A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT to eliminate straight‑party ticket voting and to provide fairness in placement of PARTIES on the ballot.
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
SECTION 1.  G.S. 163‑165.6(e) reads as rewritten:
"(e)	No Straight‑Party Voting. – Each official ballot shall not contain any place that allows a voter with one mark to vote for the candidates of a party for more than one office."
SECTION 2.  G.S. 163‑182.1(a)(7) is repealed.
SECTION 3.  G.S. 163‑165.6(d) reads as rewritten:
"(d)	Order of Party Candidates on General Election Official Ballot. – Candidates in any ballot item on a general election official ballot shall appear in the following order:
(1)	Nominees of political parties that reflect at least five percent (5%) of statewide voter registration, according to the most recent statistical report published by the State Board of Elections, beginning with the party that the Governor was elected as the nominee of, then for other parties in alphabetical order by party. In the case of a multi‑seat race, the names of the candidates of that party shall appear in alphabetical order by party beginning with the letter of the alphabet that the Governor's last name begins with, then returning to the letter A after the letter Z.
(2)	Nominees of other political parties, in alphabetical order by party. In the case of a multi‑seat race, the names of the candidates of that party shall appear in alphabetical order by party beginning with the letter of the alphabet that the Governor's last name begins with, then returning to the letter A after the letter Z.
(3)	Unaffiliated candidates, in alphabetical order, beginning with the letter of the alphabet that the Governor's last name begins with, then returning to the letter A after the letter Z."
SECTION 4.  This act becomes effective with respect to elections conducted on or after January 1, 2014.