Bill Summaries: H300 (2011-2012 Session)

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  • Summary date: Jun 8 2011 - View summary

    House committee substitute makes the following changes to 1st edition. Deletes amendments to GS 163-165.(c). Changes amendment to GS 163-165.6(d) to restore existing law prescribing the order in which candidates appear on general election official ballots (this subsection deleted in 1st edition), but deletes requirement that nominees of political parties appear on the ballot in alphabetical order by political party. Adds new subsection (d1) to GS 163-165.6 to require that the order in which political parties appear on general election official ballots will rotate every four years. Amends effective date to require that political parties not listed first in the last statewide general election will be listed first in the next applicable election conducted after January 1, 2012.
    Deletes amendment to GS 163-19, and deletes provision repealing GS 163-182.1(a)(7).
    Makes conforming changes to the title.


  • Summary date: Mar 9 2011 - View summary

    Amends GS Chapter 163 in three ways: (1) requires that the order in which political parties appear on election ballots be rotated so that the names of candidates and political parties appear in a maximum number of different orders and to achieve a reasonably even rotation of ballot styles in each county, (2) eliminates the “straight-party” ticket voting method (a place on the ballot to cast one vote simultaneously for all candidates for office of a particular political party), and (3) increases the membership of the State Board of Elections from five to six and retains current requirement that not more than three members of the Board shall be members of the same political party. Provisions regarding political party rotation and elimination of straight-party ticket voting method are effective with respect to elections conducted on or after January 1, 2012.