25-3209. Tie vote for governor and lieutenant governor; determination by legislature. If any two or more pairs of candidates running together have an equal number of votes for the same office and a higher number than any other pair of candidates running together in a general election for the offices of governor and lieutenant governor, the two houses shall, by joint ballot, determine the election. The president of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall deposit in the office of the secretary of state a certificate showing what persons have been elected to fill said offices.

History: G.S. 1868, ch. 36, § 41; R.S. 1923, 25-715; L. 1968, ch. 406, § 115; L. 1973, ch. 153, § 23; July 1.