.

• Sets candidate filing periods for delayed elections: December 6-17, 2021 for municipalities meeting the November 17 deadline, or January 3-7, 2022 for those meeting the December 17 deadline.

• Establishes 2022 election dates of March 8, 2022 (primary for partisan/nonpartisan methods and nonpartisan plurality elections) with general elections on April 26, 2022 if no second primary is held.

• Requires county boards of commissioners to review and revise electoral districts by November 17, 2021, with resolutions becoming effective upon adoption for the 2022 elections.

• Mandates Raleigh municipal elections be held in even-numbered years starting with November 8, 2022, and delays Charlotte-Mecklenburg and Lexington City Board of Education elections to 2022 pending 2020 Census data receipt by July 19, 2021.